Lowrance hds7 touch owners

[Montauk17]

I never cared for touch screens....they get full of oil and grime from your fingers and constantly have to clean them. Personally I would go with the regular HDS.

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by Montauk17

I never cared for touch screens....they get full of oil and grime from your fingers and constantly have to clean them. Personally I would go with the regular HDS.

That was my thought too... now do I get the 7 or the 8 is my problem

[Montauk17]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

That was my thought too... now do I get the 7 or the 8 is my problem

1k for the HDS7....cheapest I seen the HDS8 was 1,650. Even though the 8 has more features I just can't justify spending that much for a 1" bigger display. This is the company I have used in the past. http://www.thegpsstore.com/GPS-Fishfinders-C38.aspx?m=7

[fishnla]

Originally Posted by meaux fishing

That was my thought too... now do I get the 7 or the 8 is my problem

If you can get the 8 its actually almost 2 inches bigger (i think like 6.4 and 8.3) and if you had a chance to use them both you would realize how much the soft keys make things so much easier.

[fishnla]

and the gen 2 is much quicker

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by fishnla

and the gen 2 is much quicker

I was wondering about that cause Ive been looking at some used gen 1 units. I bet they are still way faster than my old lms 337 though

[meaux fishing]

Originally Posted by fishnla

If you can get the 8 its actually almost 2 inches bigger (i think like 6.4 and 8.3) and if you had a chance to use them both you would realize how much the soft keys make things so much easier.

Yeah I played with em both at cabelas the other day.