Bennett NMEA1 NMEA 2000 Indicator Kit

Well, the product arrived yesterday and based on the description I would have assumed it was a brand new unit but when the package arrived it was quite evident that this was a returned item by someone else. The packaging was pretty bad. The box had been torn open and re-taped and the contents were not properly wrapped as if it was new. Basically all the parts were simple "plopped" into the box with some bubble wrap mixed intermittently. Maybe 3 stars was too low but 4 was too high so give it a 3.5 on effort.I am still unclear as to what they mean in the description..."Bennett marine nmea 2000 trim tab indicator kit + $150 " Exactly WHAT is the + $150 referring to? I am not silly enough to expect $150.00 extra with it, but why did the vendor add this reference in the description?I am certain that once I get it installed it will work great and it will be worth 5 stars on the performance, but the packaging was less than adequate. I am looking forward to having this product connect to my Lowrance HDS-10 display and knowing the trim angle at a glance.

I installed these on my 410 Silverton. Install was relatively straight forward and took about 2 hours plus 24 hours for the sealant to set. Wiring is easy too. Problem is that they need to be calibrated on the NMEA Network to work. I have Raymarine MFDs and there is no support for doing this. So the trim tabs on the MFDs just flash 0% to 100% constantly. I'm replacing one of my Raymarine i70s with a Maretron DSM410 so that I can calibrate the trim tabs and also see EGT. Turns out that Raymarine isn't very boat monitoring friendly. I would've gone with another company if I had known.My understanding is that this is a Lowrance product and you can calibrate it with any of their MFDs too. Once it's calibrated it will show accurately on the Raymarine MFDs. So, if you count in a $500 mini MFD to calibrate these, they're not really a bargain. And Bennett does not respond to support requests.

Just ran the boat and I didn't get fuel flow readings, I might have missed something in the setup. Need to contact Bennett and Lowrance tech support. The fantastic news was that the sensors that I already had in the trim cylinders are supposed to work with the Nema 2000 converter so I didn't have to tear my boat apart to install them again.

I bought this for 2 reasons; First, one of my older upper hinges had stripped threads so I needed a replacement. Secondly, I wanted the ability to see what position my tabs are in while I am underway. This set took care of both of my needs. I can see on my chartplotter screen what position they are in through the NMEA network

Does not work on Raymarine Axiom Mfd's. The product description fails to note that, thus making it absolutely useless. There is quite a bit of work to install it which makes it worse. I have not received any correspondence from Bennett after several emails. So much for the "exceptional service and support"

it fit perfectly with simrad go 7. a little hard to set up.

I installed on a Triton 301sx to display on the Garmin 1040SX and Furuno GP1870. both GPS sees the input but they do not display the position. in other words, it does not work. Make sure before you buy if it works with your GPS it is not universal compatibility

Thanks a lot I have installed it and it works very well !! SuperChris