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| Well said esoxfly.
Everyone has to remember, these are electronic devices.
That alone will say that at any point, no matter the brand, high-end unit or low-end unit, how old, at some point they'll get quirky. As esoxfly said, these things are mini-computers on board a BOAT, of all places. Which means, these things will be exposed to a lot of moisture and exposure to different temps and a lot of vibrations while the boat is running and bashing into waves. Which over time, when exposed to heat and then exposed to extreme cold, throw some rain and snow on them, high speed runs in big waves, etc, etc, tolerances in the manufacturing of the unit will start to widen and loosen through expansion and contraction and mother-nature will have her way with the electronic devices. Moisture and water will find it's way into the tightest of places. We all know that water and electrical devices don't mix well. That's the simple fact of what these things are. These things are put into an environment where electronics will always suffer at some point. These things aren't sitting still in an environmentally controlled and temperature controlled location like home computers are and even then, those home computers, are electronic devices as well, and we all know how those things will always have problems at some point as well. Nothing is perfect.
We're light years ahead of where we were just a generation or so ago in regards to technology within the fishing industry. Embrace it. It's another tool to help you do what you want. Some get by with the simple basic stuff, some feel they need every gadget, bell and whistle. To each their own. A lot of this stuff tends to fall to the side of the "chest thumping" within the fishing community as well in regards to who has the latest and greatest and the biggest screen. Who cares? Get what works best for your needs and for you budget. Nevermind everyone else. What works for one, doesn't necessarily work for all.
Edited by MACK 9/10/2009 10:29 AM
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