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New gps/depth unit
I know that if I don't ask for help I'll regret it so here goes. It's time to replace the electronics on my boat and have narrowed my choice down to two.
Garmin 541s combo or the Lowrance HDS-5 Nautic Insight I know some of you may have some experience with these units and or companies and would value all of the input I can get before I pull the trigger. Thanks.... 
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07-13-2012, 12:42 PM
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Well I have a garmin 54x combo, the one with the cheaper display. Not once have I thought I needed the fancier higher definition display.
The GPS works well and is easy to use. The sonar reports lots of seaweed as fish. Just keep in mind that I don't have a lot of experience. But if I were to do it again I would probably go with a garmin gps and a better separate sonar unit if you want to use the sonar for finding fish. It works great for just saying how deep it is. Also, again, maybe I just don't have it set up correctly and read it well. rkc
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07-13-2012, 03:11 PM
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I have thenew fancy Garmin 4210 with a 10" screen, gps, sonar, and radar all toghter. I have always had Garmin except once it was a Lowrance and I did not like it.
Chumbucket liked mine so much he just bought the Garmin 5207, 7" touch screen. can put sonar but he isn't doing that right now.    
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07-13-2012, 10:25 PM
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I don't know where you come up with these numbers MJ.
 I just purchased a Garmin GPSMap 740 Touch Screen display and I have a separate Furuno FCV620 Fish Finder.
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07-14-2012, 08:08 AM
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Secondly, I don't have MJ money so I have to buy a much smaller unit. And last, it was 5 AM when you posted. Shouldn't you be out doing yard work or something?
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