Hummingbird portable Fishingbuddy?

[FishCrazy]

Im thinking about one of these for my canoe and wonder if anyone has any experience with them that they could share. I have not seen anywhere that they have been reviewed by any buyers that I could find. The cheepest one does not have side imaging but I wonder if the ones that do would be worth the additional money or should I just forget about these units and try to mount something else in the canoe. Any help and suggestions would be appreciated.

[randallewis]

I bought one three years ago. Runs on 2 6 volt batteries. It has a suction cup to mount the transducer on the side of a boat. Cup dried out and wouldn't stay stuck. Totally frustrating. Be prepared to use some sort of clamp on mount. Other than that works fine.

[FishCrazy]

The fishing buddy Im referring to has everything enclosed in one unit and clamps to the side of the canoe or other boat side. I think that hummingbird bought bottomline as they use to have a similar unit to the current hummingbird fishingbuddy. In this unit the xducer is mounted on the bottom of a pole that sticks down in the water. Here is the unit:

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/te...011&hasJS=true

[gillbuster]

I also am interested in this product...only thing I could find on reviews is that it occasionally didn't read the proper depth range. but could be associated with low battery juice (uses 6 betteries for 40 hours...). Have a Pelican Bass Raider that I would use it on. for $99.00 it sounds like a good deal

[FishCrazy]

There was one review on Cabelas site that said it worked good but not at speed it "poped out" and I dont know exactly what that means.

[wasabi]

anybody else have any experience with this product? I too am looking tyo get one that I can use in my canoe and kayak.

[REDBOAT]

I used one a couple years ago... it worked fine untill it did not work anymore.. It lasted me 2 years then on the water one day I heard a sizzle and then the screen did not come up and that was the end of it

[Joby @ Humminbird]

The fishin buddies just came out this year. They have been redesigned for Humminbird.

[REDBOAT]

yeah the one I had was from "Bottom Line" I think..

[wbook01]

I ordered a 130 Fishin' Buddy from Cabela's last month. Tried it on my canoe on Saturday. It was easy to use--I just clamped it to the gunwale, turned it on and fished. I put it on the right side of the canoe, and the only problem I had with it was in avoiding banging it with the paddle. I'll have to work on placement.

Sensitivity was fine. I'm looking forward to using it with a belly boat this fall.