A free Lowrance GPS

[canyoneer]

Having spent ten years as a tech writer at my company, I've been offered my choice of thank-you gifts. Once you've been here that long, the selection isn't too bad, but the only thing that I see that I really need is a GPS. Trouble is, it's not a Garmin -- it's a Lowrance, which I've never heard of -- and they say they don't know the model number. Cute, eh? Here's the beginning of what they can tell me about it: "Waterproof 16-channel GPS+WAAS+EGNOS receiver . . ."

Does anyone know anything about a Lowrance? Even if it's free I could put a lot of energy into learning the interface and then find out it's a piece of junk. Anybody heard of them?

 

[95eighty]

Really nice gps systems.Used a lot by race teams down in Baja for the 1000 or 500.I think you will be quite pleased to have it.Its on my list of wants for sure.

 

[spotcruiser]

Don't know about their GPS, but Lowrance is a long-established depth sounder/fish finder/marine electronics company. I own one of their depth sounder/fish finders and it has worked flawlessly for 20+ years. They are a quality company.

My $.02

 

[srplus]

great product manufacturer of marine electronic equipment... still have 'cheapie' lowrance handheld gps that i have used for years and years in saltwater environment. Have used their depth finders forever.

 

[DieselROCKS]

Lowrance is an excellent name, they make some pretty rugged stuff. Even the cheaper stuff is great

 

[wob]

x12

Lowrance makes some good stuff.

 

[stevezero]

Lowrance===Magellan. I have an ancient Lowrance GlobalNav 212 that is rock solid. I bought it for $10.00 at a garage sale 6 years ago. Dude bought it, used it for 2 months, then it stopped workin, so he threw it in a box.......Rocket scientist didnt realize it took 4 AA batteries....

There are some neat apps for it out on the web. I think the only reason Garmin is as popular as they are is that way back when they GUI'd the user interface, and made them easy to read/navigate. The other vendors were more barebones/non-intuitive on the interfaces, and suffered.

 

[canyoneer]

It's great to get all this feedback. I found some at Epinions http://www.epinions.com/GPS_Devices/search_string_~lowrance gps/adv_search_~1 (mine is the bright yellow one) that weren't all as positive, but maybe disgruntled people are more likely to post evaluations. Based on what I've seen here, though, I'll probably get the thing.

 

[Campfire]

They've been around a long time for the serious users of GPS, and now are getting as popular as the Garmin units. And Cheaper!
Check this one out

 

[aim]

Great for aviation as well. Garmin is still #1 for portables, but every pilot I know that flies with Lowrance loves the units (and usually upgrade to the newer/color/faster version every couple of years).

 

[nullifier]

My Lowrance Baja 480c should be here tomorrow. I chose it because of the larger screen then the Garmin units.

 

[Rubiconcruiser]

Free Gps

SCORE Lowrance is one of the premier GPS systems on the market. Boaters and Marine types have used them for many years, Models of the inexpensive type are only lacking in features not necessary for the average Cruiser ..You will enjoy it, I have one and love it.