Lowrance iWAY 350C Car GPS Receiver

Pros: Lightweight, Easy to setup and use, Nice screen
Cons: Software problems, Signal acquisition problems, Unit randomly powers down Maps are out of date

I bought the Lowrance iWAY 350C GPS Receiver to use on a trip to Florida with my wife. Not only did I want to have a GPS to guide us around, I also wanted to evaluate it for possible long term use. As I am a gadget ...

Pros: Small and easy to use. Fairly accurate navigation. Decent looking maps.
Cons: Strange shut down behavior, terrible suction cup mount, very poor software upgrade process.

I have owned the Lowerance iWay 350c since March of 2006. I have traveled with it a few thousand miles; through rural areas, mountainous areas and larger cities and have experienced both excellent performance and terrible performance. Initial ...

Pros: Immediate lock from "stand by", Exclnt Navigation, Customization, Mapscreen details, Sraightline options, features
Cons: Not Waterproof

I-WAY 350C in use for a couple of months. Has worked great. Initial Sat lock has been fine…No problems there. Units is very configurable. Many land feature details available for map screens. Maps are pre-loaded for North America. Show as many map ...

Pros: large screen, pleasant female voice, preferences can omit tollways
Cons: Synching satellites slow, installing update > 1 hour, address entry awkward

I have owned the iWay 350C for about 8 months now, having purchased it after moving to Princeton NJ. It works pretty well overall and I have become a fearless traveler with my trusty GPS. It has two power modes: full shutdown and standby. I prefer ...

Pros: Sound over stereo, MP3 player, the maps are great.
Cons: Processes very slowly, doesn't say road names, no traffic updates.

Maybe I've had bad luck with this model, but I've been disappointed with the iWay 350c. I received the unit as a gift. It was first purchased in May 2006 and I am on my 4th warranty replacement unit from the factory. (Each time calling tech support for ...

Pros: Many features that actually work, great display and sound.
Cons: No external antenna jack, but a re-radiating antenna works wonders.

The iWay 350c is better than I imagined... which is impressive since I'm kind of a gadget junkie. Even with its size it's still very easy to read. The voice is very clear and it's 'read' to me most of the streets I've been to so far. Tested it last ...

Pros: A truly portable GPS that you can use almost anywhere.
Cons: There are two places I have not found out how to find yet.

After spending weeks looking over different GPS receivers, I settled on the Lowrance iWay 350C. It had all the things I wanted for a reasonable price. I especially liked the idea that it had enough internal memory that I don't need to download maps to ...

Pros: Creates driving instructions fairly quickly. Map scrolling. Internal battery.
Cons: Poor touchscreen operation. Frequent and significant direction errors. Poor updates and manual. Poor on-line support.

I have positive experience with Lowrance marine products and purchased the iWay 350C expecting that same level of satisfaction. Not so. Two significant problems became immediately apparent. As I travel in rural areas and metropolitan areas I have ...

Pros: Easy touch-screen navigation
Cons: Battery didn't last more than 45 mins. Inaccurate readings. Maps are far too old.

I was looking for a small automotive GPS unit, and while I didn't really want one with an MP3 player, I thought that the iWay 350C sounded like a well-rounded package for a good price, and its music playing feature might come in handy on a long ...

Pros: Decent options for basic GPS device
Cons: Poor customer service, some unintuitive functions

I like the unit, as it delivers all that I need in this type of device. Again, for a base unit it offers decent bang for the buck. However, I am so disgusted with Lowrance's poor Customer Service, that I definitely will not buy another model from ...

Pros: Size, price, features
Cons: Not robust enough for automotive usage.

My frustration with Lowrance knows no bounds. After doing much research about the time that the iway350c was coming out I decided that it had all the features and size that I needed. So after waiting for the unit to come into stock I purchased one, and ...

Pros: Screen size, quality of display, mounting arm.
Cons: Inaccurate and unreliable, no short-cuts on text entry, awkward touch-screen

I bought the 350c because of it's high feature content and good price compared to competition. But I quickly determined it had too many bugs/issues and returned it. When working properly, I really liked it. However, in the week that I had it, it ...

Pros: Worked pretty good for the first two weeks!
Cons: Reliability is poor and online support from Lowrance is very poor!

See UPDATE BELOW this paragraphs, titled ****UPDATE*** (2/6/07): I purchased the IWay350C because the price and specs were exactly what I was looking for. The first two weeks it worked very well, but a little slow to lock on. The Maps are not ...

Pros: bright screen. excellent voice directions. intuitive use.
Cons: first unit returned after it wouldn't acquire satellite. Lowrance never paid my 50 dollar rebate.

I've owned an iWAY 350 for over a year and have driven throughout the U.S. with it... with no problem (after first unit was returned). Particularly like using it in the challenging to drive D.C. area where it always takes me where I want to go. I ...

Pros: great features, except for the satellite acquisition chip
Cons: inaccurate, too slow to acquire satellite signal (if ever)

The features and price of this GPS unit will have you thinking it is too good to be true. And for the most part, it is. There is no GPS unit in the market that offers this combination of features for this price; which is exactly why I bought one of those ...