Raymarine E120 review

passbhoy · 06 October 2011, 14:27

Hi Folks,
I was wondering does anyone have any experience of the Raymarine E120 as we are considering one for the refit of our Rib. looking forward to hearing your views

Channel Ribs · 06 October 2011, 15:08

I have not used one in a while, so I cannot comment. Other than to say that at about 300 quid less the Garmin 12" touchscreen chartplotter is considered by some to be better value for money.

http://channelribs.com/shop/product_...roducts_id/102

Pikey Dave · 06 October 2011, 15:09

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Originally Posted by passbhoy

Hi Folks,
I was wondering does anyone have any experience of the Raymarine E120 as we are considering one for the refit of our Rib. looking forward to hearing your views

I assume you mean the widescreen & not the classic which is now discontinued. I have E80's (classics)which are identical in operation & features to the E120. I have mixed feelings about them. They do what they do very well, but I don't find them very user friendly. I'd go down the Lowrance route now, just for the structure scan.

Cookee · 07 October 2011, 07:50

We have E140 widescreens on the race boat and they have been faultless for us, paired with the Navionics charts the level of detail is amazing - they will even do 3D which you can tilt and pan. Tide charts and currents are built in as is a Google map overlay. We have also connected it all up to the Yanmar engines with the NMEA 2000 and get all of the engine data up on the screens. We also have the AIS 650 which puts all commercial shipping and any private vessels fitted with it up on the screen with lots of information on it - happy to answer any questions you have.

Ribochet · 07 October 2011, 08:50

Do you have the free space to surface mount such a large plotter on your console or will it be bracket mounted? The reason I ask is that in my experience a 12in plotter mounted on a bracket is 100% in the smooth stuff but once it starts to get bouncy then they get harder to read due to vibration. I have had a bracket mounted Lowrance HDS-10 which has good old fashion buttons

for a year now and think it’s the cats pyjamas

Cookee · 07 October 2011, 12:33

Forgot to mention - if it's likely to get wet they have a "hybrid" touch screen that you can turn off and use buttons instead, much more user friendly when going fast.

passbhoy · 07 October 2011, 12:43

yea we are getting a new console so it will be custom fitted

passbhoy · 07 October 2011, 12:44

excellent, sounds good, thanks for the info

Ribochet · 07 October 2011, 15:10

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Originally Posted by passbhoy

yea we are getting a new console so it will be custom fitted

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