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How old is your unit MJ
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08-08-2010, 09:46 PM
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I would avoid LAWRANCE if it was my money. There is ALOT of bad problems out there with them with warranty and tech support. I've used STANDARD before, and they are a bit more for the tech savvy people. If you haven't used one yet, the HUMMINBIRD side imaging stuff is UNREAL! And it is pretty easy to figure out.
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08-08-2010, 09:57 PM
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yea I'm saving my sheckles for this one....ijts the least expensive humminbird unit with the side scan.....searching ebay hard you can find it for under 800....hoping to pull the trigger over the winter hoping it will come down some more.......800 bucks is a chunk of cash to throw down.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Humminbird-798C-...efaultDomain_0
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08-08-2010, 10:41 PM
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I guess this is where I step aside... $800 is a lot of sheckles.. and I can use them for my family more than for me. Do you know how many fish I can buy for that amount of money? I love boating, and fishing, but the only way I'll ever see one of those units on my boat is if my rich uncle gives me one... and .....alas... I don't have a rich uncle. <sigh> Can't say I'm not jealous though.. looks like a great unit. Still, I have my good old Sitex MKII widescan color fishfinder for locating the fish, and my Lowrance M56 S/Map that I use for the GPS side of things, and I'm happy.. so I guess it's all good. I miss my Loran though.... lol
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08-08-2010, 11:42 PM
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My CP180 is 4 years old now. and was about $500
Destroyer that is a GPS combo, I like separate units, I have a Furuno 620 color fish finder with thur hull ducer at a cost of $1000 for it complete. New GPS is going to be about $800 to $1000 When I first started I had a 12' Sears Game Fisher with a 6hp motor, in all I payed $300 and had a ball! A friend that I still fish with, and I was talking the other day, and were saying its funny, we can't leave the dock now with out a $20,000 rig under us!! And he is looking at $40,000 rigs right now and thats used! There was a time here when I was poor then dirt but some how managed to keep going till my motor died!! This site came together and raised all the money I needed to buy a used motor + shipping! Thats why when I had the chance to take over the site or watch it get shut down I took it! And I am glad I did!!
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08-09-2010, 12:02 AM
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All of the new side imaging units are now combo units as the GPS works with the bottom machine to plot the bottom. A friend of mine bought one of the 997's when it came out a few years back, and with the new updates they just released it is AWESOME he said. I really wish I would have bought the HUMMINBIRD instead of my FURUNO after using the 2 machines and seeing how much more definition the HUMMINBIRD had over the same structure. The best way to describe the new HUMMINBIRD stuff is to say it's like having an underwater camera hooked up for you to see. The definition is that nice.
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08-09-2010, 09:22 AM
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08-09-2010, 06:07 AM
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Yup roger that....I only posted the first one I could find to show the unit I was talking about...this guy seems to be the heavy hitter on ebay as far as these units go....final selling costs seem to average between 750-900. http://cgi.ebay.com/HUMMINBIRD-798c-...efaultDomain_0
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08-09-2010, 07:59 AM
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My boat has the RayMarine sounder on it and it is very nice, I am like MJ ( wow did I really say that) I like separate units. So I need a dedicated GPS chartplotter. I have heard great things about Standard Horizon radios and the day light viewing of their GPS's. I especially like a 7 inch screen. I also like the customer service of Standard from what I read on the other sites, plus I like it when a company stands behind their product with a three year warranty.
Was hoping someone had used one of these new units which I understand updated the navigation, use issues from before.
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