Lowrance Electronics - iWAY 250C GPS Receiver Review

I got the Lowrance iWay 250c after reviewing a bunch of others and after buying a completely unsuitable gps from DeLorme.  The DeLorme gave me some idea of things to look for, and so I settled on this one as a good compromise between cost and features.

There are gps units that cost a lot more than this, but I still haven't figured out why I would want to pay the extra since this one gets the job done quite adequately.

Here are some of the things I'm not satisfied with but which I suspect at least some of the higher priced ones suffer from as well:

• It sometimes takes a long time for the unit to find the satellites.  I've even had it still not be on line after about ten minutes and then rebooted it to see if that would get it going.  It alway has.
• There are times when I've had it get completely irrational about routes.  One such was when I traveled between El Paso, TX and Douglas, AZ.  I chose to take NM9, which is considerably shorter than going via I-10, and the whole time the gps kept having a hissy fit, telling me at every opportunity to get off this road and go up to the Interstate!
• They don't update the maps very often, and there are some places on the existing map that are clearly out of date.

Otherwise, I'm pretty happy with it.