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Peter & Judy
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It looks interesting, but still a really new and untested by time products. My old Raymarine system that is now over 15 years old is getting ready to retire, but with the help of my iPad, I think it will get me through another season or two. Maybe by then this system will be better established and lower priced.
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thataway
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Almost a step back. tt depends on the boat's GPS sensors. Also no depth finder or radar. Seems fairly comparable to the current RayMarine Axiom series as far as touch and similar routing features. Problem with tablets is brightness--is this fixed? Also in a fast moving boat in rough water often dials and buttons are more precise than a tough screen--that is why I opt for one touch only and one touch plus knobs and buttons.
No mention of AIS, what is the monthly cost of subscriptions services? (Weather monitoring, environmental hazards and alerts etc)
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ssobol
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| thataway wrote: | Almost a step back. tt depends on the boat's GPS sensors. Also no depth finder or radar. Seems fairly comparable to the current RayMarine Axiom series as far as touch and similar routing features. Problem with tablets is brightness--is this fixed? Also in a fast moving boat in rough water often dials and buttons are more precise than a tough screen--that is why I opt for one touch only and one touch plus knobs and buttons.
No mention of AIS, what is the monthly cost of subscriptions services? (Weather monitoring, environmental hazards and alerts etc) |
It is supposed to work with NMEA 2000, so you'd need a networked transducer and radar. They do make "smart" transducers that can feed a NMEA 2K network.
You can get daylight readable tablets (up to 2000 nits). For example, DJI sells them for drone operators. I'm sure that there are others. Just expect to pay more for them.
So far only sold in Europe with European charts. |
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