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mball · Post by **mball** » May 9th, 2007, 10:15 pm

Can anyone help me with which hand held unit is the best for the money?

GPS hand held units only?

Thanks

Post by **arcadiainc** » May 9th, 2007, 10:43 pm

If you want a good cheap GPS a Garmin 72 is hard to beat. Waterproof, floats, gives you the tides and points toward the house for about $125.00.

Post by **devans850** » May 10th, 2007, 7:57 am

GPS72 OR GPSMAP72

Soccerdad · Post by **Soccerdad** » May 10th, 2007, 2:51 pm

I would NOT recommend Lowrance I Finder-Go.

Good Times · Post by **Good Times** » May 10th, 2007, 3:52 pm

can't be Garmin. the 72 is nice.

CATCH 22 · Post by **CATCH 22** » May 10th, 2007, 5:14 pm

Soccerdad wrote:I would NOT recommend Lowrance I Finder-Go.

Ditto, I got one free as a promo and its a piece of crap. Takes 15-20 mins. to fix

leonreno · Post by **leonreno** » May 10th, 2007, 5:32 pm

We have a GPS76, works good but I would recommend getting the 76Map if you can afford it, to me it would be worth it, we upgraded to a fixed unit with map and it makes some things easier and nicer. But the 76 did a good job while we used it.

redfisher2424 · Post by **redfisher2424** » May 10th, 2007, 7:26 pm

Ive got the Garmin 76 map and love it. Bought the blue charts ti go with it. Around $300 for all.

Post by **Charles** » May 10th, 2007, 9:00 pm

I have the Garmin GPSMap76. I got it several years ago and it has been a great piece of gear all over the world, but if I were going to get a new one I would get one of the higher end models of the Map76.

Speardivertampa · Post by **Speardivertampa** » May 15th, 2007, 9:14 pm

Garmin GPS76MAP. They dropped way down in price...I used to say the 76 but now the MAP is only about $20 more.
-Chris

Post by **Nathan** » May 15th, 2007, 9:22 pm

Lowrance Ifinder H2OC. I say this because it is a better unit. Bigger screen than map76, much cheaper than map76C, better basemap, and it's easy to use. I had a Garmin map76 for years and much prefer my Lowrance Ifinder H2OC.

Nathan