Which sounder to buy

[dnej]

Thinking of upgrading my old Hummingbird sounder.Will spend say 5 to 600 dollars to replace.
Any recommendations. Would prefer to be able to be removed when not in use
David

[basserman]

i would recomned the hummingbird matrix they have them in all rangers now covering the entry leave to top of the line

but most important in buying a new sounder is to buy the one that give you the most dpi for your money (highest resoultion)

[Bowser]

dnej, I've got a Lowrance X57 which is approx $350 and has the best pixel count of any entry level sounder I've seen. Is great in bay waters but would look at a higher level Lowrance if fishing greater depths.

[dnej]

Couldnt find an X57 on their web site, any ideas why

David

[Lucky_Phill]

maybe you are looking at their American site. !

X85 or 71.

Phill

[Escapee]

Buy the best Lowrance you can get for your $600

[Bowser]

Sorry about was thinking of updating and looking at some of the sets available in the states. I meant the X51

[aquarius]

X 51 LOWRANCE SOUNDER EXCELLENT VALUE FOR MONEY.
Cheers Brent

[goodoo]

;D ;D I HAVE A LOWRANCE X71 BOUGHT NEW IN OCTOBER $44O XCLENT UNIT LOOKED AT LOWRANCE AUS WEBSIT NAVIGATED TO SPECIALS AND FOUND IT LOCAL LOWRANCE DEALER DIDNT EVEN HAVE MEMO FROM LOWRANCE TO INFORM HIM OF THIS GREAT DEAL MUST OF FOUND IT JUST AFTER IT WAS POSTED ON THEIR WEBSITE HAVE ALOOK YOUR $600 COULD GO A HELL OF A LOT FURTHER : GOODOO

[benjamin78au]

well i have a matrix 10 , and it works great got the gps antenna for 50 bucks, so it a gps and sounder . and works great, just i fitted a 12volt reg as it makes it more stable, had a prob i think overvoltage eg 15 volt wot book says it okay , but preffer to be safe

[Heath]

Your $500 - $600 will get you a top notch Lowrance from the USA. The X126DF for example. [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

[craigie]

Have a look at the Furuno LS-4100.

Top little unit with heaps of grunt. Bracket or Dash mount.

Under $500 if you shop around :o :o

Cheers Craigie.

[chesscrazy1964]

raymarine make some good units
cheers

[Martin_C]

Hi Benjamin

Just an enquiry where did you get your GPS antenna from for $50, I 've just bought a Piranha max15 andf i'm intersted in the GPS side of things
Regards
Martin

[bay_firey]

dnej

Just picked up the Matrix 55 for $885
Chart Plotter - Navionics Gold, Sounder in one

Fitting it tomorrow and testing it on sunday

[Gaz_2000]

I am thinking of getting either a Matrix 65 or 67, does anyone have these, what are they like?

Does anyone know the difference between these models, seems to be a high price difference.

cheers

gaz

[Zeeke]

65 is grey n white.. 67 is colour screen

Tim

[Smithy]

There is a Legend/Zercom/Teleflex-Morse 2005 for sale on the QFM site which would be the pick of any unit going in your price range. Just bought one of the last 3005s in existence myself. It will be a sad day when these units are no more.