Marine Electronics Reviews
Marine GPS Chartplotter Combos

"Take a look at a do-it-all chartplotter fishfinder combo unit."

An easy-to-read marine GPS chartplotter can be your best friend when you're running the tight confines of a wily inlet at o'dark thirty or navigating through a maze of submerged hazards or trying to plan your next trip.

Combining a chartplotter with a fishfinder further enhances its usefulness. Cruisers and fisherman need to see the bottom and its structure. Seeing the fish below is important too.

Combination chartplotter fishfinder units have become a very popular option for many powerboaters, sailors, cruisers, and fishermen. They combine many functions into a single display.

Standalone marine GPS chartplotters start at around $400 and go up as you add features and increase screen size.

Other types of electronics are also being combined with the GPS chartplotter today.

You not only have chartplotter fishfinder combo units, but chartplotters like the Standard Horizon CPV350 and Standard Horizon CPV550 that couple a VHF radio into the same unit and are capable of hooking up to a black box sounder too.

You'll also find plenty of new chartplotters with the ability to display engine data via a NMEA 2000 network connection.

Many will also display nearby ship information from an AIS receiver or be your source for timely weather when coupled to a satellite weather receiver.

It has only been in the last few years that these astounding improvements to affordable marine electronics have taken place.

Here at Marine Electronics Reviews we aim to get you the best unbiased and independent marine chartplotter reviews as quickly as possible. Stay with us as we add and grow.

We started off our Marine Electronics Reviews chartplotter combo main page with a handful of popular chartplotter reviews. As time permits we will continue to add more.

Within the next few months we'll be adding at least five reviews on a series of combo units with 5-inch screens.

You can read about how we test chartplotters here.

Boaters looking to meet basic navigation needs without buying a fixed mount chartplotter should check out a handheld GPS unit. They cost significantly less money. See handheld reviews here.

You can find some real bargains on last year's top products. Take a look at our reviews and see for yourself.