Sounder Choice

[bender]

A friend is having big troubles trying to decide on which fish finder to buy for her 420 quintrex busta.

Im watching closely because im also going to want one in the near future.

She does not want lowrance because she just sold one , neither do i.

She is liking garmin and hummingbird in the 9 inch screen models with side imaging.

She cannot decide which one has the clearest pics of fish and neither can i.

We drove around and looked at different models in demo mode and they all look good.

Does anyone have screen shots and advise please .

She is buying from Whitworths because she lives in Mosman Park and they are right near her house and sell both brands.

[John Osborne]

cue all the sponsored anglers lol.

[John Osborne]

garmin striker, nice reliable unit unlike lowrance lol

[bender]

She just sold her new replacement lowrance .

She doesnt want anotjer one.

[John Osborne]

unfortunately that's the problem with lowrance, they break and replace it with a remanufactured (read previously broken one) from Mexico and your warranty on the new (remanufactured one) is only half of the original warranty. good units just unreliable.

[stacer420]

i am happy enough with my Humminbird 898. Its about 5 years old now, so i assume the newer models will be even better.

I think that most brands are fine these days, you just need to invest some time to play around with whatever unit you buy and learn how to read what you are seeing on the screen. I am just getting a good handle on recognising fish in side view mode now.

The other consideration is whether you want to link an electric motor to it at some stage, eg. Minn Kota links to Humminbird and Motorguide links to Lowrance.

There should be some good specials at the moments so although Whitworths are good, shop around online as well.

[dancougs]

Also worth checking out the Simrad GO9 mate...
Very nice setups

[bender]

My freshwater cable steer was so good
i just fiited another one to the new boat