Garmin 182c

Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:27 pm

Thinking of purchasing a Garmin 182c GPS. Any comments good or bad welcomed.

Sat Feb 12, 2005 9:18 pm

not sure about the 182 Chuck. I have a 3 plus that I'll let go for €250.

Kev

Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:26 am

I have the 128 a 'meagre mortal' compared to that, still it does a great job, would not be without one now, i did have one problem though the antenna unit needed replaced after a couple of years :cry: dont think you will go far wrong with that model though, colour hikes the price up. Whats this price like to what you have been looking at? Good luck!
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172C

Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:55 pm

Have recently purchased a 172C. Slightly smaller screen than 182C but more colours on screen. Delighted with it.

Wed Feb 16, 2005 4:19 pm

More models than you can shake a stick at - I've just got a Garmin GPSMAP276 - excellent, though if I was doing it again I would get a blank card, the CD and unlock code and download the map to the card. Buying a prepogramed map card doesn't allow you to have the map on your PC

GPS

Wed Mar 23, 2005 11:38 am

Recently got a laptop, so treated myself to a copy of Maptech Marine's (http://www.maptech.com/water/digitalcha ... %20Ireland) Offshore Navigator Lite for the princely sum of stg?100 - has the chartplotter software and a suite of charts for everthing from Mayo to Belfast Lough - there are 4 different chart suites covering the whole Irish coast. Plugged in my aging Magellan 2000xl (ebay usually has 2nd hand ones pretty cheap ie stg?45) and voila, a chartplotter to die for. Very impressed with the maptech software.