Chartplotter

[dufour27]

Morning All,

I have been offered a Seiwa Oyster Chartplotter (first series) for £250. They were supposedly around £800 new.

Can anyone let me know if these plotters are any good, and if so is £250 a good price?

I already have an ipad with the Navionics app on the boat.

Any advice will be great.

Many thanks.

 

[macd]

Is it one of these:
http://www.mantsbrite.com/seiwa products/Seiwa Oyster.htm
(cost £1700 new in 2000);

or a smaller one, which your new price of £800 suggests?

Seems a lot for a decade-old plotter, but if it has up-to-date charts and lots of them, that might make a big difference.

 

[RupertW]

Morning All,

I have been offered a Seiwa Oyster Chartplotter (first series) for £250. They were supposedly around £800 new.

Can anyone let me know if these plotters are any good, and if so is £250 a good price?

I already have an ipad with the Navionics app on the boat.

Any advice will be great.

Many thanks.

You could ask the original owner - he probably made a police report.

I know it's daft of me but I buy almost everything secondhand but do really worry about the secondhand market for electronic goods promoting boat theft.

 

[dufour27]

macd, it's the stage down from the one on your link (i.e. it only has a 5 inch screen rather than the 8 inch).

Looking at £500 at a decent new 5 inch plotter in last months YBM.

Or seeing as it wont be used that much, should I just rely on the ipad?

 

[macd]

Looking at £500 at a decent new 5 inch plotter in last months YBM.
Or seeing as it wont be used that much, should I just rely on the ipad?

Know next to nothing about iPads, but £500 sounds like full whack. Check our here: http://www.electronics-marine.co.uk/
No connection, etc, and I'm sure there are others offering similar prices.
I have a Lowrance, which isn't perfect, but the display is superb.

 

[pvb]

it's the stage down from the one on your link (i.e. it only has a 5 inch screen rather than the 8 inch).

I didn't think Seiwa did a 5" Oyster. If it is only a 5" screen, and 10 years old, it's not worth £250 unless you're getting useful charts with it. You can get a brand new 5" Standard Horizon CP180i (highly regarded by many forumites) for only £310.