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Originally Posted by Green's Basin Girl
I am glad you are answering the question about the Standard Horizon 190i. I am planning on ordering one today and was second questioning myself because I thought there might be a problem with the Standard Horizon chart plotters. I am thinking of getting a combo with a fish finder and I was wondering what your thoughts are on that? We don't fish much, but we think it might be nice to have it. Also I am wondering where the best place is to purchase one?
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We bought ours from Gillan Marine in Alton Bay. Wasn't the rock bottom prices found on the internet, but was reasonable and I had it right then and there. I also found with the internet, people never had the exact same serial/ model # for the Winni Bizer chip, close but always a number or letter different or missing. So I figured if I buy local I know I will get the correct chip. To me that was worth a few extra dollars.
We did have a problem with the unit right out of the box, where the unit would not start or turn on. Gillan replaced the unit promptly. (priceless...thankyou Gillan!)
We passed on the fish finder only because we don't fish so we opted to save some money there.
Being brand spanking new to boating and only three small adventures with the boat, so far I like the 190i, it will be fantastic when I can get the settings customized....I can't wait!
ps I haven't experienced any issues regarding finding satellites with the units factory internal antena. By the time I'm ready to motor away its waiting for me.