Does anyone actually use these things? I know I have not for what seems like forever. I can roll back to 2000 and prior when there was no GPS and I used a hand held spotlight to find buoys while navigating at night however this happened only once in my boating lifetime.

Reason I ask is mine is starting to show it's age. A replacement is $600+ US and am wondering if I should simply remove it or dish out the money for a new unit. I do have a very powerful handheld that will put the original halogen sealed car lens to shame. This is what came with my boat and would be plug&play. Then again according to one of the reviews they changed the wiring and plug configuration so it may not be plug&play https://www.westmarine.com/jabsco-146-s ... 2_506.html