Sounder and gps backups
Submitted by thebear on Wed, 2011-02-09 13:38
Ok here is what I have done, I was in the local boat shop replacing my arials bases that got smashed on the weekend from the wind and fires (no actual fire damage as our place was missed Phew). So while I was in there I thought that my Furno 620 and navman tracker 5600 was in need of a backup unit and in a moment of shear weakness I wound up with a HDS 10 with the platinum navionics card. Two Parts
1) is this a good backup
2) what is everyones experience like with a HDS10
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Tony Halliday
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good choice, as in the sub
good choice, as in the sub $1500 mark these days the Lowrance HD units are coming out tops.
In fact it will make the Navman unit your back up now...lol
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snappermiles
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i certainly would be using the navman
as a backup theres alot more detail on the navionics card!!! not sure where your picking up a hds 10 for sub 1500 dollars there tony but please let us no so i can go get one
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me too
me too
STEVE231
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No chance of buying a HDS 10
No chance of buying a HDS 10 for that price.
We use a 10 to good effect as both our plotter and sounder, maybe the old units would be better for backups....
thebear
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I just paid double that. And
I just paid double that. And yes tongue firmly in cheek when I said HDS 10 was gonna be my backup unit, just gotta get the credit card bill past the leader of the opposition. The platinum card looks really good. Very detailed.
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till
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Have they finally updated the
Have they finally updated the WA content on that card? Up until recently it had exactly the same content on it as the gold card?
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ooops HD7 price I saw lol...
ooops HD7 price I saw lol... ok you got me
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It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)