Nauticpath vs. Navionics

[SeaPro238]

I've used Navionics chips in my Lowrance products but they have always been used offshore. I was recently given a new Lowrance LMS527cDF to replace the 6yo Garmin 182C in my Hewes Redfisher and was wondering if the Nauticpath chips had the same amount of detail as the Navionics chips.

[BassProZo]

I think you will like the Navionics chip better than the Nauticpath. Depends also on which chip you decide to get.(silver, gold, or platinum.) I think that the Nauticpath is not nearly as good and I have heard customers complain that it is hard to tell the difference between reefs and land, which can be a major problem.

[steelhead130]

Have used both, my GPS has them built in, were just as good so I sold my Navionics chip and havent missed them. If you only fish in 1 area then the price difference isnt that big, if you need coverage in different areas then you need the bigger XL chips and the cost goes way up.

[Butch Davis]

Nauticpath is excellent. Difficult to imagine it being hard to tell the difference between reefs and land.

[surfcaster51]

I have both a Navionics Platinum and a Nauticpath for my LCX 37C.
They are about equal as far as detail.
I pretty much stick with the nauticpath as the Navionics P. seems to hang at times when traveling between boundries on the chart and not refresh as fast. I believe this is a software issue between Navionics and Lowrance.
Plus the Nauticpath chips are a lot cheaper

[SeaPro238]

Not too much of a difference between the 3 that I can see, yeah the Navionics shots have some different symbols but for the money the Nauticpath looks good to me.