Thread: Humminbird Helix 5 Question

Has anyone tried the new Helix 5 unit? I am looking to buy 2 new units for my boat and all I want is sonar and GPS. I have had SI and DI for several years and I never used them. The price on the Helix 5 looks good but just trying to get some feedback on them.

Thx!!

I have a Helix 5 DI GPS .....I love it....it has 2D sonar on it also.

Thx "G"...Seems like I read somewhere that you can't link 2 Helix 5 units together. What do you know about that? I am gonna call HB when they open. Just shopping around right now seeing what my options are.

I think your right on that

I love my Helix! I picked up the SI / DI / GPS combo and have been playing around with it for a few weeks now. It is correct you can't network the unit to other HB units. It's a bit smaller requiring me to wear my glasses from time to time, but it more than makes up for it with the great resolution it provides. Great unit with a budget price. Gotta check it out Tim.

What size SD card does it take? Some of these newer models only take the Mini SD card.

Takes a micro sd card

Originally Posted by "G"

Takes a micro sd card

That's what I was afraid of!!!!

I think I would really like the Helix, but I had to pass on it. They can't be networked with other units which I'd like to have but the deal breaker was that it only took the Micro SD Card. I already have 2 regular SD cards to use and didn't want to spend almost $300 to buy the Micro SD cards....So I went with the Humminbird 859 DI for the front of the boat and the smaller 688 DI for the console. I can network these 2 units and still use my SD cards that I already have. Thx for all the input.

Originally Posted by TnT

I think I would really like the Helix, but I had to pass on it. They can't be networked with other units which I'd like to have but the deal breaker was that it only took the Micro SD Card. I already have 2 regular SD cards to use and didn't want to spend almost $300 to buy the Micro SD cards....So I went with the Humminbird 859 DI for the front of the boat and the smaller 688 DI for the console. I can network these 2 units and still use my SD cards that I already have. Thx for all the input.

Not sure why you thought the Micro SD cards would cost that much, you can buy 32 gig ones for less than ten bucks.