My New-to-Me Bav 30 has a Garmin GPSMAP 172C. It wasn't on the inventory, so I was pleasantly surprised. However, there is no useable-to-me chart installed (Southend on Sea yes, West Coast Scotland no!)
Garmin tell me that the model is redundant, and ebay charts are few and far between and expensive. So, considering a replacement: any recommendations?
As ever, thanks for any assistance!
IMO Garmin is still the way to go. Easy to network with other instruments and intuitive to use. I have a 4010 on my 36 as I prefer buttons to touch screen. Having said that the 750 series is a great piece of kit and is small enough to be able to brace your fingers on with a touch screen, but I prefer large screens and these I found awkward to use in choppy lumpy conditions. Others will argue and think its personal choice. If you can find a friendly dealer go and try them. The final convincer for me was the service from Garmin - well known to be very good.
Thank you, Ripster. I've a couple of landbased Garmin devices that I'm happy with - but I was a little miffed that they had pulled the support for my unit on the Bav. At least with a paper chart I could use a purple correction pen to update...! Still, I guess one has to be realistic about businesses.
Yes, I think a larger screen may be the way to do. I wonder if it will fit in the place the 172C currently sits?