lowrance lms 480

[EZGO]

I just bought this unit from cabelas on the net, 200.00 bucks its on back order but for that price I'll wait and I think that is with shipping. Thought I would post this, it might be in some ones price range.

[SuperSprint007]

That is a heck of a deal.... anyone on here used these units before?

[offdtop]

good unit if you are new to gps, overall good unit and was close to top pick a half dozen years ago, I think the newest maps are 2004 or 5

[first2fish]

I bought one also--cant beat that price-i have not had a finder with gps so i hope i like it. I checked some reports on it and most were positive. I would like to add the hot maps chip but they are high dollar. Might have to wait on that. Hope we like them !

[Col Forbin]

I had one on a previous boat, and really liked it. The sonar and GPS worked flawlessly. It will accept the navionics chips - check navionics site for the lakes and the detail of the lakes first. The newest chip has more high detail maps which is nice, but some of the older versions 06, 07 are much cheaper if you can find them and they may have the lake you want in high detail, or your choice lake map may have not been updated at all from the older ones - so it won't be any better for you to by the new chip. As far as color and a little more clarity on the sonar, there is no difference in that and the LMS 520 - I don't think you can network the 480 either - at least the version I had, you could not.