Independent Marine Electronics
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Our independent unbiased reports will help you choose top rated marine electronics and electrical gear for your boat. We make it easy to pick the right gear for your boat and budget.

Marine Electronics Reviews gives our readers straightforward facts and opinions, that are simply not available from any other sources, on how well a product performs in the real world.

Our product reviews are not rewritten, rehashed, or regurgitated press releases often portrayed as a review by other publications or websites.

We actually install and test every piece of gear before we report on it at Marine Electronics Reviews.

We test everything electronic or electrical you might find or use on a recreational or small commercial boat.

After you have picked the right piece of gear use our knowledgeable installation tips to get it installed on your boat the right way.

What We Test

So far we've tested and posted reviews on everything from small boat autopilots to marine VHF radios to marine GPS chartplotters to image stabilized binoculars to electric bilge pumps. As we continue to test products in these groups we'll keep posting the results.

If we haven't tested the gear, we won't report on it.

New Reports and Reviews

Our posted marine GPS chartplotter reviews cover a wide range of units from standalones capable of providing basic GPS navigation and mapping to units that combine navigation with an internal fishfinder.

We have also reported on large screen multi-function displays that network data with a variety of other sources like black box sounders, radar, satellite receivers, and AIS units.

Our most recent testing has added satellite phones to our gear lineup. So far I've reviewed one from Iridium with another on the way. I'll be adding a sat phone main page soon that links directly to these reviews.

In the most recent reviews posted, when applicable you'll find a table added in the right hand column containing gear specifications. In reports where specifications are a critical component you'll find a large table in the center column.

All the gear we report on here at Marine Electronics Reviews was tested in the Florida Keys aboard one of our two test boats or reviewed ashore by our seasoned testers.