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Originally Posted by kcinnick
So GPS, Sonar and a VHF radio, I can handle that. I was quoted $1500 for a 5" GPS at the Nauticstar Dealer, $2500 for a 7" and $3500 for a 10". Made me want to do a little research of what I should be looking for rather than just take their word for it. Literally put 5" GPS on the quote, not a model name or anything! They also quoted the boat 15% higher than what others dealers where selling them for and wouldn't order the options I wanted because I wouldn't be happy with them???
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I mean you can spend 1500 on a 5" but it better be an HDS 5 with structure scan. I don't think can go wrong with any of the major brands; garmin, lowrance, or hummingbird. They all have their pros and cons. I would go to a place that sells em that they are hooked up and play with em. In my experience garmin is the easiest to use and has a really good basemap. Lowrance is a little more complex but you can fine tune the sonar better and seems to have more features(like down scan the ability to hook up your engine to get performance data). I dont have any experience with hummingbird but I know people that are happy with theirs.