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Old 06-22-2013, 03:54 PM
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Getting a new gps and looking at the Lowrance elite5 hdi with down imaging, whats everyones take on it that has it and what other ones is everyone using....tia
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Hummingbird bro.
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Old 06-22-2013, 05:16 PM
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Garmin 740 is the ****z....i love mine....
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Lowrance HDS but Garmin is the most reliable and user friendly....their depthfinder isn't the best but if you fish mostly salt I don't see the need in down scan.
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Old 06-22-2013, 06:06 PM
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you getting a new boat to go with that gps? I saw you sold your old one...

I like the lowrance HDS. Im probably about to go with a 7 or an 8. Im not gonna add structure scan right away, but I like that you can. Garmin is a good unit though. I have no experience with hummingbird
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I like the lowrance models, but raymarine has a new one out with sonar and it looks promising, very very detailed images from everything I've looked at online. I believe its around 600$
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U saw my hds 7 touch /structure scan, and what it can do!!!

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I have the elite 5 dsi and it works great
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If you are looking the elite with down imaging look at raymarine dragonfly. You will be impressed


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Elite 5, for the price you can't complain. Seems like they are always on sale somewhere.
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That's the one!
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Always had Lowrance in the past, but just switched to the Garmin 740s. The Garmin is just so much more user friendly, and it is overall less of a hassle (putting in waypoints, navigating screens, etc.). Everyone says the Lowrance has better imaging, but how much imaging are you using in Big Lake where everything is like 5 feet deep. If you are going offshore, then I think the depth finder/imaging becomes more important.
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I have garmin 541s and I'm happy with it. The maps aren't very accurate, often times I find myself traveling over land haha. Id really like to have one of the lowrance hds units or the elite 7hdi so I could run the standard mapping ecard. That thing is awsome!
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Dude just get an HDS 7 without touch. They are sale everywhere and you already know it since you had an HDS 5
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Elite 5 dsi will be on sale at west marine for $299 Monday only. That's hard to beat.
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Elite 5 dsi will be on sale at west marine for $299 Monday only. That's hard to beat.
Exactly my name is on one now he put it yesterday lol....they only had three left...
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So, what boat you getting?

Fronted 2104, right?
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16/48 allweld with 40hp tohatsu, my new trout rig! Goin undercover for a while.
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16/48 allweld with 40hp tohatsu, my new trout rig! Goin undercover for a while.
Thats going to be a sweet rig. 16/48....

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