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I am looking for an up front DI unit. It is a toss up between Garmin or Humminbird. Just like the title says, Is there that much of a difference between units with chirp than those without chirp? I think a lot of the hype is selling point. The lesser Helix units do not have chirp and everyone raves about them. Garmin has chirp in every unit and the rest of the pack loves them.
So which is it?:juggle
Neither of those, Lowrance has the best in "affordable" CHIRPQuote:
Originally Posted by G4bama
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I went Garmin and never looked back.
If you use DI not 2D 99% of the time I'm not sure why you would pay extra for chirp. Just my .02
If someone has the answer please explain.
Chirp, chirp, and more chirp...
Regardless of what brand you are looking at, you WANT to get CHIRP. It doesn't matter whether you are on DI, 2D, or basic sonar.
A normal sonar with a 83mhz/200mhz transducer will only send one signal down to the bottom at a time. IE, either 83, or 200 depending on your settings.
CHIRP sends multiple signals in different frequency ranges. A standard sonar will pickup baitfish as a ball whereas chirp will actually pick up individual baitfish. This is the difference between sending one frequency range pinging the bottom and miltiple diffrent signal ranges at the same time.
Here is a link to the best description of CHIRP that I have found:
All You Wanted to Know about CHIRP Sonar - Wired2fish - Scout
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Originally Posted by wicklundrh
That is a really good article there in wired2fish, if you google search "sonar chirp" there is quite a bit more info out there as well like at Sonar Technology | CHIRP | Garmin from Garmin. The only exception is that Chirp really only applies to 2D Sonar from what I can find, if someone has any knowledge of this being different please enlighten me. I know Garmin makes the statement on there website "CHIRP technology also enhances the performance and clarity of Garmin DownVü and SideVü scanning sonar to provide the clearest sonar images on the water." So if that's true then I stand corrected however they say that but offer up "NO" pictures of any kind in their article which is continually utilizing picture to show how much better chirp is in 2D setting. I think the key word here is "enhances" as if to say it's another tool in your toolbox. But that's just my take on the information that I've been able to come up with.
Lonnie84,
Your commits on "only 2D" is what I was trying to say in my post above. I have not seen any data on chirp DI or SI. In my first post that was want info I was really looking for.
As Lonnie84 posted "if someone has any knowledge of this being different please enlighten me"
Garmin offers CHIRP in their DownVu and SideVu line ...
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/cOnT...unders-p1.html
Raymarine offers CHIRP in their DownVision and SideVision line ...
Fishing - Best Marine Electronics for Fishing | Raymarine
Rickie
Those reds lines,in theffect first picture are crappie. This is a humminbird Onix,using stock transducer chirping 175-225 khz.The second picture is from,out in front of Barkley dam.I don't no what the fish are in the shot.http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...psgmm4kb5o.jpghttp://i1042.photobucket.com/albums/...psqsgyrrvq.jpg I'm not sure if chirping di helps or not?Garmin should have the best chirping units tho.
Thanks Rickie, I am enlightened also surprised that H'bird has not shown anything in there line for chirp DI/SI. Guess they are saving it for next years new model release maybe.Quote:
Originally Posted by rnvinc
In order to get CHIRP in a Humminbird Helix, the Helix 12 is the only unit that offers a chirp version. Quite a bit of coin to get chirp.
I recently bought a Garmin Stryker 7 SV with Chirp. The 2D is amazing at showing fish. The DI and SI has better target separation than I was expecting. I can now tell a school of fish from a school of shad because you can see individual fish in the school.
LOZ,BEFORE THESE UNITS HAD CHIRP ,DI ANS SI WOULD SHOW INDIVIUAL FISH IN A SCHOOL,HAVE 859 AND 1199 AND THEY DO NOT HAVE CHIRP YET I CAN SEE INDIVIUAL CRAPPIES AND CAN TELL ABOUT THE SIZE OF THEM
Has anyone seen a comparison SI/DI chirp to non-chirp? If so, could someone post a link. All I ever see is 2D which looks great! If chirp is so good in SI/DI why are they not pushing it more?
I ALSO HAVE ELITE 7 DI WITH CHIRP,I CAN NOT SEE ANY DIFFERENT ON DI,NOT IN MY THINKING ANYWAY
I hope H'bird puts CHIRP in their under 9" models.
Here's a picture of 4 ping pong balls,that are tied on a line,about 5 inches apart.I really don't see were chirping di would help the separation get any better on di.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
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Thanks for the replies. It is a lot of information to digest and make a good choice for the buck.