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[_Obed]

What did you want feature wise?

Or how do you fish style wise?

Do you hunt or do you set bait and drink and chill?

All these things are questions to ask your self when buying or upgrading. I have a buddy who works for Lowrance in Ensenada and he sums it up like this;
Hummingbird(i had one so he used it as an example a few years ago) has a lot of extra cables and "stuff" (talking about the seperate gps, ducer, and power cable) making it not so kayak friendly. Lowrance is more direct and simpler to set up for the novice marine electronics user. He is actually in this group, look for Baja post. His name is Carlos.

All that bs about features and what does what, 3d?... believe me, after hours of research your gonna end up with a unit that does way more then you need and probably will never use.

And just a heads up. Downscan, side imaging, and fish reveal from Lowrance work great in deep waters. Im on year 3 with my Lowrance unit.



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[da22y]

Originally Posted by _Obed

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Im on year 3 with my Lowrance unit.

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What model you use?
My Lowrances ( HDS2, Hook 5, Elite 5ti )in the past never lasted me 3 years.

Water leaked mostly in the SD slot, twice I even put silicone glue shut the access door, it still managed to die...

[_Obed]

Originally Posted by da22y

What model you use?
My Lowrances ( HDS2, Hook 5, Elite 5ti )in the past never lasted me 3 years.

Water leaked mostly in the SD slot, twice I even put silicone glue shut the access door, it still managed to die...

That sucks. Wtf are you doing? Jajaja jk. I have a ti unit. But that sucks honestly wtf are you doing? I fish with people with WAY older units. My first graph i got was a passed down hummingbird i think i got it from danowar yrs ago and its was mega used bnw unit. Worked great for over a year until i upgraded for hype reasons jajaja. Try not dunking them so much or getting splash on it whatever the situation is, that sounds like a shit ass experience. Pretty loyal to stay with the company after all that.

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[da22y]

Originally Posted by _Obed

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that sounds like a shit ass experience. Pretty loyal to stay with the company after all that.

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Nope ! I switch to Raymarine Dragonfly since .

Doing the exactly same shit I do with FF , but it held up like wearing a bulletproof vest !

Bought from Westmaine, so exchange is no cost, I doubt I will need to buy another FF for a long while ...

[_Obed]

Originally Posted by da22y

Nope ! I switch to Raymarine Dragonfly since .

Doing the exactly same shit I do with FF , but it held up like wearing a bulletproof vest !

Bought from Westmaine, so exchange is no cost, I doubt I will need to buy another FF for a long while ...

Thats good buddy, lets not get too distracted with the fact the OP has a dragonfly and he is looking for something "better"...

Are you really gonna recommend something he cleary commented he has and is looking to go away from?

Lets keep it more constructive gents. Idc what you use, just leave your rec and move along.. lol.

Thanks for the comment da22y

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[DDS]

Originally Posted by _Obed

And just a heads up. Downscan, side imaging, and fish reveal from Lowrance work great in deep waters. Im on year 3 with my Lowrance unit.

Hopefully that is the case. I have only used my RV-100 all in one transducer once and it had good resolution to 130 feet. I will try to take it out this weekend to some deeper depths and see how much clarity it can produce.

If I can take some screen grabs I will.

Thanks for your insight Obed - as I said, I'm not an expert at all, just someone who did a ton of research before making the same plunge as the OP trying to buy what would work best for me.

I do know with the Lowrance if you want 3D structure scan you need a separate transducer and black box computer and still maintain the 50/200 transducer most of us have already. That is why I chose the one I did.

The RayMarine RV-100 has 3D, Down, Side and Chirp all in the one transducer - but it is huge and sticks below the scupper mount about 1-2 inches even with the BerleyPro set up - so it adds a level of complexity with beaching the kayak and loading it up.

[_Obed]

Originally Posted by DDS

Hopefully that is the case. I have only used my RV-100 all in one transducer once and it had good resolution to 130 feet. I will try to take it out this weekend to some deeper depths and see how much clarity it can produce.

If I can take some screen grabs I will.

Thanks for your insight Obed - as I said, I'm not an expert at all, just someone who did a ton of research before making the same plunge as the OP trying to buy what would work best for me.

I do know with the Lowrance if you want 3D structure scan you need a separate transducer and black box computer and still maintain the 50/200 transducer most of us have already. That is why I chose the one I did.

The RayMarine RV-100 has 3D, Down, Side and Chirp all in the one transducer - but it is huge and sticks below the scupper mount about 1-2 inches even with the BerleyPro set up - so it adds a level of complexity with beaching the kayak and loading it up.

Yeah man same here. I researched before the buy but time otw is what will teach you to dial in and really weigh out what you actually use over the extras. Evrrything in one ducer sounds pristine but i strayed away from the extra processor. Everything i use is built in so i love the simplicity of the unit. Plug in and play

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