outcome of Garmin LakeVu chip threads

Cobalt 25 · 08-28-2017, 07:41 PM

I was finally able to get the chip I needed for my Garmin 740S chartplotter. The details on these chips are amazing. It even shows the unique configurations of all the docks along the shoreline. Plus, of course, all the 1' contour lines to show you the depths of the entire lake.

Anyway, loooong story short, I now have a brand new, never opened 2017 Garmin LakeVu HD chip that I am willing to sell for less than any of the many places and websites I have visited.The price is $120 if anyone is interested.

Dave R · 08-29-2017, 07:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Cobalt 25

I was finally able to get the chip I needed for my Garmin 740S chartplotter. The details on these chips are amazing. It even shows the unique configurations of all the docks along the shoreline. Plus, of course, all the 1' contour lines to show you the depths of the entire lake.

Anyway, loooong story short, I now have a brand new, never opened 2017 Garmin LakeVu HD chip that I am willing to sell for less than any of the many places and websites I have visited.The price is $120 if anyone is interested.

I have the same chip. Detail is impressive. LOVED the auto-routing when I was on Champlain, Champlain Canal and Hudson River for a couple of weeks earlier this month. As easy as manual routing is on a Garmin, it was really nice to just touch a spot on the chart and have the thing route me there with no fuss.

Cobalt 25 · 08-29-2017, 09:09 PM

Just to clarify, the HD chip does NOT have the auto-routing feature. However, you can manually create your own route to bring you safely from one waypoint to another.

The beauty of these chips is that they have many features that make navigating a heckuva lot less stressful on the lake than relying solely on the paper charts.

Patofnaud · 08-29-2017, 10:21 PM

Correct, the HD does not have auto-route, the HD Ultra does.

While it is not an auto pilot (unless you have all the big $ servos) the Ultra will calculate and map a plot for you. I do that plot every big trip, even if I know where I am going so that the First Mate (the cuter one on the boat) can follow the purple line home in the event I get hit in the head with a loon.

Cobalt 25 · 09-03-2017, 08:47 AM

The chip is sold.

chillininnh · 09-04-2017, 12:52 PM

Do you mind sharing where you found one of the older versions (14,15 or 2016)? I am in need of one myself for a customer here at work.

08-28-2017, 07:41 PM	#1
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 217 Thanks: 227 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	outcome of Garmin LakeVu chip threads I was finally able to get the chip I needed for my Garmin 740S chartplotter. The details on these chips are amazing. It even shows the unique configurations of all the docks along the shoreline. Plus, of course, all the 1' contour lines to show you the depths of the entire lake. Anyway, loooong story short, I now have a brand new, never opened 2017 Garmin LakeVu HD chip that I am willing to sell for less than any of the many places and websites I have visited.The price is $120 if anyone is interested.

08-29-2017, 09:09 PM	#3
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 217 Thanks: 227 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	Just to clarify, the HD chip does NOT have the auto-routing feature. However, you can manually create your own route to bring you safely from one waypoint to another. The beauty of these chips is that they have many features that make navigating a heckuva lot less stressful on the lake than relying solely on the paper charts.

08-29-2017, 10:21 PM	#4
Patofnaud Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Tilton/Paugus Bay Posts: 239 Thanks: 13 Thanked 64 Times in 45 Posts	Correct, the HD does not have auto-route, the HD Ultra does. While it is not an auto pilot (unless you have all the big $ servos) the Ultra will calculate and map a plot for you. I do that plot every big trip, even if I know where I am going so that the First Mate (the cuter one on the boat) can follow the purple line home in the event I get hit in the head with a loon.

09-03-2017, 08:47 AM	#5
Cobalt 25 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Cape Cod Posts: 217 Thanks: 227 Thanked 36 Times in 20 Posts	The chip is sold.

09-04-2017, 12:52 PM	#6
chillininnh Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 54 Thanks: 8 Thanked 14 Times in 10 Posts	Do you mind sharing where you found one of the older versions (14,15 or 2016)? I am in need of one myself for a customer here at work.