Furuno Fall (in Love) Rebates
Posted: Wed Oct 28, 2015 9:22 am
FURUNO has announced a rebate program that offers a $200 rebate on the purchase of:
--GP1870F 7-inch Chart Plotter and Fish Finder with Internal GPS/WAAS receiver
--GP1760F 5.7-inch Chart Plotter and Fish Finder with Internal GPS/WAAS receiver
The MSRP of these products are:
--GP1870 = $995
--GP1670 = $695
but the discounted prices at many retailers, such as THE GPS STORE, are more like:
--GP1870 = $700
--GP1670 = $500
With the $200 rebate, the net cost is now down to
--GP1870 = $500
--GP1670 = $300
Those are rather amazing prices for any sort of device from FURUNO, which is generally a very highly regarded manufacturer of commercial grade marine electronics. It was not too long ago that I wrote of my interest in the GP1870 as a nice product when it was selling at around $1,100 at discounted retail. It is now available of less than half that price.
And having a Furuno sounder and chart plotter for $300 is just a remarkable deal.
Both the GP1870F and GP1670F support NMEA-2000 connections. They use C-MAP cartography but do not have any included in the base unit price. Neither includes a bundled SONAR transducer. More details of their capabilities are available from:
http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocumen ... ations.pdf
http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocumen ... ations.pdf
As required by NMEA, the above specifications properly list all the parameter group number (PGN) of the NMEA-2000 data that can be handled by the devices. The usual engine parameters, PGN 127488 and 127489 are accommodated, so these devices should be able to display engine data. You could hardly find just a NMEA color display of this size at these prices.
--GP1870F 7-inch Chart Plotter and Fish Finder with Internal GPS/WAAS receiver
--GP1760F 5.7-inch Chart Plotter and Fish Finder with Internal GPS/WAAS receiver
The MSRP of these products are:
--GP1870 = $995
--GP1670 = $695
but the discounted prices at many retailers, such as THE GPS STORE, are more like:
--GP1870 = $700
--GP1670 = $500
With the $200 rebate, the net cost is now down to
--GP1870 = $500
--GP1670 = $300
Those are rather amazing prices for any sort of device from FURUNO, which is generally a very highly regarded manufacturer of commercial grade marine electronics. It was not too long ago that I wrote of my interest in the GP1870 as a nice product when it was selling at around $1,100 at discounted retail. It is now available of less than half that price.
And having a Furuno sounder and chart plotter for $300 is just a remarkable deal.
Both the GP1870F and GP1670F support NMEA-2000 connections. They use C-MAP cartography but do not have any included in the base unit price. Neither includes a bundled SONAR transducer. More details of their capabilities are available from:
http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocumen ... ations.pdf
http://www.furunousa.com/ProductDocumen ... ations.pdf
As required by NMEA, the above specifications properly list all the parameter group number (PGN) of the NMEA-2000 data that can be handled by the devices. The usual engine parameters, PGN 127488 and 127489 are accommodated, so these devices should be able to display engine data. You could hardly find just a NMEA color display of this size at these prices.