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Element 7S / buttons / CHIRP Sonar Module / with Lighthouse Chart

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ZBIGNIEW F.
by ZBIGNIEW F. Flag of Poland 5/6/2026 Verified purchase Variant: 81712 in use on a ETAP Yachting NV - Etap 28 i
The cheapest plotter on the market.
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Klemen K.
by Klemen K. Flag of Slovenia 2/11/2026 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Great value for price
Great value with free Raymarine maps with 1 year premium. Quite easy to update charts, add POIs and satelite imegery. However. device words crazy slow when using satellite overlay.
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Herbert L.
by Herbert L. Flag of Germany 10/4/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 81712 in use on a Bavaria Yachtbau GmbH - BMB 25 DC
Completely sufficient for a small boat
Good customer service!
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Jens E.
by Jens E. Flag of Germany 8/4/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Raymarine Element 7S
A simple, inexpensive plotter for information at the navigation station. SVB service, as always, impeccable.
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Thomas T.
by Thomas T. Flag of Germany 2/26/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 81714
Everything as ordered
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Layo J.
by Layo J. Flag of Spain 9/3/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
The product is as it was expected
Very satisfied. And as well with SVB delivery and attention.
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Töns B.
by Töns B. Flag of Germany 8/2/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Great, I'm totally thrilled!
I bought the device so that I could carry out software updates on my autopilot myself and have a backup for my old Lowrance. The menu navigation is super intuitive. The bundle with the nautical chart makes the price-performance ratio unbeatable. The device expands the functionality of my system immensely. I'm really impressed.
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Nicola B.
by Nicola B. Flag of Italy 6/18/2024 Verified purchase Variant: 81714
Perfect!
Excellent product! I come from dragonfly 5pro but this one which costs a little more is another world.
I would like to point out that the package does not come with maps for what is needed (some retailers sell the product with Raymarine cartography together).
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Philipp M.
by Philipp M. Flag of Germany 6/22/2023 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Fast service, good goods
Very good service, the product seems to be good, but still needs to be tested extensively (only 80 nm in use so far). The only minus - the price, why such devices (for the maritime sector) still cost so much money is not revealed to me - it's really nothing new.
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Markus  G.
by Markus G. Flag of Germany 11/3/2022 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Full fledged simple plotter
it does what it's supposed to, also in connection with the NMEA 2000 network, nice, very bright display, but a small bug
No key lighting.
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Andrzej R.
by Andrzej R. Flag of Poland 6/25/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 81713
Everything OK
Andreas T.
by Andreas T. Flag of Germany 12/18/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 81826
navigation
Very nice device.
Martin H.
by Martin H. Flag of Germany 12/12/2019 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Everything for your joy
Great everything
This item was rated via MyBoat on Bayliner Marine Corp. - Bayliner 2052 Capri LX Cuddy.
Peter S.
by Peter S. Flag of Germany 4/9/2026 Verified purchase Variant: 81712 in use on a Fountaine Pajot Catamarans - Athena 38
Element S 7
The device is used in addition to the existing navigation system at the helm, and we're getting along well with it. Delivery and customer service were excellent. We would definitely use SVB again. Thank you and best regards from Lagos, Portugal.
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Jean N.
by Jean N. Flag of France 3/27/2026 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Nickel
It's great, except the buttons aren't backlit at night.
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Herbert D.
by Herbert D. Flag of Austria 11/16/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 81713
Not operational yet, sorry.
Jeanpaul.caytangmail.com C.
by Jeanpaul.caytangmail.com C. Flag of France 8/22/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
risk of incompatibility
Very good service from svb, except that raymarine by making this multifunction display with nmea 2000 network, as a low cost device, designed this device so that it cannot work with other multifunction displays in its range such as the es series, and this is not explicitly stated in the description
Andre W.
by Andre W. Flag of Germany 6/2/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Still needs to be tested!
Delivered super quickly despite "Corona". (Finally a supplier without Corona excuses) Thank you
Ulrich N.
by Ulrich N. Flag of Germany 2/17/2020 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
Raymarine
Device was explained in detail on the boat, fast delivery
Jürgen B.
by Jürgen B. Flag of Germany 9/4/2025 Verified purchase Variant: 81712 in use on a Westerly Group Ltd. - Westerly 31 Pentland
Autorouting approx. arrival time
I have a 15-year-old plotter from Garmin, and this season I bought a new Raynmarine.
I use the device primarily as a plotter. When I run AutoRoute, the approximate arrival time and distance are displayed. Suddenly, a satellite loss warning pops up, and the arrival time and distance disappear. When I find the satellite again, the data is still gone and needs to be re-entered. This doesn't happen with my old Garmin.
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Reply from RAYMARINE
Guten Tag, im deutschen Ostseeraum treten derzeit vermehrt GPS-Störungen auf. Unser System löscht in solchen Fällen bewusst die Positionsdaten, damit Sie als Nutzer die Navigation aktiv neu bestätigen und das System immer mit absolut korrekten Positionswerten arbeitet. Vor allem in engen Fahrwassern mit Untiefen ist dieses absolut sicherheitsrelevant. Weiterhin entscheidend ist auch die Einbausituation an Bord, damit ein einwandfreier GPS-Empfang der internen Antenne gewährleistet ist. Für weitere Unterstützung steht Ihnen unser technischer Support gerne zur Verfügung.
Jocelyn M.
by Jocelyn M. Flag of New Caledonia 1/21/2021 Verified purchase Variant: 81712
GPS RECEPTION ISSUE
httpsforum.raymarine.comshowthread.php? tid9661 Raymarine element 7s and 9s has GPS position lost quite often. My previous GPS raymarine A70 never had this issue at the exact same location.
Thomas K.
by Thomas K. Flag of Germany 2/28/2024 Variant: 81712
Disappointing performance
The device is suitable for the navigation corner below deck, it is unusable outdoors, the monitor reflects unpleasantly in daylight, so the highest brightness must be selected. At night the unlit control buttons cannot be seen (you need a flashlight for the keypad!!!).
Furthermore, there is no option to select ports from a list with the information ETA, DIST, COG.
Even after studying the manual, the representation of the tides is not really comprehensible, let alone intuitive.
My Geonav 4c, which I bought at least 15 years ago, could do ALL of this much better (only retired because Navionics no longer supplies a suitable card)
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