2 combo units or 1 combo and 2 standalone units
Submitted by Riles on Thu, 2013-07-18 14:41
G’day all
I would really appreciate some recommendations on some of my queries below.
The new boat I am looking at includes a LOWRANCE HDS 7 combo unit with a 600W transducer. I am also looking at adding another sounder (with a 1kw transducer) and chartplotter (for redundancy) or combo unit. Currently I’m leaning towards the FURUNO 587 (I’m not sure of what transducer yet, preferably mounted in hull) and I am unsure of what chartplotter. If I went for another combo unit I was looking at the LOWRANCE HDS 8 combo unit.
Any recommendations or opinions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Vinesh87
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Its it primarily for dounding
Its it primarily for sounding i think the best option is the 587! I kick myself sometimes for not getting one.
Sure a combo is always a good back up, but lowrance are not in the same league as Furuno!
Personally i have 2 combo units (Raymarine E7D and Raymarine Dragonfly)
Colt_Striker
Posts: 624
Date Joined: 26/07/09
Yeah go 2 combo's, I run Ray
Yeah go 2 combo's,
I run Ray marine too E7D & C80 with 1kw
Cruise Control
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Date Joined: 03/11/10
Personally I would go two
Personally I would go two combos but I agree with Vinesh the Furuno apparently offers better capability than the Lowrance combo. Having said that I understand that the Koden CVS128 which again apparently performs at the same level as the Furuno has the ability to connect a GPS attenae. You dont get full whizz bang capability but at a pinch if your main unit snuffs it you have something other than your Compass !
Perhaps anyone who has a Koden can comment ?
cheers
Walfootrot
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Would go for the furno with
Would go for the furno with 1kw tran, and grab a cheapy gps for backup.
If you can get a cheap GPS that will take the card from your Lowrance then even better
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Riles
Posts: 119
Date Joined: 20/02/11
Thanks for your comments
I've decided to go with the Lowrance HDS7 with the 600w tm transducer, a Lowrance elite 5m and the Furuno 587 with a 1kw transducer. On that note I'm wondering which 1kw trany to run with, (an in hull or through hull) as there is som many options. I know there are only certain transducers that will use the bottom discrimation function, but does anyone even use this????
Cheers
Furuno Australia
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Date Joined: 01/03/13
Riles
if you can go through hull then that is the best option for any of the Furuno sounders. As you have eluded, there's a heap of 1kW transducer mounting options and styles to choose from so it boils down to type of hull (ally/glass) space inside hull, area under boat, trailer rollers etc
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