Do you use a sun shade/hood on your fishfinder(s)?

All too often I get a lot of glare from the sun and water on the screen of my fishfinders. Did a little search and found this company that makes a sun shade or hood cover for a select number of fishfinders, including the Garmin Echomap UHD 73sv and 93sv:

Apex Fishing - Fish Finder Sun Deflectors and Sun Visors
– Apexfishingproducts

Has anyone used their sun shade/hoods on their electronics?

If so, what are your thoughts?

Anyone else have alternatives?

Just looking for input from individual's experiences as I plan to at least try something out.

Thank you in advance.

Berley Pro also has sun visors for fish finders. I usually just adjust my angle on the fish finder to avoid most of the glare.

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I cut out a 27-31 battery box about $10
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I adjust the angle as well. The newest one is daylight readable as I believe they call it

Picked up the Garmin 106 during the sale for livescope and it is so much better in direct sun than my Helix units. Very impressed with it so far.

I .Ike the battery box idea! Ingenious

Picked up the Garmin 106 all through the sale for livescope and it's so plenty higher in direct solar than my Helix gadgets. I am going to share this thread https://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishing-electronics-and-photography/433524-sun-florida lottery-shade-hood-fishfinder/ to my kith and kin who want to know about that. Very inspired with it to this point. newbie Chaser of those Thump Thumps to boost the ones Hand Kandys!


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I have looked at several offerings and also at fabricating something, which I don't believe would be too difficult.
What is causing me problems is: that I don't want whatever I do to prevent the use of my protective covers,
and I also don't want it to turn into a constant swapping out/storage problem between the covers and sunshades.
Thanks for sharing.

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Thank you all.

I like the battery box idea as well but went ahead and bought the APEX sun shades. They are 15% off right now at their website and cheaper overall than on Ebay. I will report back after trying them out.

Don't forget that Rickie, our local DF/FF guru builds an apparatus that turns your DF/FF cover into a sun shade.
Easy to use and never gets lost;

da cover holdit - Podunk (po dungk) A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant. . . .

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Don't forget that Rickie, our local DF/FF guru builds an apparatus that turns your DF/FF cover into a sun shade.
Easy to use and never gets lost;

da cover holdit - Podunk (po dungk) A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant. . . .

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Darn.

My APEX order arrived yesterday...

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Originally Posted by Clint

Don't forget that Rickie, our local DF/FF guru builds an apparatus that turns your DF/FF cover into a sun shade.
Easy to use and never gets lost;

da cover holdit - Podunk (po dungk) A small isolated town, region, or place that is regarded as unimportant. . . .

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Thats a great idea


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I have the Berley Pro, but it is a pita to install. I like the looks of the Apex better, and will order one.

Hope their product is better than their spellin'. rotfl

Not a shade but I made it to protect the plugs from the jumping carp we have would hate to have them wipe the plug out of the back of my garmin. Could easily add a top to it to share the sun. Pretty easy to make

I am agree with your answers my problem is solved. I am very happy :angel:

Have a nice day :welcome

the berly pro, yes i had two, and the apex are to short of a hood, stump jumper products makes a good long shade cover, but he is proud of his stuff, but its the best i have found, they are made from aluminum, fyi the corners are pretty sharp and i personally sanded mine smooth, they are heck on a shirt.

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the berly pro, yes i had two, and the apex are to short of a hood, stump jumper products makes a good long shade cover, but he is proud of his stuff, but its the best i have found, they are made from aluminum, fyi the corners are pretty sharp and i personally sanded mine smooth, they are heck on a shirt.

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I still haven’t installed the APEX but sure wish I had seen this Stump Jumper products!

For others wanting more info on them, go to Facebook was the only place I found info on them.