I have farted with the transducer height on my current older Garmin Matrix. I like the idea of the GPS but honestly the only thing that I REALLY care about is that the damn thing will show an accurate bottom depth at cruising speed. But in the end it would come down to staff recommendation, price (possible sales), and so on. I would lean towards the Hummingbird just because I have had a few on my smaller lake boat and I like the brand. ![]() I like the looks of the Lowrance Elite 5 with CHIRP and the Hummingbird Helix 5. Looking for any final recommendations before I go FF shopping. ![]() Has anyone paid to have one installed and can recommend a good shop in the FV? I would expect if I'm paying a couple hrs labor to have one installed they would guarantee that it will be able to continuously read bottom up to a certain speed? If I paid a bunch of money for a new unit, plus install fees, and it did the same thing as my current free-to-me cheapie I would be pretty angry! The transducer wire runs along the other wires on the driver's side, which apparently may cause issues, unfortunately that is the only sensible way I can see to do the wiring. Maybe the way the wires are being run is causing issues. If that does not fix it then I think I'll be ready to say F-it, buy a new decent one and pay a professional to install it. I'm going to try and move the transducer depth (not angle) up/down a bit (loosen off mounting screws and adjust) and see if that helps. It works and is an improvement but can't read bottom depth at low-mid cruising speed which peeves me off. Spent several hours uninstalling the Eagle and installing this older-ish Garmin which we are currently using. Spent hours farting with the Eagle the boat came with, concluded it was NFG. Honestly I'm kind of done dinking around with them. I've through about adding another battery so the FF can have its own power. However, obviously, it is not the only thing hooked up to the + and - of this battery. My current FF is wired up to the main battery. I'll do some research on them and try to find a few reviews etc. I've been looking through Steveston's catalouge at f/f's and the choices are pretty overhwelming!! Just looking for a solid, go-to f/f that a lot of guys use and like. Is there a place (preferably not terribly far from Chilliwack) that has a good rep for doing an A+ install on this type of stuff? I am new to boating and have no idea who to trust. I like to do this kind of thing myself to save $, but if I get a brand new one all wired up and it does the same thing as the current one I think I'll lose my s**t! Have a Hummingbird Fishing Buddy that I quite like so I guess I like Hummingbird too (although the Matrix 10 is currently pissing me off).Īlso, I think I would pay to have it installed. GPS function might be nice to see speed, save good fishing pots, save routes to diff spots on the river, and so on. ![]() don't really care if it has 3-D side imaging and all that jazz. I dunno.under 500 bucks? More like 300-400 would be better. will work well at cruising speed! I don't expect it to read the changing depth wide open at 40mph or whatever, but it does need to be able to read depth at "average cruising speed" (whatver that means ) Wondering if ya'll have any recommendations for a solid f/f. If no luck we're going to have to buy a new one as we don't know the Fraser well at all and like the added security of being able to get a bottom depth reading while cruising. I printed the manual off online for the Hummingbird and am going to try and fart around with it a bit and hopefully get it working better. My dad only used this f/f for lake fishing and had no issues with it, however, he would keep it turned off when cruising, and only use it when trolling at a slow speed. It works okay I guess, but loses the proper depth quite easily once you start moving/cruising. Had nothing but issues with it so swapped it out for one my dad had lying around, a Hummingbird Matrix 10. ![]() Have had new (to us) jet boat for about a month now.
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