Raymarine Dragonfly

[JohnMckroidJr]

Originally Posted by Fomen

Can you elaborate on this? What are the issues that you have encountered? Did they involve damage when the Kayak rolled, or did it just crap out? The gentleman I bought the kayak from said he rolled his kayak and his Lowrance malfunctioned after that. he said the head unit was fine, but he had water intrusion in the SD Card slot where the Navionics Chip is inserted (which I'm pretty sure is supposed to be water proof). If I buy the Dragonfly, I will get it from West Marine with the 2 year extended warranty plan. It's about $70 more, but WELL worth it. I will definitely look into the taller ram mount. I like your set up, and I really like that bloody YFT you're bouncing onto your lap!

Dragonfly 7 reliability issues include: broken plug-in pin, inconsistent operation (fails frequently in the morning, but works well once the sun is up), Failed card reader, On/Off button sticks on, and short in power cord( since the power and transducer cord are connected, have to replace both)

I have rolled twice with the DF7. Thankfully the unit kept working after the rolls, which during one incident was huge peace of mind as the unit indicated I was drifting back to the beach(with the 2 fwd hatches submerged, was unable to pump the kayak out). About 2 weeks after the second roll, the card reader stopped working, and I believe the roll incident excellerated corrosion that caused the failure. The on/Off button failure occurred right before a tournament, being that I did not have time to deal with re-rigging, or wait the 6 weeks for raymarine to make a repair, I bought a new unit from west marine with the 2 year warranty for an additional 84.50. Regardless of which brand unit one buys, if it is going on a kayak, a warranty is a good investment. The unit I bought at west marine has never been rolled, and is starting to have the same button sticking on problem that I had with the original unit.