sounder/gps combo
Submitted by JasFishing on Tue, 2013-07-02 20:06
Hi guys, just got my first boat (pics to come this weekend) It has a navman chartplotter 5600 already but no sounder. Hoping you guys can point me in the right direction. Do I get just a fish finder or a combo unit? I have budget of around a $1000. Is the Navman 5600 any good???
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Tank
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Look at
Have a look at a dragon fly...there is a post on them on this site
petermac
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yes mate
check out the dragon fly wish I had got one and well in your budget your chart plotter is an ok unit
Rob H
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Navman is a great plotter,
Navman is a great plotter, nothing wrong with them though as a sounder not that flash.
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JasFishing
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dragon fly looks nice
thanks guys, after taking a look, the unit looks fantastic...will go and have a play this week sometime.
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Grumpysmurf
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I believe Navman (&
I believe Navman (& Northstar) have gone out of business. Their chart plotter was OK using CMAP, but not as good as Navionics Gold with contour lines. Their sounder was lousy IMHO. I had the 5500 range as well as the M84 which was top money back then.
Combo units are now not much more expensive than sounder standalone. So I would definately look at getting a combo. Lowrance seems very very popular, and the Raymarine Dragonfly looks good (although I know someone who would prefer to go back to a Lowrance).
I have also PM'd you with a couple offers of used Lowrance I may have
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