Thread: 360 and the death of si/di

assuming the fish are coming out of the brushpile towards you, you might have the ability to see them. There could be 100 2lb crappie on the other side of that pile, and you'd never see them. 360 will work the same as SI, it can't see through objects.

HB and LOW both have and continue to sell DI only and 2D. That isn't going to change. I'm awaiting information and pics from real users, then we'll have actual information. I sure as heck hope it's worth the money, or there will be some upset folks.

Originally Posted by rnvinc

The sweep rate is 4 speed variable...I think it's advertised to be used from 0mph -9mph...

The sweeping motion is what allows the system to be stationary and still create an image..it's pings in a successive arc...instead of a moving straight line like SI/DI...

Rickie

I fully understand the concept, I still see it being more useful while your on the tm fishing, not idling around searching though.

Kosmo. Can the boat icon be moved to the bottom of the screen and only show the 180* in front of the boat or is it fixed to the center of the screen? It looks like a square screen would better suited for the 360 than the rectangular one, which is great for SI.

Rickies link answered my question.

Originally Posted by Redge

Man I really enjoy this type of post!! I realize how 360 could be useful to me after following this post. However I kept thinking SI would come down in price but never did. I hope 360 does, I might consider it if it does! I don't like the current way it mounts, I can see forgetting about it, taking off and there goes 2grand. Seems they could have it built in to auto retract at ? Mph the finder already knows how fast your going.

Past history in this industry has pretty well shown that the only way for a certain item to come down in price is when it is being phased out of production for newer technology...

Interesting stuff...

Rickie

TM mounting of the 360 might not even be necessary...

With the radius range of the sweep..you would only lose the "length of the boat" in the forward arc of the sweep while the 360 is mounted on the transom...

And it can be controlled from the HB head unit "or" the 360 unit itself...

So the user could be on the front deck, control the 360 from the head unit, search and fish with 360 at the same time...

Rickie

Originally Posted by rnvinc

TM mounting of the 360 might not even be necessary...

Rickie

I was thinking along the lines of cheaper mounting options, plus thats where I'd use it, I think.

Originally Posted by justinp61

I fully understand the concept, I still see it being more useful while your on the tm fishing, not idling around searching though.

Kosmo. Can the boat icon be moved to the bottom of the screen and only show the 180* in front of the boat or is it fixed to the center of the screen? It looks like a square screen would better suited for the 360 than the rectangular one, which is great for SI.

Rickies link answered my question.

justin, yes it can do what your asking. it also can be moved to the top to view behide and to right or left sides

Originally Posted by Redge

Man I really enjoy this type of post!! I realize how 360 could be useful to me after following this post. However I kept thinking SI would come down in price but never did. I hope 360 does, I might consider it if it does! I don't like the current way it mounts, I can see forgetting about it, taking off and there goes 2grand. Seems they could have it built in to auto retract at ? Mph the finder already knows how fast your going.

redge, theres a built in alarm system that the users sets to the speed of the boat, that he chooses that will go off when the boat reaches that predetermined speed.also ive heard were some people are worried about the transducer being down in the water to far. it only has to be lowered far enough down to have a clear view in the dirrection that you want to view. what im saying is, for example ,if you were going to be casting from the right side off the bow of the boat theres really no need than to lower the transducer more than just under the water

Originally Posted by justinp61

I was thinking along the lines of cheaper mounting options, plus thats where I'd use it, I think.

First we will have to determine if this 360° Xducer can be functionally operated independently from the deployment mount...or if the mount provides more function than just deploying the Xducer into the water...

I have my own xducer deployment system already...

Rickie