need a new ff/chartplotter

[numbskull]

Before you buy a new one, check your ground wire at the fuse block and at the battery. A weak ground connection often shows up first as a loss of satellite reception (or at least it used to with loran and I think I've had it with GPS as well).

[Fisherwoman]

we have the raymarine C120 it is awesome and very accurate. It is a bigger unit than you probably need but they make several smaller ones that are great as well.

[Sea Dangles]

I liked my Garmin at that pricepoint.

[niko]

sd - which garmin you running

[Sea Dangles]

Had it with my last boat;I think it was a 545s.Great unit with features like tides and currents as well as nice graphics.

[Double Hall]

Originally Posted by Sea Dangles

Had it with my last boat;I think it was a 545s.Great unit with features like tides and currents as well as nice graphics.

I have the same... I like it, but I won't be getting a shared unit again. I like having the chart on all the time to see holes and rocks, and with the FF on, the screen is just too small. The screen quality is amazing though. I would like to get the Vision BluChart chip to see what it can do. I think one feature is that the unit will plot a course for you, taking into account tides and currents.

I'll "upgrade" to two units when I upgrade to a larger boat with more flushmount space.

[Rockfish9]

Depending on how big of a screen you want, I recomend the Garmin 541S with out reservation( I have not used the sounder extensivly as I have anoter color sounder on board, so it is stricly back up), I just upgraded my Garmin 126 ( 4" screen monochrome) with the 541s.. I love it, much more user friendly than the old 126, and having a larger screen and being color it is just the ticket.. I added the G2 vision card to the factory installed base map and love the 3D features ( I bought the card on a dealer $200 rebate promotion)...buying the unit from the Garmin factory warehouse saved me about $200 from what it would have cost from a local dealer...