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06-20-2010 | 12:10 PM

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stealth114

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Lowrance 500 or the 600 model.. anyone got one to sell ? Im not surprised, its like finding one to buy like a needle in a haystack online since the 500 is discontinued..

06-21-2010 | 04:41 AM

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What about a dual car gps and flight does the 296 do that? I want a 696 :-)

296 does the car also but it's limited bu the units' memory capacity, so you can't load the whole country. Part of my trip planning for cross-country planning to other areas was ti load the local roads.

Smartphone avoids all that now.

06-21-2010 | 04:44 AM

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Lowrance 500 or the 600 model.. anyone got one to sell ? Im not surprised, its like finding one to buy like a needle in a haystack online since the 500 is discontinued..

I have a 500. I think people don't sell them because they don't want to make enemies. The 500 had a known defect - locked up whenever it felt like. Lowrance's customer service response to a known defect in their product? "We'll sell you another one."

Lowrance v. Garmin?
Easy-Bake Oven vs. GE

06-21-2010 | 05:43 AM

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What about a dual car gps and flight does the 296 do that? I want a 696 :-)

The guy that I work for gave me a Garmin 560 to use, it's really pretty cool... all the bells and whistles of color maps, airport diagrams, XM weather, etc... and when you get in a rental or crew car it switches over to "car" mode... which is just like a normal car GPS telling you what restaurants/hotels are around. It's a little expensive to buy personally, but pretty cool. I think the Garmin 500 is cheaper because it doesn't have the XM weather.

06-21-2010 | 06:17 AM

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I been using my CFI"s Lowrance 500 and it has been working perfectly. So I wanted to get one just like that... Noygonnadoit, do u still use your Lowrance 500 or willing to part with it?