Is a Lowrance Globalmap 4800M a worthwhile GPS ?

[bigmikek]

I got a freebee Lowrance Globalmap 4800M with a antenna and it lacks a LOWRANCE 99-98 power cable.
The cable must still be on the old boat it came off of. I can find one for about $40.00 and I bet that it is ready to go.
Looks to be in good shape. I have two other fishfinders so I would only be interested in using it for GPS purposes.
Is it worth buying a power cable for it or not?
I have a brand new Garmin 500c for depth and maybe finding fish so I am good there, but I think that this Lowrance Globalmap 4800M is capable of working as a fishfinder too.
I do have an SD card on it that has Eastern US apparently but I can't read it on my PC.
I also have an Eagle Fishmark 320 depthfinder that came off the same boat.
I ran it on demo mode in the house off my boat battery and it seems to work good.
Just need a transducer bracket for it or I could epoxy another transducer to the hull.
Both these units look pretty nice. Just wonder how well they work.
Any comments would be appreciated on the Globalmap or Eagle units.

 

[bigmikek]

Re: Is a Lowrance Globalmap 4800M a worthwhile GPS ?

Nobody?

 

[bigmikek]

Re: Is a Lowrance Globalmap 4800M a worthwhile GPS ?

Well, I ordered a cable anyway. I have the manual from a pdf file that appears to be a mile long. I will try to review this unit later on when I get a chance to try it out for anyone who may stumble upon this topic down the road.

 

[roscoe]

Re: Is a Lowrance Globalmap 4800M a worthwhile GPS ?

Decent unit, just a bit dated as far as features go.

Equivalent to my Eagle 502c, except for the color screen.

Correct, you can't read those chips on a pc.

 

[bigmikek]

Re: Is a Lowrance Globalmap 4800M a worthwhile GPS ?

Thanks roscoe, I did get my cable in the mail yesterday and got my boat battery out of the closet and hooked it up in my living room. ( The wife loves this sort of stuff I do! LOL ) Thank gawd it worked. I was impressed with it especially with the depth of water bodies on the map. I have Eastern US and the info on it is good enough for me. The PDF file for a manual I downloaded using Google will help even though I was getting around on the menus pretty well anyway. There's plenty of ice and snow outside now so I will be not using it for a couple months. Having been using a handheld color etrex Garmin in a bracket on the dash in the past will make this look like watching TV.