Andrew(apb) has the 76map also and does well with it. It kept me from spending the night in the fog on Cumberland. I recently bought the iFinder Hunt by Lowrance and discovered that the maps are INDEED pricey. I bought the MapCreate package as well for $100 and discovered(after the purchase of course) that I was only allowed to make 5 maps with that package. What I had intended on doing was making a map for each area I go on small mb MMCs. So what I now have to do is try to get the most map on a card as I can. As for ease of use, they probably ARE easy for a military engineer! I got a CD(extra 15 bucks) to help. I have finally got pretty good with it, but it was a true test. You can do it, but ya gotta have the right frame of mind. It wasn't as easy as I was lead to believe.