Standard horizon cpv 350

[Destroyer]

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

[macojoe]

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!!

[THEFERMANATOR]

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.

[RWilson2526]

Originally Posted by Destroyer

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

I hear where your coming from....I usually dont like laying out one big chunk of cash on an item. Its probably why I've waited so long (and still waiting) The way I am looking at this though is that currently I have almost literally no electronics on the boat...no chartplotter and an early 90's fish finders. So the need is there for sure...I'm sure I'd be happy buying a fishfinder and chartplotter for a couple hundred bucks a piece and they would be fine...the way I'm looking at this I need to come up with $300 or so EXTRA dollars to get what I really want.