GPS Tracklog: Lowrance XOG

October 08, 2007

Lowrance XOG

Taking a page from the Magellan playbook, Lowrance has a "crossover" product coming out, the Lowrance XOG, billed as a road-trail-water navigator. Unfortunately, the unit comes with a 12 channel GPS receiver, which tells us that it doesn't have a high-sensitivity chipset like the SiRFstar III.

It does have a 3.5" color touch screen, over 3 million POIs, and an MP3 player. It can also utilize aerial imagery, ala the Lowrance iWay 600C.

No word yet on when it will be out or the price tag.

Via GpsPasSion.

Magellan CrossoverGPS review

Oct 8, 2007 4:25:28 PM | Hardware, Lowrance

8 Comments

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Posted by: Big breast | December 20, 2007 at 08:28 AM

That looks like a great GPS unit.

Posted by: Wandas11 | February 20, 2008 at 11:53 AM

I'm really glad that all the GPS makers are starting to do this. I've been really looking forward to purchasing a product like this for all of my navigation needs (driving, hunting, snowmobiling, and sailing). It is also a good thing that Lowrance is coming out with a product similar to the Magellan, because hopefully the competition will bring prices down. Thanks for the info on new products!!

Posted by: Jonah | July 16, 2008 at 02:28 PM

The brief description here ignores the XOG's ability to use downloaded, highly detailed USGS topographic maps. SiRFStar or not, the XOG is sensitive and accurate on and offroad. Since XOG was ignored by techie reviewers in favor of the big-box store brands and it was cancelled by Lowrance after one year (end of 2008). Too bad. Good unit. Now trail users can spend twice as much to get topo detail.

Posted by: DWPC | December 28, 2008 at 02:29 PM

I didn't know it was discontinued. Too bad, because I would have liked to review it.

Posted by: Rich Owings | December 28, 2008 at 07:14 PM

I have been using the Lowrance XOG for two weeks straight now it is a great unit I have never had a street navigator before thought I new all the roads, short cuts, back roads, of California and western Nevada I have found more with this little gem. I just got back from a 3 and a half day working trip and used the XOG for my navigation to 30 of my job sites from Bakersfield Ca. to Sacramento Ca. to Reno NV. to Mammoth Lakes Ca. to Ridgecrest Ca. then back to Bakersfield Ca. Caching all the way 155 finds out of 155.

The XOG has a nice size touch screen that works great, do not have to worry about buttons sticking.
Gets me within three feet of a cache without bouncing, every time. You need this when the cache is under a foot of snow. Make one three foot dia hole in the snow instead of a 10 to 15 foot dia hole. Works graet under under trees with thick snow covering them. Like up at Nordic, Ca.

What is even nicer is the back light is adjustable to three different settings bright for day time road navigation dim for night time diving. I like the size of the screen I do not have to use a magnify glass to see the letters and numbers of the waypoints. What Lowrance needs to make is a attachable handle to make it a hand held.
The rechargeable battery last 2 hours plus and can recharge in the car in between cache, nice.

The price for the Garmin Oregon 599.99 without street voice navigation.
The price for the Lowrance XOG 160.97 W/shipping and tax from walmart.com

Wow, time for beer thirty with louse change. 439.02 = 49 six packs of Sierra Nevada with tax and crv.

Want to party.

Still available at walmart.com and Costco.com as of 2/19/2009

Posted by: Phil | February 19, 2009 at 08:40 PM

Thanks Phil. I think they discontinued this one a little too quickly.

Posted by: Rich Owings | February 20, 2009 at 08:42 AM

I use the XOG as a chart plotter for my boat. I am highly impressed with the Nautic Path Marine charts and the way the XOG handles them. As for accuracy, I mounted it alongside a Etrex Legend in my car in the turn by turn road mapping mode, and it matched or beat the Garmin all the time. The XOG has unique software that is totally compatible with SiRF or whatever system the others use. I paid $160 for it at Cabelas, and $87 for the West Coast Nautic Path Charts. About 1/2 what I would have had to pay for a handheld Garmin Marine Mapping unit, and 1/4 the price of a Marine Chart Plotter. Lowrance made a big mistake not continuing this device. My only complaint is that I can't find more details on how to use its many in depth mapping features.

Posted by: Terry Lesh | May 02, 2009 at 07:34 PM

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