Sonar quiz permit

Wow,
Do you know what unit he has?
With chirp?
Thanks

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Originally Posted by GroutScout

Brett, I finally got someone to talk about their Garmin. He said the shallow SI was on par with Lowrances, he said it was real good up & clear up close but then got blurry past 60' or so. I asked if it was better than Lowrance overall and he said it was about the same. He didn't comment on the DI.

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I saw Fishton's post that grout refers to...

One thing for sure...Fishton tells it like it is...

Big :ThumbsUp :ThumbsUp :ThumbsUp for Fishton...!!!

Rickie

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they fouled out.

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Originally Posted by justinp61

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they fouled out.

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I'm not sure if one could call Fishton's initial opinion a home run...

Here's the quote...:

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Originally Posted by Fishton

From the little time I had the unit on my boat, I found the following:

In shallow water, the SideVu lost range quite quickly, very much like SideScan. (80ft/27m) - 120ft/40m)

But as we got into deeper water >30ft/10m the range increased substantially - 150ft/50m - as seen here:-

http://www.fishtec.co.za/gcv02.jpg

The image is very sharp and has a great contrast up to about 30m, and then it blurs from there.

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And the "washboard effect" is evident in the Garmin SideVu ...I guess we just cannot cheat wave theory...

Rickie

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Originally Posted by justinp61

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they
fouled out.

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That's my opinion.

I guess I should have asked Fishton to post a pic from his HDS and a pic from the Garmin of the exact same structure? I hate bugging him though so why don't one of you fellas ask him to do so, lol.:biggrin

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Originally Posted by GroutScout

I guess I should have asked Fishton to post a pic from his HDS and a pic from the Garmin of the exact same structure? I hate bugging him though so why don't one of you fellas ask him to do so, lol.:biggrin

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Fishton checks in here occassionally...

Maybe he will see you request and post it here so that I don't have to cut and paste his comments from a different forum...

Rickie

Is it me, or are we still WAY short of seeing what the new Garmins chirp can do. Especially downvu