So far I've had horrible luck with the lowramce systems. I was wondering which ones you've all tried or have that's tried and true. I fish lakes and delta mostly. Thanks jb
So far I've had horrible luck with the lowramce systems. I was wondering which ones you've all tried or have that's tried and true. I fish lakes and delta mostly. Thanks jb
Could you expand on what you mean by "horrible luck", please??? Was it performance, display, requires constant repair, etc.?? I'm curious as I'm about to buy a system and was considering Lowrance.
FYI, over on Blanton's BB, there's been some discussion about Hummingbird brand....
Thanx
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Hummingbird always worked for me. Seemed to be the least complicated too. Turn it, turn it off, see bottom structure, depth and fish in between. I popped for a side-finder with GPS a few years back but never really took the time to learn how to use it. Simple is good unless you're fishing for money.
Horrible luck as in internal gps kept losing position then would just go blank sent unit back twice and took at least a month to get back with same problem after a couple uses then it just shit off and wouldn't work anymore and the latest was last weekend with another unit it just shut off and won't turn back on. I've gone over the wires and all fuses so I had a buddy come double check and all were fine. Tested the plug that goes into unit and it's fine. I'm just done with them and think the customer service was awful as well so time to move on
WOW!!! That is bad performance. Thanks for sharing that....
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I've had just about all of them- the lowrance gps issue has been around off and on in lots of years.
Best luck has been with furuno and raymarine, just put a dragonfly chirp unit on the kayak- good stuff.
I use to be a 100% humminbird user and fan, but after the last bit of "service" from them, they can burn in hell for all I care. They fixed a screen for me, then somehow disconnected my internal GPS in the process. When I sent it in, my gps worked, when I got it back it didn't. I told them what happened and they tried to blame me and refused to fix it because it was a few days out of warranty. Once they finally agreed to fix it because I finally got it through their that I could have not openend it and disconnected it but it was there fault, they fixed it. Only to return it with all my waypoints and tracks deleted. Screw humminbird!!!!
So long and thanks for all the fish!!!
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Lowrance has been the go to brand for many decades.
Hummingbird has some new technology that is pretty exciting.
Again, our individual experiences don't really count for much....
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I have an old Eagle fish finder. I strap it on my Scadden Renegade and use it on lakes. It doesn't have GPS, but I don't want or need it. It shows me the bottom, and marks areas that have fish. If I find an area with fish, that's all I really to know. My unit is black and white, and adequate for me. I think it's equivalent to a Lowrance with a value of about $200. I just row my frameless pontoon, but I do understand the need for GPS in large areas like the Delta.
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