12-27-2011, 12:18 PM | #1 |
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Fishfinder shoping?
Been Looking at the Lowrance HDS5 or a couple of Garmins, sure would appreciate any expert advice. Thanks in advance |
12-27-2011, 12:59 PM | #2 |
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shopping for a FF is an overwhelming task, especially if you have been at it for awhile, I just got a HDS5, after been through a few Humminbirds,
I considered price and features of course but I had to consider durability and reliability as well, I looked at both Lowrance and Garmin for a few weeks and after talkin to everybody that would listen I ended up with the HDS5 the cables, similar to Garmin, and Garmin had a few features a plus but the screens were smaller when comparing prices...my advise would be to think about it and talk to people in here likes and dislikes and then decide...not much help but that's what I did....
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12-27-2011, 01:06 PM | #3 |
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I would start off with something simple and once you're ready to move up go for the big boy like the HDS5. I purchased an Eagle Cuda 350 and I love it: its small, easy to use, accurate and it helps me catch fish...lots of fish. The split screen feature sucks but if you mount the unit within arms length it will not matter because you can easily go back and forth between GPS and sonar. It has all the features I want, gps, sonar, tracking, way point markers and it doesn't use up a lot of battery juice like the HDS5.
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12-27-2011, 05:14 PM | #6 |
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Good to see you otw again John. John says hi, and tells me that the HDS is on sale at Anchor Express again (for WM price matching) if you decide to go that route. It really depends on what you are looking to get out of your unit. There are a ton of options like down/side scanning, GPS, Color, screen size, number of pixels etc. Each option gives you more information from your unit, but it can be like learning calculus deciphering it all. The good news is that you don't have to be fluent in FF to use the better units. The bad news is that each of those features drives the price up about $100. I have the HDS 5 and will still be learning about it a year from now.
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