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12-08-2012, 04:24 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
Posts: 943
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So I walked in to West Marine....
....thinking I was going to pick up a Lowrance HDS 5 for the new PA14 I'm picking up on Tuesday - and what am I greeted with when I get there? The most kick-ass managers special I've ever seen on the HDS 7! Based on online research I expected to pay somewhere's about $850 - 875 for an HDS 5, but the special was $899 for the 7 - with the 50/200 transducer! That not only blows away the best online price I can find of $1100, it annihilates it.
So now not only do I have an awesome screen size, but the 7 uses less power than the 5 because it uses LED backlighting and the 5 doesn't! Yes, I'm a happy camper. If you are jonesing for one of these - get down there before christmas eve to take advantage of the deal. 
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12-08-2012, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: May 2009
Location: Buena Park
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If thats a gen 2...yeah killer deal! I have the 7 myself on my PA love it!
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12-08-2012, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: La Jolla Shores
Posts: 1,626
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The bigger the unit the harder the pounding
 .....a $900.00 sonar for a kayak is so much overkill. I don't get it?
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12-08-2012, 08:32 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
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Until you see one of these Gen 2 Hi Def screens in action it would seem overkill - but then there are those who would call a PA14 overkill also...
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12-09-2012, 05:03 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Posts: 1,509
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Times change. I remember the first time I posted about using a color GPS/sounder, a Garmin 398 I got off ebay for a few hundred, on my kayak. You'd of thought it was the end of the world. One of the guys said something like: "All you need to fish a Kayak is a rope, a gaff, and a paddle, and a PFD anything else is ridiculous overkill!!!" I still hoop with my original Garmin 120 finder, and an old Garmin 45 GPS, and still fish with my 398, but then again if someone gave me a HDS 5 I'd certainly use it..... ....... though probably on my skiff 
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12-09-2012, 08:32 AM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 209
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Baja
Congrats on the new yak!!! I met you on mission bay a while back. Great find on the Hds. I was thinking about the Hds 5. Now I'm thinking differently. Cheers and have a great holiday season !
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12-09-2012, 02:23 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,384
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The WM I went into today had the Gen2 HDS7 for $849 with the 83/200. Was there a price difference for the 50/200 ducer? Also, the WM salesman told me that Lowrance is supposed to offer you the same unit for $300 when you return your HDS5 for warranty repairs?
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12-09-2012, 03:38 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
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12-09-2012, 04:53 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Posts: 2,384
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Looks like Lowrance has a rebate going till the end of the year too.
http://www.cabelas.com/assets/pdfs/l...ard_rebate.pdf |
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12-09-2012, 05:44 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Table 17, Bay Park Fish Co.
Posts: 943
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Holy crap! Thanks for that link!
$150 rebate!! |
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12-10-2012, 02:05 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: San Diego, CA
Posts: 209
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Well crap, I guess I have to buy it before year end. This makes the deal very very nice! 
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