Northstar GPS/combos

[Runamuck]

Does anyone no anythig about the Northstar brand of GPS or combo units or even own one. If so im intersested in what you think.

Thanks
Adam

[snelly1971]

I have seen a couple on commercial fishing boats but never used one.....i suppose if commercial fisherman are using them then they must be ok.....

[Runamuck]

I guess your right.... especially if their living depends on it.

[snelly1971]

I am not sure....but i think they are similar to the Geo Nav plotters....geo nav are made by magella...just another name for there brand...

[Runamuck]

I have been led to believe that the are a Navman

[snelly1971]

They probably are...???? I owned a Geo Nav 11...couldnt find much info so i searched on the net....as i said they are made by Magella ....great plotters but bloody expensive new......

[Runamuck]

looking at one that retails in Aust for approx 2100 dollars for 1500 dollars ex USA

[Kerry]

NorthStar is more associated with the US market but now that Brunswick has sold out including selling Navman then I suspect things are about to change?

Lowrance, Eagle, Simrad, Northstar, Navman to name a few brands all under the same banner should do something and certainly improvement with some brands, which is probably long overdue but something really not within Brunswick's area of expertise.

Regards, Kerry.

[snelly1971]

Yep you was right...definately a Nav Man...just look at any pic of em...

[Kerry]

Northstar have been around long long before Navman ever existed, one being a US company and one originated in NZ. These brands are like chalk and cheese, totally different.

[Runamuck]

Im looking at buying a northstar explorer 657 which replaces the navman 6507. The 6507 retails for about 1500 dollars while the 657 ex US is 990 Aust delivered to your door.

[snelly1971]

Do a search Kerry....compare the Navman Tracker 5507 to the North Star Explorer 550.....its like saying that the older nissan patrols and ford mavericks were different..?????

[Runamuck]

Check your Pm

[Kerry]

Do a search Kerry....compare the Navman Tracker 5507 to the North Star Explorer 550.....its like saying that the older nissan patrols and ford mavericks were different..?????

The 5507 and NS550 are reallly nothing like the Ford rebadged Nissans but with Navman and Northstar being owned by the same company then there the similarities and production costs were obviously becoming aligned.

Mavericks were simply rebadged patrols but which ever way one looks at the 5507 is not a rebadged 550 or visversa. Might outwardly look similar and this is what one might expect with keeping mass production costs down but internally they are really not even close.

Even the 5507 screen resolution is 4 times the quality of the 550! In fact there are quite a few differences that totally separate these two apart from simply looks.

Regards, Kerry.

[SteveS]

your getting mixed up people, the northstar 550i is the same as the T5505i navman unit which is still in production because the new T5507 uses the GPS1240 smart antenna and deosn't come out with the internal antenna version. The northstar 657 unit for $990 from the US is good value I think.