Help!! Raymarine c90w vs lowrance hds8? Anyone use DSM300?
Submitted by robbo81 on Fri, 2013-02-01 18:50
Hi Guy's
Just got my first boat (21ft Stejcraft) and I need to update my GPS/fishfinder.
I have been looking at a Raymarine c90w with a DSM300 and a 1kw TM260 but I dont know anyone with any of this stuffto see what its like. I will be fishing in about 50-100m, bottom bouncing mostly. I have also looked at the Lowrance HDS8 with the structure scan but im unsure if it will work in that kind of depth. Can you put a 1kw trannie on a HDS8? Does it put out 1KW?
Any advice would be much appreciated, I have around $2000 to spend so if you can recommend any other combo's let me know.
Cheers!!
reece
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Date Joined: 10/07/08
I think you need the dsm400
I think you need the dsm400 to run 1wk an above. I had a C120 combo with a 600hz for about a year. It still worked really good! Check with Pete at maritime marine electronics in Freo. He's a raymarine guru! 0401039433
i now just run the C120 as a plotter an a FCV 295 as ssounder
if you only want to spend around the 2k go the FCV 585 with tm 260. Tune it right an it will run rings around the compotition
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
Vinesh87
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DSM300 will run 1kw.DSM400
DSM300 will run 1kw.
DSM400 runs 1-3kw and DSM450CP is chirp.
Structure scan will not work well at that depth( personal experience of some serious SIMRAD gear )
RM are making seriously nice units, i have the E7D with the basic 600w Transducer and can't fault it. and will be going to a E125 when i get the cash.
The DSM + Transducer is half of your budget but.
But from what i have read as reece said for the budget the 585 would kill it.
robbo81
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Date Joined: 27/01/13
Thanks guys, eventually i
Thanks guys, eventually i would like to go deeper and get some of those big ones and I know furuno is great but I need a gps plotter aswell and the 9'' of the c90w would fit nicely. Reese was the C120 a good unit?
dr red
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Date Joined: 04/11/12
i had a c120 good but needed
i had a c120 good but needed seperate power source
like every says furuno sounder would be the way to go.i have a koden 128 basicly the same as 585,and run a seperate gps a70 raymarine
i have always liked the raymarine gps units, but think there sounders laked.
hope this helps
reece
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Date Joined: 10/07/08
Yeah the C120 is a awsom! So
Yeah the C120 is a awsom! So good having a big GPS! I fing it helps with finding ground / edges. And the go to and rout planers help an night. The only thing I don't like is you can only hold 1000 way points in the unit at a time. But you get around that by having a few sd cards. Say one for down south one for metro one for the abrolhos an one for exy. I all so run the ray planer on my lap top. I have a old unit but. I think the new ones have a bigger memory
Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow?
Colt_Striker
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Date Joined: 26/07/09
I run a raymarine C80 with
I run a raymarine C80 with DSM300 & a thru hull B164 1kw, works well at speed read up to 120m at 20knotts on 200hz, read upto 400m 20hz trolling at 8 knotts & up to 600m idling in gear. Also run the E7D as a deidcated plotter great gear. C90 is updated version of C80.