Navman gps

[Dave R]

I have the 175's baby sister, the 155C. I love it. Been using it all season and have logged about 1000 statute miles (perhaps 20 days of "boating") on it. Very slick and the Bizer chart is wonderful. Has just enough detail without lots of clutter. So far, no problems at all.

Too bad about the Navman "issues", seems like a nice piece and has a better base than the SH in my opinion. I went with the SH mostly becuase of it's low profile. The Navman in the same place on my helm would have completely blocked my tach.

[Drummer Boy]

Is the C chip for the Lake the same for either the Standard Horizon 175 and the Ray Marine 435

[ThePlut]

I have the Navman 5500i on my boat for a month or so. No problems and I really like the unit. There is still a $175 rebate on it:

http://www.navman.com/thedeal

it was extended to August 31st.

I got mine online for $489 + $5 overnight shipping, minus the rebate, totalled $319 for the unit. Couldn't be more pleased thus far and am very happy I didn't have to drill any more holes for the antenna. I couldn't justify $200 more for the Standard and I haven't been dissappointed yet...

As far as I know, there is only one C-map cartridge and it will work in any unit that accepts C-map. (for example, I know for a fact that the Navman and Standard Horizon use the same one because I took one out of a Standard and plugged it into the Navman, worked fine.)

...Jim

[Dave R]

Originally Posted by ThePlut

I have the Navman 5500i on my boat for a month or so. No problems and I really like the unit. There is still a $175 rebate on it:

http://www.navman.com/thedeal

it was extended to August 31st.

I got mine online for $489 + $5 overnight shipping, minus the rebate, totalled $319 for the unit. Couldn't be more pleased thus far and am very happy I didn't have to drill any more holes for the antenna. I couldn't justify $200 more for the Standard and I haven't been dissappointed yet...

As far as I know, there is only one C-map cartridge and it will work in any unit that accepts C-map. (for example, I know for a fact that the Navman and Standard Horizon use the same one because I took one out of a Standard and plugged it into the Navman, worked fine.)

...Jim

something about this story seems so familiar...

[Mee-n-Mac]

Originally Posted by ThePlut

I have the Navman 5500i on my boat for a month or so. No problems and I really like the unit. {snip}

How do you mount yours in the boat ? I have a different handheld (non-plotting) that I often just leave "up on" the helm but this is less than perfect. I didn't wan't to drill or glue and have been looking into suction cup mounts (ala RAM). Just curious as to what you did/do ...

[ThePlut]

When I had my handheld Magellan Meridian, I bought a Ram mount with a suction cup base and attached that to the windshield to the left of the dash. RAM mounts are really first rate, I was impressed with mine, I'd recommend them. Lots of options in that catalog for mounting.

I have the Navman hard mounted to the dash, to the left of the steering wheel on the panel.

I have a picture up on a different website, let me see if I can link it:



The ram mount was suctioned to the left of the compass on the windshield, down as low as I could go (I don't have a pic of that).

Hopefully the pic works...

[smoke eater]

I purchased the navman 5500i and also got the rebate. I installed it on my 2004 Four Winns Sundowner 245 2 weeks ago and so far I am very happy with it. I did not want to spend what they wanted for the SH 155 and I think the taller profile of the navman works better for where I mounted it. The unit has great day time viewing and fast redraws and is easy to use with the C-Map chip.

[New Hampshire Native]

I am really interested in the Navman 5500i, but want to know if you can use it on land with topo maps, street maps, etc? Thanks for any help on this. If not, what is the best GPS to have for both.