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Brand: Lowrance

Located in: Fishfinders/Depth Sounders

Find fish and yourself in dazzling and affordable color with this uniquely new, compact Marine Sonar/Mapping GPS chartplotter designed to fit your boat, your budget, and your expectations of great performance. The striking 3.5" diagonal, sunlight-readable 256-color active matrix TFT display delivers 320Vx240H pixel resolution for superior sonar and mapping detail. Advanced white LED back lighting is fully adjustable for night and low light viewing preferences. With 100 watts RMS power and depth capability to 600 feet, the 200 kHz transom-mount Skimmer transducer offers up to 60 degrees of fish detection coverage and features an integrated sensor for water temp readings. Select sonar features include special display modes to reveal fish hidden by clutter and cover; adjustable Ping Speed with HyperScroll, full-screen LCD flasher mode with COLORLINE, and ASP noise rejection. As a chartplotter, the M68C has a newly advanced internal receiver/antenna for full 12-parallel channel GPS with WAAS precision navigation. A built-in high-detail Lowrance hydrographic background chart displays lakes, rivers, Great Lakes, and U.S. coastal waters with enhanced shoreline detail, plus nav aids and wrecks/obstructions. With storage for 1,000 waypoints and event markers each, the M68C features 100 savable plot trails with up to 10,000 points in any trail, memory for up to 100 routes with up to 100 waypoints per route, and over 30 map zoom ranges from .02 to 4,000 miles. The M68C also features sonar/navigation overlay data, high-speed screen update, sonar/GPS alarms, and back-up memory features. Sealed and waterproof for harsh saltwater environments with a Lowrance full one-year warranty. Unit dimensions: 4.3"W x 5.8"H x 2.5"D

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Review Snapshot®

Avg. Customer Rating:

3.6 stars

(based on 12 reviews)

83% of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Customers most agreed on the following attributes:

Pros:

Durable(6), Easy to maintain(4), Easy to use(6), Functional(5)

Best Uses:

Salt water(3), Travel(4)

Describe Yourself:

Casual fisher(5)

Great Product , Great Value

By Pontoon boat (Wide Load)

from Columbia SC on 2/20/2009

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Maintain, Easy To Use, Functional

Best Uses:

Fresh Water, Traveling

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

Easy installation, up and running in minutes. Nice size for small space.

M68CS

By 2dogs

from Fort Smith, Arkansas on 8/19/2008

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Maintain, Easy To Use, Functional

Best Uses:

Fresh Water, Traveling

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

I use this on Lake Ouachita in Arkansas. There are many rivers that run into this lake and there are many islands so it is easy to get turned around. It is a must when moving at night. Some of the reviews I've seen before I purchased mine said how this unit could not take the extreme heat...well mine has done fine, we have have had 3-weeks straight of 100+ heat and it is working quite well.

Just right!

By Linda

from Vemont on 8/19/2008

Pros:

Easy To Use

Best Uses:

Great on Lake

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

My kids and I were able to use the fish finder right out of the box. It showed the fish beautifully. We caught three bass and lots of big perch the first time out.

Best littel fishfinder around

By trophy joe from new york on 7/29/2008

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Maintain, Easy To Use, Functional, I like it

Best Uses:

Salt Water

Describe Yourself:

Avid Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

i like it for the songs that it dos when it finds fish

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

M68C

By CAPT SIMP

from DEAL MD on 7/7/2008

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Maintain, Easy To Use, Functional

Best Uses:

Traveling

Describe Yourself:

Professional

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

BEST UNIT MY FLEET

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

Great product

By Biggyredfish

from Winter Springs , Florida on 2/18/2008

Pros:

Durable, Easy To Use, Functional

Best Uses:

Salt Water, Traveling

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

I use this product to find new fishing spots that I never knew about and its great! The gps is very accurate and i never get lossed. The fish finder is ok but I'm ussually to shollw for the big need of that but do find great drop offs and stucture. For the money it's a great combo unit!!

[1 of 1 customers found this review helpful]

I would buy another one if I had to.

By Taz from Center Hill, florida on 1/15/2008

Pros:

Durable

Best Uses:

Salt Water

Describe Yourself:

Casual Fisher

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

This product will get you to where you want to go
and will definetly get you back to where you
started.

Works as Advertised

By GatorMan

from St. Cloud, FL on 8/10/2007

Primary use:

Personal

Pros:

Compact, Easy To Read, Easy To Set Up, Reliable Performance, Simple Controls, Strong Construction

Best Uses:

Boating

Describe Yourself:

Outdoor Enthusiast

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

For the price, you can't go wrong. I've had mine for over 1 and half years. Also bought the battery pack so I can take it on friends' boats. I use rechargeable batteries and they last about 7-8 hours. Mostly use the GPS function then. On my own boat, the depth finder works fine. The map detail is what you'd expect [$]. It's charts almost all the islands I fish near that are more than 40 yards in diameter.

Not bad for the price.

By Moe from Miami, FL on 6/7/2007

Pros:

Easy To Read, Easy To Set Up, Simple Controls

Cons:

Fits almost anywhere

Best Uses:

Boating

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

GPS function is easy to use although it could be a little more detailed. Knowing the depth of where you are going would be nice.

[2 of 2 customers found this review helpful]

Disapointed

By Disapointed Fisherman from Chesapeake Bay, Md. on 5/29/2007

Cons:

Hard to see in sun, Inaccurate, Low sensitivity

Best Uses:

Direction finding

Describe Yourself:

Fisherman

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

My unit is about three years old. It has never really worked as a fish finder. It lacks sensitivity. With age it even loses capability as a depth finder. I would not recommend purchasing another unit. It may be a problem with corrosion on the leads or a bad transducer but its sensitivity is lacking. It is hard to see in the sun as I run it on a small center console with no T-top.

The GPS works well. Low definition charts are a help. Good value there but as I said before, the fishfinder portion is a big disappointment.

m68cs saved us more than once

By flyfishfrank

from leesburg, florida on 2/25/2007

Pros:

High Quality

Bottom Line:

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

high quality, low price and a great peformer

[7 of 7 customers found this review helpful]

You could do better than this unit!

By JB from Florida on 1/30/2007

Cons:

Low Quality

Bottom Line:

No, I would not recommend this to a friend

Comments about Lowrance Lowrance M68CS Compact WAAS GPS Chartplotter and Fishfinder with 3.5" Color Display:

I have bought two of these units and each has quit working after about a year. The Warranty is only a year long! It is absolutely weird how each of my units lasted only a year! I thought the first that I bought might be a flook, but the second did the exact same thing! Just stopped working after one year. Lowrance does repair for $[...], but what a crock! While it worked, this unit was very nice and helpful, but quality of these units is suspect! GET THE EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS ITEM!

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