sparky Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Standalone or combo units for fish/ chartplotters ? Can anybody please advise on which way to go, and any preference on make and size of screen , looking at Garmin or Lowrance. Thanks, MICK Quote
great white Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Its a bit of personal choice really I use the 10.4" lowrance combo unit. Which has since been replaced by the HD unit. Easy to use as I had lowrance before and I like the extra features a combo unit gives like recordable sonar info. I also like the navionics gold chartography that is uses. I have always had seperate units before and thought it would only be time before I found budget to add a seperate fish finder, but after 4 years and a lot of fishing I still have not had to. One downside is it is not easy to turn the transducer off when drift fishing in shallower water. Charlie Quote
niggle Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Mick I like the lowrance but I've also heard great things of garmin Before it got pinched I had a 10hds combo,but to save some money you could have two 5hds Nige Quote
sparky Posted February 22, 2012 Author Report Posted February 22, 2012 Charlie & Nige, Thanks for the input guys, both of you said about the lowrance hds10, this is the one I was thinking about myself . At present I have 2 x 5 inch lowrance ( globalmap 3500c & x 102c ) which are now obsolete, so may go for bigger screen so I can see it easier !!!!. Will try so see unit working somewhere, Cheers again, MICK Quote
Rob Posted February 22, 2012 Report Posted February 22, 2012 Let me know if your selling your old units!!! Cheers, Rob Quote
sparky Posted February 23, 2012 Author Report Posted February 23, 2012 Rob, if I do change units I will give you a call, thanks. MICK Quote
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