Lowrance iFinder Expedition C Waterproof Hiking GPS
by Lowrance
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Customer Review: Great new color GPS receiver
Summary: 4 Stars
See my review for this receiver under Lowrance ifinder Expedition C Plus, which is the same receiver with the 6 MapCreate CDs and card reader included. The Plus package is a very good deal if you're interested in having detailed topographic map information on your receiver. The non-Plus unit just comes with basic low detail built-in map that's not too useful.
The Lowrance ifinder Expedition C has a built-in compass, color screen, an easy and advanced mode, many user adjusted options, and uses small SD memory cards.
GPS satellite is fast and strong; it even works inside my house! Battery life seems somewhat short, but overall I'm impressed.
Customer Review: Decent product for the price.
Summary: 3 Stars
Nice color display and functionality. Had a hard time with acquiring signal while in central/southern Alaska if not outdoors with fairly decent clear path to sky. Was better in the Skagway and Ketchikan area. Probably could expect this from most devices... In the lower 48, was very good indoors and in the car. Device is pretty decent to use. I hate an annoying popup on powerup that warns not to use for navigation ?! Maybe someone tried to sue them ? Maybe there is a way to turn off, but have not found it yet.
Unfortunately you have to buy the software to build the maps. You have to pick areas, such as US or Canada, etc. SO picked up the US one. Unfortunately, they do not even overlap any into Canada. Would be nice if there was some overlap for those short excursions across the border (when we were in Skagway, AK we went up to Carcross, Yukon, CA).
Software is not that great. Had to install an upgrade just to get it to work w/o crashing/hanging up (on Win XP). Even then, it cannot do large maps at one time. thus you have to make several smaller ones which just takes more time. Will occasionallly lock up anyway. Also, appears to require a special card reader to limit # of MMC/SD cards used. Pretty lame attempt to limit people copying maps for others.
The website is not great either for updates, etc. My device has a newer version than available upgrade on the website !
Overall, maybe worth it considering the price and features compared to others, even with the added cost of software.
Customer Review: 1st GPS
Summary: 3 Stars
This is the first GPS I own and didn't know what to expect. I didn't realize I would need to spend another $100 to get the actual views that should be on these things from the start. Once I got the added software it was everything I hoped for. So basically I spent $350. Hmmmm, I could have bought a computer for that. Seems pricey. They'll probably be $75 in ten years with all the bells and whistles.Customer Review: buyer beware
Summary: 2 Stars
My iFinder worked great for three years until stopped it locating satellites. I went to test it before a outing and it could not locate any satellites. I have taken great care of my GPS, always careful w/ it and never dropping it. Called customer service and they want $149 flat fee to fix it plus $12.50 for shipping. Hopefully they have or will make there new GPS's last longer.Customer Review: Very good for 3 years - then expensive paperweight
Summary: 1 Stars
Bottom line: Steer clear if you expect a piece of equipment that lasts more than three years.
I'd have given this a four-star rating up until a month ago. That's when it passed its third anniversary of use. And stopped finding its location. It'll operate absolutely normally in every regard; displaying maps, finding satellites and positioning them in the sky; compass works; barometer works; in short it will do everything except its primary function.
Lowrance customer service has been notably unresponsive except to finally tell me that they want $150 just to look at it.
Some internet surfing reveals that this is an epidemic with this model and similar Lowrance models. They simply go belly-up in this fashion after three years. My personal suspicion, unsubstantiated in any way, is that they are programmed to cease their primary function after three years since turn-on.
Anyway, now I have to get another GPS for hunting, and it won't be a Lowrance.