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Thomas Borchert wrote:
The 396 is a great piece of gear, but we desperately need some real
competition in this field. What's Lowrance's problem, anyway?


We have competition. Only not in the very top end of the market. Glad
you can all afford that kind of unit. I certainly can't.

We don't have competition, because there is no other hand held unit on
the market that can do XM weather. Therefore, there is no competitive
unit to the Garmin 396.

For you, it really doesn't matter since you're outside of the US. I
can't see any real benefit to the 396 if you can't receive XM signals
and obtain data relevant to your area.



JKG