Thread: New fish finder

Originally Posted by Fullthrottle

I have the Gen 2 with SI. The picture quality and adjustability are great on these units. I ordered mine from Hodges and it came with the Navionics card for US & Canada, which saved me about $125. My dad has the Garmin 74SV which is a good unit too. To me its a little easier to operate from the main screen, but it lacks in the picture resolution in SI and DI. I also liked that the transducer was 1/2 the size of the Garmins.

That's my issue with SI on my Lowrance HDS7. The SI transducer is a separate unit and it is huge. I have it on a portable transom mount because I don't dare use it at Santee. I've knocked regular one of on the stumps and I know this one would be toast.
I really need to take the time to learn to use it.
I just today received a Hook7X that I'm putting on the front running off the Ipilot transducer. Got one from Hodges Marine for $300 total, free shipping. I ordered it Tuesday and it came today(Thursday). It's a plain jane but all I needed up front. It has DI and GPS plus regular sonar which is all I'll get from the US2 transducer.

Originally Posted by SeaRay

That's my issue with SI on my Lowrance HDS7. The SI transducer is a separate unit and it is huge. I have it on a portable transom mount because I don't dare use it at Santee. I've knocked regular one of on the stumps and I know this one would be toast.
I really need to take the time to learn to use it.
I just today received a Hook7X that I'm putting on the front running off the Ipilot transducer. Got one from Hodges Marine for $300 total, free shipping. I ordered it Tuesday and it came today(Thursday). It's a plain jane but all I needed up front. It has DI and GPS plus regular sonar which is all I'll get from the US2 transducer.

Well here's a heads up .Turns out the X model has GPS tracking ability only. You can save trails and waypoints but there is no built in map at all. I understood you could not use a mapping chip but I thought it had a basic navigation map installed. All you get is a blank screen with active curser. I've had numerous units over the years including an HDS7 currently on my console. Never before have I seen a unit that had GPS with no map. Now got to decide what to do!!