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Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | I have the 168. I think it is basically the same thing but it also has a sounder built in. I am not sure if this is a problem with the 162 or not, but mine can take a long time for the GPS to refresh the screen. The only time this was a real issue for me was at Sabaskong. I didn't know the water at all and I relied upon it heavily for navigation.
You should also know that on some of the HOTSpot maps, the lake contours aren't very detailed or accurate for that matter. If you know the lakes you are fishing, it is pretty easy to mark up the maps on your computer then upload the data to your GPS. I will say though that the Sabaskong maps did worked very well. So well in fact, we were able to fish well after dark, miles from camp and were able to find our way back without hitting anything. There is no way we would have been able to do that without those maps.
In all, I am pretty satisfied with mine.
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