Electronics - FF and GPS

[Blue_Runner]

Looking hard at Lowrance Hook2-7x 7" Gps Splitshot Fishfinder W/Track Plotter Transom Mount Splitshot Transducer. $324 shipped. Looks like a nice unit - anybody got one?

[Blue_Runner]

Found out why Hook2-7x is so cheap - the "x" in the model mean no contour mapping. So obviously that is OUT. I feel sorry for anybody that bought one and realized later there's no countour mapping - ouch!

[Pipe_Dream]

My needs (and experience with these) are pretty basic. A few years ago I got a Garmin 54DV and I really like it.

[phatdaddy]

I picked up a garmin 94 sv in December at west marine for $600. It does a lot more that i know how to do. Got a couple of buddies with simrad go 7 s and they really like them.

[spareparts]

Simrad and Lowrance are the same company now, looks like Simrad is the higher end stuff. Hard to go wrong with garmin

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by spareparts

Simrad and Lowrance are the same company now, looks like Simrad is the higher end stuff. Hard to go wrong with garmin

Totally agree. Never had a bad unit from Garmin, either car or boat. NOT cheap though

[Blue_Runner]

what has me so perplexed is the maps. With my old unit I bough the bluechart card for Norfolk virginia down to charleston sc. Things have changed in the last 20 years. I am seeing units that don't have or accept mapping at all. And I'm seeing where the bluechart G3 card can cost almost 300 bucks! Ouch! I don't want to spend 500-600 only to have to spend another 3 hundo just to make it useable.

Phat - did you $600 purchase include maps or was that an add on? I need to get this thing ordered and installed before Memorial day weekend!

Also - talk to me about touch screen? Greasy, salty fingers doesn't seem like that would bode well. I'm always fussing at anybody who sticks their paws close to my screen LOL