Lowrance Airmap 2000c recommendation

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Just thought I'd update the group. Some months ago, I asked for folks
to give me their opinions on the Lowrance Airmap 2000c.

Well, I bought one in May and I'm thrilled.

Great display, fast to couple with the satellites, low power
consumption and very, very easy to learn to use. I just plotted two
routes in the thing, each of more than 250 miles and about 15
waypoints, in less than 10 minutes.

It hasn't dropped signal once AND the thing came with many, many
unexpected items of great quality for mounting the unit. Garmin had me
trained to expect very little beyond the GPS itself in the package.

At $700 (yes, it's easy to find it at this price on the web) it's
about half what you're going to pay for a Garmin which doesn't have as
good a feature set and isn't nearly so easy to use.

I am a former Garmin customer. They lost me by abandoning my budget
(I'm one of the $400 category customers) and trying to sell me high
priced units with subscription plans.

Okay, that's enough raving. Thanks to all who suggested I go ahead and
take the chance!

Greg Chapman

[Vaughn Simon]

> wrote in message
ups.com...
> Just thought I'd update the group. Some months ago, I asked for folks
> to give me their opinions on the Lowrance Airmap 2000c.

I have an Airmap 2000 and have had much the same experience.

Vaughn

[Dave[_3_]]

Ditto...

AM 1000 for a year, now 2 yrs with the AM 2000C.

Lost sats one time only, with the yoke turned all the way to the
right, on a X-wind taxi along a 3300 ft rny, internal antenna only
(duh)...

The external ant is in the pouch if needed, but we have never plugged
it in except to test it.

...NONE of the Garmin problems, other avionics interferring, magnets in
antenna , etc., etc., .....

Been solid ..

luv it!

Dave





On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:15:35 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
> wrote:

>
> wrote in message
ups.com...
>> Just thought I'd update the group. Some months ago, I asked for folks
>> to give me their opinions on the Lowrance Airmap 2000c.
>
> I have an Airmap 2000 and have had much the same experience.
>
>Vaughn
>

[EridanMan]

On Jul 29, 6:00 pm, Dave > wrote:
> Ditto...
>
> AM 1000 for a year, now 2 yrs with the AM 2000C.
>
> Lost sats one time only, with the yoke turned all the way to the
> right, on a X-wind taxi along a 3300 ft rny, internal antenna only
> (duh)...
>
> The external ant is in the pouch if needed, but we have never plugged
> it in except to test it.
>
> ..NONE of the Garmin problems, other avionics interferring, magnets in
> antenna , etc., etc., .....
>
> Been solid ..
>
> luv it!
>
> Dave
>
> On Thu, 26 Jul 2007 10:15:35 GMT, "Vaughn Simon"
>
> > wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> >> Just thought I'd update the group. Some months ago, I asked for folks
> >> to give me their opinions on the Lowrance Airmap 2000c.
>
> > I have an Airmap 2000 and have had much the same experience.
>
> >Vaughn

Airmap 2000 sounds great, although I'd still love to see a 'side-by-
side' against the EKP-IV.

My father and I scrubbed our Anchorage trip for this year (after
reading, we realized we need closer to a month to do it right, and he
retires next spring, so next year it is), so no GPS yet, but those two
are still the primary contenders.

[Dave[_5_]]

> Airmap 2000 sounds great, although I'd still love to see a 'side-by-
> side' against the EKP-IV.
>
Ditto that. Anybody out there had both?

> My father and I scrubbed our Anchorage trip for this year (after
> reading, we realized we need closer to a month to do it right, and he retires next spring, so next year it is)

It's a looong way to Alaska. Was going to do it once and came to the
same conclusion.

David Johnson