sorry bill i forgot to add a comment about the detail of the maps.they are dead nuts on!if there is someting there its on the map and you can run right to it.i used the map to find several small humps that a guide told me i’d never find.[first of all he told me i’d never find my way to and from that part of the lake]they were about 25 miles from camp so i zoomedin on that part of the lake,found them on the map, plotted a course of travel,ran to the first spot like i was a bright orange beacon on the water,threw a buoy and soon netted a 25″ fish for my wife.repeated that process for 2 entire days but the 25 was our biggest. still, it was unbeleivable that you can locate spots and navigate a place like l.o.t.w. with ease.

the stand alone unit is gps/mapping only.i have the lowrance 3200 on display [$375] and it seems to work great.easy to run with a 5 inch lighted screen.i’m sure there are other stand alone units that use the chips also.

thanks deez-
the ONLY problem with this tool is that you’ll find yourself relying on it so much that if it broke you’d be
!@#^&*.i have a garmin e-trex that i use for hunting so i took it along and put key navigation points in it as an insurance policy cuz we were fishing out of snake bay just south of souix narrows and traveled n.w. up past chilsom island 2 days in a row.there was no way in hell i would of been able to do that without the map!when we got there i was running down humps out in the middle of big water like i put them there. several years ago i found some sunken brush piles in lake rathbun and was able to put them on the map so next time down there they’ll be cake to find.i just can’t say enuf good stuff about them!anybody fishing for $ is at a distint disadvantage if they are without it and somebody else has it.

yup, it will work in any unit that takes the mmc chip.i have now put a lowrance 3200 stand alone gps unit on display here in my store with the #10 chip in it that has all of iowa and minnesota plus rainy and lake of the woods.just showing people the unit in action triggers that “i gotta have it” emotion!the 3200 sells for $399 and the chip is $129 so its pretty affordable.i know for my part that it was the best $129 i spent on our vacation.

i’m running a lowrance x-15mt with gps.the unit is $699 and the gps is $275.expensive but worth the cash.lowrance lets you upgrade your system by downlaoding new software from their website.my unit is 5 years old but due to the free upgrades it has the same technowlodgy that a 2003 unit has.they should keep this available until it is totally obsolete which will be quite awhile.
this is the most amazing thing i have ever seen. if i were a tourney fisherman i couldn’t imagine not having it and suspect that the guys who do aren’t saying much yet!it is just too good to be true.
on lake of the woods it is a maze of islands with very few navigation aids that you’d spend a lifetime learning your way around on but i was running to spots that were over 30 miles from our camp without stopping!

what area are you interested in?they make several chips for just about everywhere.