Quote Originally Posted by okhawg View Post
Last week I was on the lake and twice I monitored it intently. I parked by trees for reference and the Xi5 kept me within 2-3' for 10+ minutes both times. In playing with it, I marked a waypoint by another stump then fished away from it. When I told it to go back to that waypoint (probably 30 yds away), it got within 5'. Don't know if the Xi5's shipped with different software or not. I ordered mine early March.
I'm not sure exactly how accurate the xi5 is , using spot lock, but I can say that it does do a very good job (iif the wind is blowing).
I don't drop markers, but I watch the structure I'm fishing on 360, while the spot lock is activated. The spot lock holds my boat way better than I could so manually, with a cable steer trolling motor.The harder the wind blows, the better it works. (I've been out on some pretty windy days).I've not try ed to record any routes yet so I don't no how accurate that will be.