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Yes, my Endura Sierra is doing this too. My unit doesn't seem to be frozen (I can change to other pages or menu items) but it seems to enter a state where it does not update my position.

Another thing I noticed today. Sometimes the unit stops updating my position. I noticed this at least twice today. Once I recall I had been looking through other menu items, then returned to the map to see how close I was getting to a waypoint I was approaching. The little triangle cursor just sat in the same place even as I moved about 150 feet. I was on the water and had wide open view of the sky. WTF? After awhile I looked down and noticed it had started working right again. I'm finding the basemap (is the basemap the AccuTerra map?) is frequently inaccurate or lacks detail. It is like the basemap you get with a far cheaper gps unit. I bought the high end model and thought I would get top of the line mapping. The free topo map on my eTrex is far more accurate.

What are they, retarded? I want a forum for my specific device.

OK, finally received my long awaited Endura Sierra. Here are a few first impressions. I am withholding a lot of impressions so as not to appear like I am bashing the product, but here are a few. Also note I am not a big geocacher so won't be exploring a lot of those options right away. Instead I intend to use this on my small boats for fishing and general outdoor use like exploring rural areas, hiking, etc. - I like the form factor. Size, layout, etc. is appealing to me. Seems a tad heavy but not a concern to me. - Screen is practically unreadable without backlighting. I am simply keeping the backlighting on and will just burn up rechargeable batteries for now. - If you move the cursor from your current location to an area of interest, then attempt to zoom in, the zoom drills down to where you are not where you want to look at on the map. It appears to zoom at whatever is centered on the middle of the screen, not your cursor. So you have to use the touchscreen to put your area of interest into the center, then zoom down. I hope this gets fixed fast. - moving the cursor is slow, and it often continues to move and overshoots after you have released the direction arrow. - It says it has preloaded "Imagery" but I don't see any imagery when I change to this menu selection for mapping. All I see is a reduced detail non-image map. I am confused as to what I should see. User manual is of no help here. - Accuterra maps - where is my hill shading? I live near mountains and don't see much detail. I'm not seeing anything special. 100 feet contour interval is less than my free downloaded Garmin map on my eTrex Venture. Much more but this is a start. Next to nothing in terms of support / help on the Lowrance website so the user community is going to have to drive a lot on this one.

Terp, are you suggesting you were able to use Garmin's MapSource software to send data to the Endura?

Several websites I checked today show all the Endura models as being IN STOCK and ready to ship! I even checked with their customer service and got confirmation. Cabelas website seems behind though - their customer service said they had it in stock even though I found it cheaper elsewhere and just ordered a Sierra.

Nope, not Cabelas. I just checked, again. Backorder Alert! The item below is currently out of stock. Click on the Add to Cart button if you would like to backorder this item. Item Lowrance Endura Sierra GPS Item number:XK - 229985 $499.99 This item is on backorder. Cabela's estimates it will take 0-1 week to ship this product.

*sigh* Hello August. Cabelas still shows all three as "backordered" on their website. And Lowrance still has a little tagline that says "Available in stores, July 2009"