Raymarine or Others ?

[MehmetCan]

Recently I'm quite impressed with the technical specs and flexibility of E Series that's beeing marketed by Raymarine. Would you go with that or choose another brand's complete system like Garmin's or Simrads. What I'm interested with are :

E's 14" version on the chart table
E7 on the helm
Raymarine's sonar, HD radar, sirius weather adapter and (if I really go beserk) infrared system

I'm planning to put those on the next planned sailing cat, 45+ feet and plan for circumnavigation (hence the infrared for night entries and more importantly man overboard situations at night). I know, all sounds incredibly techno, redundant and maybe way over the top but then again, electronics are kind of a fetish! I'd appreciate if any E series owners can share their experiences too...

Best Regards;
M.

[ssanzone]

raymarine is about a month from releasing a new line. i decided to wait and see the new stuff figuring the current e series will cost less and / or the new stuff will be totally sweet.

-steve

[MehmetCan]

Originally Posted by ssanzone

raymarine is about a month from releasing a new line. i decided to wait and see the new stuff figuring the current e series will cost less and / or the new stuff will be totally sweet.

-steve

Thanks a lot Steve, I didn't know that and this information is sure handy!

M.

[ssanzone]

if i understand correctly, one of the biggest enhancements is 'much' larger screens. I will be putting in all new gauges soon so i would be interested to hear your opinions as your do more research and draw conclusions.

-steve

[MehmetCan]

Much larger screens? Yum yum yum! Well, I'm planning to wait for the gauges since Raymarine recently acquired Tacktick and I'm sure we'll see 100% compatible gauges with great visibility (out). As for inside goes, I'm just planning for ST70 repeaters for the chart table and beside my berth.

[MehmetCan]

Panbo: The Marine Electronics Weblog: Raymarine e7, hand's on #1

This is interesting -about the E7

[capecuddy]

Simrad NSS is slick and affordable. NSE is a bit more rugged and a bit more expensive. Lowrance HDS comes in a variety of sizes and is the most affordable of these alternatives. I have the HDS-10 with 3G radar and it's great.

[AnchorageGuy]

The Simrad units are indeed very impressive. I have had the opportunity to speak with Raymarine recently on the new E Series. With the Flir takeover, they are committed to improving the product over what it has been in the past. This includes all new manufacturing facilities and a new engineering staff. In the past I have been a big critic of Raymarine but have now been very impressed in the direction they are moving. I haven't yet had the chance to install any of the new equipment but look forward to it. Chuck

[Overlord]

Do you think it will be possible to connect the new E7 to older E80. I have a E80 but i would like to put it inside and the E7 at the helm on my cat

[AnchorageGuy]

Chris, Yes they can be connected, but because Raymarine has changed the network connection, you will need a special patch cable to connect the E7 to an E80. The first release, I believe, was not compatible with all of the Raymarine MFDs so make sure that the one you buy is compatible. Chuck