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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
Posts: 442
Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:32 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

Honest, I'm not trying to star an argument ( I would head over to the 601 list if I wanted to do that.  LOL).  



Does anyone have an opinion about the Lowrance 2000C?  Is there anything better out there?  I'm about to buy one and seek the advice of builders here.



I'm looking for the most bang for the buck.



Thanks,



Tommy Walker in Alabama

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Tommy Walker
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craig(at)craigandjean.com
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Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

I assume you mean "best color moving map" because you can get the older

grey-scale or non-moving map units very cheap.



If you get to OSH look for show specials (although you will pay sales tax I

think).



Spruce will sell you a used Garmin 296 for $700 but I bet you could beat

that on Barnstormers or eBay.



The Bendix King AV8OR ($619 from Spruce) has been well reviewed. The

touch-screen makes it easy to use.



-- Craig



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John Bolding

Joined: 23 May 2006
Posts: 281

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 2:48 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

Hi Tommy,



http://www.aviationsafety.com/flight_cheetahfl150.html



Used one of their 190's a while back and am saving my fun money for either a 

190 or one of the new 150's,  head and shoulders above a Garmin 496, awesome 

piece of gear.

LO&SLO   John



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georgerace

Joined: 25 Oct 2006
Posts: 788
Location: Albion, MI

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:41 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

Hi Tommy:



I had the Lowrance 2000C in my airplane.  It was bright, easy and cheap to

update, and was very accurate in the places that I went, within 25 or 30

miles from here.  I particularly liked the terrain avoidance feature.  We

have a mess of big towers all over my immediate area.  It had each one pin

pointed and showed my relationship, in altitude, to each as they went by.

With 5 or 6 1000 footers within 20 miles, it was the one feature that I

really liked.  I also liked the nearest airport function.  One button brings

up a list, in closest order, hit another button and go there, hit another

button and get the airport diagram and all COM and ATIS frequencies.



I know there are probably better ones out there, but K found the 2000C to be

very user friendly and it had a great color display.



George



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bobkat

Joined: 07 Sep 2008
Posts: 143
Location: Bismarck, ND

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:42 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

I have the 2000C.  It;s OK, but not overly user friendly.   If I were 

getting one now, I'd go with the AV8Tor.  A friend has one and works great 

either in a plane or car.  Seems a bit more user fiendly.  All of them will 

get you where you want to go and allof them have tons on information in 

their databases, which is worth the price alone!

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Tommy Walker

Joined: 12 Jan 2006
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Location: Anniston, AL 36207

Posted: Sun Jul 12, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Best GPS today

Thanks for the replies. 



I am actually looking for something that a non GPS user can learn to use fairly quickly. The buyer for my plane asked me to buy him one. I noticed the 2000C at ACS was $699. My friend Rick Roberts (of CH701-Suzuki fame) has one and likes it. 



What the buyer needs is something with a large screen that is easy to use. 



I had an Airmap 300 back in the 90's and it was pretty good. It did lose it's GPS signal on occasions. I read some comments on some of the lists where people said their 2000C lost it's signal.... 



Just trying to get all the facts before I spend the gentleman's money. 



Thanks, 



Tommy Walker in Alabama 

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Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 4:15 pm Post subject: Best GPS today

Hi all,

I do a lot of x-country flying (like flying from San Francisco to Oshkosh

next week) and depend on a GPS. I have the older Lowrance 1000 (EBay has

them for about $200). It's similar to the 2000 but in B&W w/o terrain

avoidance). I also use Control Vision's AnywhereMap (AM) program on a Tablet

PC. The Control Vision product has many more features on a very large

format, but you need to be a PC techie to use it (My installation has three

blue tooth wireless connections to be able to use AM in my lap when it is

not plugged in. I often need to start AM more than once before all the stuff

connects up properly). AM has excellent terrain avoidance, touch screen

"banjo" routing (slide your finger to move the route), XM weather overlays,

all the US Sectionals, TFRs, and more.  The AM software and hardware cost me

about $2200. 

Why do I have two GPS's? Because AM's programming is not all that solid.

They keep coming up with new releases and great new features, but sometimes

the new stuff sends wrong info to my EZ autopilot and Dynon 180 glass

cockpit (used for wind speed & direction calcs). So I have the Lowrance unit

as a backup.

Comparing the two units for GPS functionality, both are easy to read but

both have some hard to see stuff. When I purchased the 1000 it had the

largest screen format available (I'm getting older and my eyes are not as

good as they once were). The touch screen is hard to use in turbulence while

the Lowracnce is never hard to use but takes more steps to get there. The

sun makes it difficult at times to see AM's presentation but Lowrance works

great in direct sunlight. If it is smooth I like AM controls; if it bumpy I

like Lowrance. They are both accurate but unlike AM, I have never had any

problems using the Lowrance to control my instruments except when it drops

the Satellite signals, which does not seem to occur with the AM product.

I hope this long winded explanation helps.

Les  



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