How Old is Your Nav Equipment?

[redhead]

In 2014 we bought a Garmin chartplotter/radar set up, never dreaming it would take us this long to do the refit.

We are on the hard now for bottom work and a new transducer for depth sounder. While talking to our friend in the business he made a remark "Well your equipment is so old it'll break down soon, so don't commit to Garmin unless - yaddah, yaddah."

We were shocked at the remark, mostly because even though it's 2014 we just took it out of the box about 2 months ago and even more so that 3 year old equipment would be expected to break down - that it's just a fact of life.

I am now making a sound like a dinosaur - is this the offhand remark of someone in marine electronic sales or can this be so? I know many people want the newest equipment and that's not who I'm asking. I'm asking old farts on a budget like myself. Is my big investment really on it's last legs?