best fish finder

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

I like the 5" and 7" hds or chirp models. I wouldn't go 4". You will want to upgrade to a 5 or 7" soon. GPS basically a must have for me. I have never used the newer touch models, but I don't think I'd ever buy one. Maybe for a boat. But the amount of saltwater that collects on my HDS that ISNT touch, I can only imagine how bad it would be when you are putting your fingers on it all day.


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so you don't have a touch screen but you don't like it?

If you are collecting saltwater on your screen perhaps you need to stop splashing saltwater on it.

Also, speaking from experience, the touch screen on the HDS touch works much much better when your fingers are wet/moist. If your screen is completely wet it will work about as good as a wet screen on a smart phone.

[Harry Hill]

after reading a lot of reviews and reports I decided to go with the Garmin 7sv. It is supposed to have the clearest screen and all the functions of the rest. Thanks for all the input, I could have saved a lot going for the 5' screen but that 7 just gives you so much more.

[Geno Machino]

I have the Garmin 54Dv. Good unit. The connectors at a PITA at times. However, my unit works really well for me.

Geno

[Harry Hill]

Originally Posted by Geno Machino

I have the Garmin 54Dv. Good unit. The connectors at a PITA at times. However, my unit works really well for me.

Geno

that is good to hear, I was pretty sure the first reply would be someone telling what a pile of bird crap I had bought.

[Geno Machino]

Really user friendly, is the reason I bought mine.

[Mr. NiceGuy]

It depends.

If there was one perfect answer then there wouldn't be so many different products and options available.

Know Thyself.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

so you don't have a touch screen but you don't like it?

If you are collecting saltwater on your screen perhaps you need to stop splashing saltwater on it.

Also, speaking from experience, the touch screen on the HDS touch works much much better when your fingers are wet/moist. If your screen is completely wet it will work about as good as a wet screen on a smart phone.

To answer your question, yes exactly. I don't have one and don't like the concept and I would never buy one. Obviously someone who purchased one will talk highly of it. Splashing water on my screen intentionally? No not really. Being out in rough conditions, ya that will do it. Or does all mighty team sewer only go out when it is dead calm??? Must be nice!!!


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[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

To answer your question, yes exactly. I don't have one and don't like the concept and I would never buy one. Obviously someone who purchased one will talk highly of it. Splashing water on my screen intentionally? No not really. Being out in rough conditions, ya that will do it. Or does all mighty team sewer only go out when it is dead calm??? Must be nice!!!


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To answer your question, yes exactly. we only go on days when its dead calm, why would we bother going on days when its blowing 15-20 mph with a 4' swell?

As far as the HDS touch goes nowhere in my response did I speak highly of it, I simply said that it works much much better when your fingers are wet/moist. If you're going to give advise on something give advice based on your experiences and not your assumptions or some review that you read. Is the touch unit for everyone? No, its not.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

To answer your question, yes exactly. we only go on days when its dead calm, why would we bother going on days when its blowing 15-20 mph with a 4' swell?



As far as the HDS touch goes nowhere in my response did I speak highly of it, I simply said that it works much much better when your fingers are wet/moist. If you're going to give advise on something give advice based on your experiences and not your assumptions or some review that you read. Is the touch unit for everyone? No, its not.

Do you carry freshwater to dip your fingers in before you touch the screen? Like I said before, saltwater on the screen sucks. And it happens to people enough to the point that they bring a freshwater squirt bottle along with them to clean the screen that isnt touch. And now you are saying its better to dip your hand in saltwater to get them wet before you touch the screen, just does not make sense to me. Im going to stand behind my answer of I would never buy one.


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[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

Do you carry freshwater to dip your fingers in before you touch the screen?


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Yes, its shipped to me from the French Alps.

[ful-rac]

I use water from Fiji myself....

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

Do you carry freshwater to dip your fingers in before you touch the screen? Like I said before, saltwater on the screen sucks. And it happens to people enough to the point that they bring a freshwater squirt bottle along with them to clean the screen that isnt touch. And now you are saying its better to dip your hand in saltwater to get them wet before you touch the screen, just does not make sense to me. Im going to stand behind my answer of I would never buy one.


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No one is telling you to buy one. I simply said that if your going to give advise give it based on experience and not your assumptions.

And where did I say anything about dipping your hands in water?

Feel free to stand behind your answer but before you stand behind something make sure you know the facts. For one, the fact that you're fishing in saltwater.

[wiredantz]

hds5 gen 2 been working great for years. Rolled over gone through surf. still works.





On the new models the touch green works better when your fingers are wet and moist and have just pulled the mirage drive out to poop.

[YakDout]

Originally Posted by wiredantz

hds5 gen 2 been working great for years. Rolled over gone through surf. still works.











On the new models the touch green works better when your fingers are wet and moist and have just pulled the mirage drive out to poop.

Maybe after that, we can use hand sanitizer and REALLY make the screen work better. It has to be better than fiji water because its more of a gel type liquid, what do you think?


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[jorluivil]

And if you buy the Westmarine warranty with your unit you'll never have to buy a new unit again.

[da22y]

Originally Posted by jorluivil

And if you buy the Westmarine warranty with your unit you'll never have to buy a new unit again.

Is that mean the fishfinder will die naturally or we make it die naturally within its warranty period .

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by da22y

Is that mean the fishfinder will die naturally or we make it die naturally within its warranty period .

I've never had to put an electronic unit to death, the units just failed and westmarine said, 'here's your full refund'. It's happened with more than one item that's I've purchased at westmarine, chances are you will NOT find a better warranty on marine electronics.

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by YakDout

To answer your question, yes exactly. I don't have one and don't like the concept and I would never buy one. Obviously someone who purchased one will talk highly of it. Splashing water on my screen intentionally? No not really. Being out in rough conditions, ya that will do it. Or does all mighty team sewer only go out when it is dead calm??? Must be nice!!!


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To answer your question, yes exactly. we only go on days when its dead calm, why would we bother going on days when its blowing 15-20 mph with a 4' swell?

As far as the HDS touch goes nowhere in my response did I speak highly of it, I simply said that it works much much better when your fingers are wet/moist. Is it a great unit? The only thing I can compare it to are the Eagle Cuda and the HDS5 and YES, the touch unit is better than those two units.

If you're going to give advise on something give advice based on your experiences and not your assumptions or some review that you read. Is the touch unit for everyone? No, its not and as I already stated I can only compare it to what I've owned in the past so I won't bother comparing it to something I never owned.

[swinginFish]

Best advice I ever received re. a fish finder (15 yrs ago from Johnny Ceviche) was to do the research then buy whatever I felt was best with a credit card. It was explained that most issuing banks encourage their credit card use by offering to extend the original warranty by a year on an item purchased with the card. Given how abusive the kayak fishing environment is on electronic equipment, you can trust you'll have reason to utilize the extended warranty no matter what GPS you buy.