Should I wait on the IPilot Link, or go ahead and get the conventional IPilot?
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Should I wait on the IPilot Link, or go ahead and get the conventional IPilot?
Nice problem to have!
In a way it is, but looking at it differently, I can only get one or the other. The difference in price looks to be about $300-$400. On the other hand, if you buy the IPilot, then upgrade to the IPilot Link you are looking at another $800. Right now I am leaning toward waiting until the IPilot with the Link comes out, I already have a 998HD so I am good to go there.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappielimits
I'd wait for I pilot link. I have I pilot now and will get link as soon as it is available. Being able to see your tracks on the screen, being able to see i spots, go to way point. go to track, and setup routes right on screen will be priceless.
Not to mention the added capacity for spots and tracks.
That's pretty much where I am right now, thinking I will wait on the IPilot with the Link.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarolinaJim
I could be wrong but I think the link is going to be about as good as the spot lock and or track record. Which for the way I fish...useless. It'll most likely wander too much to fish a particular top and to fish a trail, I prefer some manual input rather than a program.
That's my opninion, your mileage may vary.
Wannabe...
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Originally Posted by carolinajim
Resurreting this thread. I have been waiting since December for the Terrova 80# with iPilot Link to be released. First it was February, then March, now today I am told April 5. What's the deal here? I'm about ready to say the heck with it and just get a Terrova with iPilot and forget the "link"
I just looked bass pro has them in stock? I stopped by there today and got the add on ipilotlink sys.
I see you are from GA, but have Carolina in your username. If this is because you fish some of the lakes in South or North Carolina then the I link if pretty much useless and you will be using the same features as the I-pilot. The I-link follow the contour or offset contour is only available with the compatable Lakemaster chip, Lakemaster does not cover South or North Carolina, which makes it useless. This really disappoints me as I was looking forward to purchasing the i-link myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by CarolinaJim
I'm in eastern MS, they have the Tenn-Tom, Pickwick, and plenty of GA, FL and AL lakes. It would
be useful to me. I hear Bass Pro may have them. Going to check and see.
Oh yes it would definately be useful to someone that is cover by Lakemaster. i will be moving back to SC in about a year and none of the lakes are covered........its a waste of money to me. I wish it wasnt though, it looks like an awesome feature......
Because I was born and spent the first 6 years of my life in Beaufort, and lived the longest in any one place in Kill Devil Hills, and any place on the ocean in N and S Carolina feels more like home than anywhere else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Southern Young Gun
Yes, it would be nice to have LM chip for N/S C but you can create a route manually on any map chip and have the link follow it. Or you can follow a contour and record it and save it on the unit and have it visible, you can have 50 I tracks on the unit. Further you can save them off to an sd card and load what you need when you need it. So for me follow the contour is not the main feature.
Well, I waited, and waited, and waited, finally about a month ago, I ordered the Terrova 80# with iPilot Link from Cabela's, free shipping and no tax---backordered---, so I waited some more, but yesterday---IT SHIPPED. Yee-ha, should arrive on Thursday. Can't wait to try this thing out after all that has been said about it.
I also bought the Lakemaster card for the Southeast. I was glad to see the Tenn-Tom in HD since I live within 2 miles of the Aberdeen Lake, and also on the new card they have added Tennessee and Kentucky. I was really disappointed to learn after exploring the maps, that the Bay Springs Lake, part of the Tenn Tom is not charted. It stops at the end of the Divide Cut, and picks up after the Bay Springs Lock. So----if you want Bay Springs you'll have to wait because it it not there.