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I plan on making the trip to Bass Pro tomorrow evening to buy a new Garmin Echomap Plus fish finder. I have a small jon boat type of boat. I sit at the stern with my tiller 10 horse motor and trolling motor. I like to long line. I don't have a lot of extra room for things so I was planning on getting the 73sv. Will I be disappointed with side imaging on a 7 inch screen? It will be very close to me.
I've had a 73SV on my boat for a couple of years. Really like it. Bigger really is better, but the 7" does a good job. I work at BPS selling electronics. You better check with your local store to find out how many units they have for this sale. At mine, we have plenty of 93's but not very many 73's.
I did email them because it's an hour and half drive and they said they have 50 of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BobL
Bigger is better. 7 inch is the bare minimum I reccomend more side imaging. The 7 inch I'll do fine for your application but 9 will be better. At $100 difference I would consider the 9 inch if you got room.
I have both units. 7" at the bow with livescope. 9" at console. I can see both just fine, and I'm not missing anything with the smaller screen. But I also can see to tie a knot.....lol
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Get the bigger screen if you can. You won't regret it.
93SV PLUS FOR 600 DOLLARS CAN'T BEAT THAT WITH A STICK,LOL
I have both units non plus, I had the 73 first then the 93 came up on sale last year I really like the bigger TV screen now i added the PS 22 transducer for video game fishing
You're right. I just pulled the trigger on one.Quote:
Originally Posted by genec
With the sale Bass Pro is having, if at all possible, I would spring for the 93sv. Every inch of screen matters with SI, in my opinion. The 73 will work for sure, but you’ll be thankful you went with the 9” if you do.
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Well you guys talked me into it. I got the 9 inch. I got to Bass Pro and I wanted to see how the 9 compared to the 7 but they were already out of the 9. I immediately drove about 15 miles to Cabelas and they still had a lot of them. Only thing that was holding me back was being able to use it for ice fishing. The 7 would be better for that. I currently us my old hummingbird unit for ice fishing but thought it would be a nice option to use the Garmin. Now got to figure out how to mount the transducer. It's going to be a little tricky on my little boat. Going to see the welder tomorrow about it. He is going to weld the old holes and help me out.