Plotter touchscreens

[gjgm]

In a marine environment are touchscreens an advantage or just something else to go wrong?

I dont think the marine environment is an issue, if that is the specific question.
The only thing I have bought extra was a pair of gloves with some silver thing on the finger tip, though I am not sure even that is always necessary , and I have only ever worn the gloves once.
hand on the edge of the plotter itself, same as you might do with a hard button plotter.
I think the menus work better.
No shortcomings with Garmin, in my experience.

 

[maby]

We have a Raymarine E90 on the new boat and it is ok. In dry conditions, the touch screen is convenient and the good thing about the Raymarine E series is that they also come with sufficient conventional controls to operate it without the touch screen which you can disable. We were out in some very bad weather a few weeks ago and I was very pleased that I could turn the touch off - rain and waves breaking over the cockpit were playing havoc with the plotter.

 

[theoldsalt]

I remember a thread on touchscreen chart plotters some time ago (maybe 2 years ?).

At that time much criticism was aimed at touchscreen use ( or should I say non use) with gloves and water getting on the screen and causing unwanted interaction. Maybe these problems have since been solved with the latest technology.