597 ci hd review

First time out with my new 597. So far I am impressed with it. Easy to use out of the box. Hooked it up to my terrova US2 and turned it on. Detail was super with no interference. I ran it off a dedicated 7 amp gel battery . Took along a spare battery just in case. Thermo line at Enid was obvious.around 21-23 ft. You could see the fish at the top of the 'Cline or just above it up to around 15 ft. Nothing below it.Put my Navionics card in and followed the cut just off the ramp. Caught some nicer fish there where the 597 showed them to be. Trolled across the dam area and set the I pilot to record the track. The chart plotter showed just how accurately the I pilot retraced the original route. Only drawback is the single card slot so I couldn't record.all in all a good unit for the near 500 bucks. Only rip is 30 bucks for the adapter cable!!!

For the money the 597 is probably one of the best di units on the market. I can't say that on down image mode my HDS Touch has any better image quality than my 597.

Mine isn't di. Just regular sonar so I can use my us2 transducer.

I use a 597 at the consle and 788 up front--best units for the money imo.
Main thing that is good on these is the card slot--most important thing is the nav card--everything else is gravy.

Sounds good but isnt that alot of money for a 2d unit with a tiny screen?

....Bill

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Originally Posted by MonteSS

Sounds good but isnt that alot of money for a 2d unit with a tiny screen?

....Bill

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perfect size for me. Price isn't bad.
4 tanks of gas



what do you use???

I use a 597. I loved it for the 1st 6 months then the gps crashed. That was the 1st trip in for repair then 3 months later the transducer crashed and that was trip number two. After I got it back the unit wouldn't recognize my sd card and the split screen was gone from the rotation. It is currently on the way for repair number 3. I hope you have better luck with yours than I did. Maybe this time in, it will get fixed.