Garmin 78sc review
Hey Guys,
looking at getting a better handheld for my fishing
The Garmin GPSmap 78sc come preloaded with Aus and NZ bluechart, I use the slightly leser model (78s) at work so I'm sold on the unit and such but
just curious as to how good the marine charts are?
my Navionics on my phone does the job but once out the main metro area (just south of Bunbury) I loose all the charts...
will this be the same on the GPS charts that come preloaded with the garmin? has anyone used it?
I'm hoping that the charts will be for all the way around Australia, not just the metro areas.
I've posted a link below to the unit with its description.
hope someone can help
Cheers, KP
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
Marineboy
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Date Joined: 14/03/14
Bluecharts
hi super peg
i had a garmin gpsmap276c with blue charts and I ended up selling it and replacing with lowrance/navionics.
The unit itself was far more user friendly than lowrance but the charts lack detail compared to navionics, I only realised this when I went out with a mate and I sat my gps side by side with his lowrance, so many contour lines missing on the blue charts.
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !
Super peg
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Date Joined: 02/09/12
hey marineboy thanks for the
hey marineboy
thanks for the help,
By Lowrance you talking the chart plotters and such yeah?
does the Garmnin blue charts extend around Australia though?
or just metro areas?
still think I would rather a handheld then a fixed or combo
The art of fishing consists of casting, winding, trolling and jigging
while freezing, sweating, swatting and swearing.
Marineboy
Posts: 845
Date Joined: 14/03/14
Bluecharts
i had a sd card in my garmin that covered Esperance, round the west coast, over the top to mckay in qld. But you could buy smaller or larger cards.
And yes my lowrance unit is a combo unit that I use solely as a plotter but I do miss the portability of my old garmin.
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !