ADVICE WANTED..Buying new sounder/GPS for tinny
Submitted by DrinkPiss CatchFish on Wed, 2019-08-21 01:16
My mate and I are looking at upgrading to a new sounder/GPS setup for our tinny. Thing is, there's that many different options available now it's not going to be as straight forward a decision as first thought...choosing the missus' birthday pressy is easier!
Would love to hear any recommendations, advice, or general info regarding Sounders/GPS/plotters...ect. Please!
Our boat: Savage 4.2m tinny, 25hp tiller steer.
Basically what we're after is something in the 2-3000$ range that'll work just as well trolling along reefs or bottom bashing at 50m as it will up a creek at low tide in 0.5m.
scotto
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HDS7
HDS7 is all you’ll need, especially in a tinny, and well under your budget.
Theres some good ones on gumtree, especially over east.
Billcollector
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Agree HDS7 works well on
Agree HDS7 works well on mine, ocean ,creeks and up river
SpotHound
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Elite Ti 7
I have an elite Ti7 I bought when the models changed to Ti2.
I like it but cant drive it any where as well as the promotional pictures show, clarity wise.
I suppose thats marketing.
paul d
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I'd go for a Simrad evo 3
I'd go for a Simrad evo 3 nss 7 or 9 and active imaging 3in1 transducer , best of both worlds , then you could upgrade to a 1kw if you want.
Sea goat
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i got a simrad and pretty
i got a simrad and pretty happy, one thing i would advise against is getting a touch screen sounder. a bitch to zoom in and out when its bumpy or your moving!! otherwise it functions realy well.
Pob
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I’ve got a Lowrance Elite
I’ve got a Lowrance Elite 9ti2 on a ram mount in a similar size tinny, great bit of kit and the sidescans awesome, around half your budget too
DrinkPiss CatchFish
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Cheers lads!
Appreciate the response fellas! If you blokes drank at my local I'd shout yas all a beer
The lowerance elite looks pretty speccy, and I like the keyboard option on the simrad number...now time to go siteighhin the garage and weigh up the pros and cons.
Cheers again