Furuno

[dansaskip]

I will confess to a liking for Furuno stuff, was seduced by thinking all these commercial users/fishing boats etc can't be wrong. So I have a Fururo wind instrument which has been faultless for over 10years. For some obscure reason when the screen of my log went dead I replaced it with a B&G but really that is a horrid device and wish I hadn't bought it .

When the screen of my GPS burnt out I replaced it with a Furuno plotter. Uses Cmap charts which I like. Yes its interface has some idiosyncrasies but it works and I like it - I would/will buy Furuno gear again.

Unlike Elessar I really dislike Garmin stuff and the way it works.

Thing is I think you really need a hands on test/demo of working equipment to see what suits your preference or style which is hard unless perhaps you go to a boat show.
An old saying from my biker days "different strokes for different folks"

 

[lustyd]

Thing is I think you really need a hands on test/demo

Completely agree with this. Some units like the B&G Vulcan I’m not even sure the manufacturer tried it, its unbelievably slow. When I tested side by side the differences and similarities were fairly obvious.

 

[Forty_Two]

For plotter i use OpenCPN on a Raspberry Pi 4B, works well for me

 

[Elessar]

I will confess to a liking for Furuno stuff, was seduced by thinking all these commercial users/fishing boats etc can't be wrong. So I have a Fururo wind instrument which has been faultless for over 10years. For some obscure reason when the screen of my log went dead I replaced it with a B&G but really that is a horrid device and wish I hadn't bought it .

When the screen of my GPS burnt out I replaced it with a Furuno plotter. Uses Cmap charts which I like. Yes its interface has some idiosyncrasies but it works and I like it - I would/will buy Furuno gear again.

Unlike Elessar I really dislike Garmin stuff and the way it works.

Thing is I think you really need a hands on test/demo of working equipment to see what suits your preference or style which is hard unless perhaps you go to a boat show.
An old saying from my biker days "different strokes for different folks"

Ok. We are disagreeing far too amicably and respectfully.

So……

Anchors.