Lowrance Launches New GPS Range

GPS specialist Lowrance is launching a new range of GPS units with a touch-screen user interface combined with conventional quick access buttons.

The three-strong Lowrance Endura range is aimed squarely at outdoor people and ranges from the top-end Sierra, which Lowrance says offers 'the most powerful and complete out-of-the-box GPS  experience available,' down to the Out&Back, an affordable, easy to use variant.

The units come with a range of preloaded maps and can also be expanded using a microSD slot for extra mapping and pictures. The units will cope with GPX files, the most common format for GPS routes and many other public domain files. They won't though, as far as we're aware, allow the use of OS mapping.

The range is waterproof to the IPX7 standard, weigh 165g minus the two AA batteries and have a  high-resolution 2.7-inch (6.8cm) colour touch-screen display, mini-USB port
for power and data cables, and two reinforced attachment loops.

We're off to check them out in the real world of the Lake District this Wednesday, so we'll let you know how they perform then.

More information at www.lowrance.com