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    Addie Bedford
    BPL Member

    @addiebedford

    Locale: Montana

    Companion forum thread to:

    Lowrance Endura Sierra GPS Review

    #1556208
    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi ray

    Valuable review. What NOT to buy.

    {rant}
    That's what happens when the marketing department works by committee – you get every conceivable bit of useless electronic junk jammed into the box. When will these guys realise that when someone wants a GPS, that's what they want – not a complete circus tent?
    {/rant}

    Cheers

    #1556224
    EndoftheTrail
    BPL Member

    @ben2world-2

    "That's what happens when the marketing department works by committee… When will these guys realise that when someone wants a GPS, that's what they want – not a complete circus tent?"

    Methinks you've got Sales and Marketing confused. Sales wants to put a GPS into the hands of everyone who wants one and can pay for it.

    In the interest of ever-increasing earnings growth which stockholders demand, Marketing's job is to "increase the pie" by convincing people that they need a circus tent and not just a GPS.

    By and large, Marketing usually succeeds. :)

    #1556249
    Mark McLauchlin
    BPL Member

    @markmclauchlin

    Locale: Western Australia

    Great review Ray,

    Think I will stick with my old trusty 60CSX

    Cheers

    #1556275
    Erick Panger
    BPL Member

    @eggs

    Locale: Mid Life

    I bring an iPod/MP3 player on some trips as well as a GPS. Combining these would be nice but inevitably when these combination take place compromises have to happen and each feature suffers somewhat. I suspect this unit is suffering from many compromises.

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    Roger Caffin
    BPL Member

    @rcaffin

    Locale: Wollemi & Kosciusko NPs, Europe

    Hi Ben

    > Methinks you've got Sales and Marketing confused.
    Yeah, you might be right. Sigh.

    Cheers
    (the circus jester)

    #1556500
    Sam Farrington
    BPL Member

    @scfhome

    Locale: Chocorua NH, USA

    Ray,
    Thank you for the valuable work on this review. Is there any chance of your reviewing the Garmin Foretrex 301 or 401?
    Sam Farrington, Chocorua NH

    #1556506
    George Matthews
    BPL Member

    @gmatthews

    Ray – good review.

    Rog/Ben –

    electronic business: add features -> marketing -> sales -> repeat

    targeted customer: grab new -> toss old -> repeat

    All –

    For me, electronic gadgets can create unpleasant 'noise' and therefore lessen the benefits of some backpacking activities. I'm not a Luddite, but am actually working on texting and drawing with a pencil to record some hikes. I've found this low-tech product to be refreshing. Try it sometime.

    #1556508
    Keith Selbo
    Spectator

    @herman666

    Locale: Northern Virginia

    I'm not sure I get this. Isn't there free software that generates route files? Is it that you can't load a gpx file into the GPS from a computer?

    #1556530
    Raymond Estrella
    Member

    @rayestrella

    Locale: Northern Minnesota

    Thanks guys,

    Hey Keith,

    It takes downloaded GPX files with no problem. Drag-and-drop simple. Works for routes and geo-caches quite well. I was talking about making my own routes. I have not seen any "free" GPX topo programs out there. There are some free front ends, or transfer programs, but they all want you to buy the mapping software.

    Which is fine, Lowrance sells it too. I reviewed what they sent me.

    I spend a lot of time in Minnesota and they are big there with the fishing folks. I hope they continue to refine their GPS units towards our use. Competition is good…

    #1556748
    Patricia Combee
    Member

    @trailfrog

    Locale: Northeast/Southeast your call

    Very nice review. Makes my Cheapie $100, 5 year old Magellan look pretty good. I was actually wanting to check this GPS out, I think perhaps I will skip it.
    Again, nice very informative review.

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