Sounder questions

[joshcarty]

Hey all,
In the process of lookin for a unit for my haines signature. I currently am running an old gpsmap 7" combo and want to get another combo so i can run one screen dedicated to each or get a designated sounder like furuno. Budget is around 2k maybe a bit more.

Most of my fishing is around 40m of water so nothing majorly deep.
Thanks

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[ozscott]

Mate you don't need 2k. I have run a number of sounders over time. My most recent was a Furuno FCV600 which was excellent but the Garmin Plus, 95 SV with the GT-52HW transducer (Chirp side, down and structure) is a revelation. Amazing to see what's under the water so clearly. The GPS Chart plotter is typically Garmin - excellent and intuitive.

The 9 inch screen allows dual screen nicely. The touch screen is slippery smooth and easy to use with moisture on it. I was skeptical but would never go back to cursor only. This has button assist and preset buttons programmable. The screen is very bright and full sun doesn't diminish how easy is it to view.

Mate save 500 clams off your budget and go to Whitworths and just grab it ...$1499 including trans and maps. The Active Captain app is good too and allows you you download other people's contour soundings (handy in remote areas and dams etc) to the Echomap unit to view.

Cheers

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[ozscott]

I should add I talked to a lot of people and did a lot of research and unless you want to go to the new Garmin Mega (which you can option the sv95 Plus up to) or Hummingbird Mega there is nothing under $2400 or so that better it. The Gt-52hw is a full crystal transducer (ie including bottom crystals). Cheers

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[chocolatemoose]

how much room do you have to mount things?
Moose

[Almako]

I'd suggest

Stand alone unit - Furuno FCV588 $2295+trani
Combo - Anything with true Chirp. I went Garmin but there's many others.
I really like the scroll back function combo
$2k will only limit screen size in combo but you get all the features
Garmin 952xs 9" $1695 includes chart
Garmin 1022xsv 10" $2550 no chart
Garmin 1222xsv 12" $3230 no chart
Garmin 1222xsv touch 12" $3450 no chart

Plus you will need a transducer