Best sounder/transducer under $750?
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Best sounder/transducer under $750?
Hey all,
As a gift for the old man's Christmas I'm looking at getting him a new sounder as the current one us a tiny ancient lowrance unit. Have found the Garmin Striker7SV and it looks the goods for $749.99, with a 7" display, sidevu, a pretty good looking transducer, gps (We don't even have gps currently) and also the ability to create your own maps.
Has anyone got this sounder and can give their opinion? Or even recommend some other ones for $750 or less?
Cheers,
Hammy
As a gift for the old man's Christmas I'm looking at getting him a new sounder as the current one us a tiny ancient lowrance unit. Have found the Garmin Striker7SV and it looks the goods for $749.99, with a 7" display, sidevu, a pretty good looking transducer, gps (We don't even have gps currently) and also the ability to create your own maps.
Has anyone got this sounder and can give their opinion? Or even recommend some other ones for $750 or less?
Cheers,
Hammy
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
Also what's the difference between the Striker 7sv and the Striker 7sv plus? The "plus" is $50 cheaper?
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
The plus is a brand new model that now has Wi-Fi connectivity and 'quickdraw' which allows you to draw your own maps via the sonar readings when the option is switched on whilst underway as the Striker (and plus) series does not natively support maps or map cards. There's no point buying the older non-plus model unless you get it for a good price. The GPS on both is merely for marking spots, giving your co-ords and basic things like that.Hammy Y wrote:Also what's the difference between the Striker 7sv and the Striker 7sv plus? The "plus" is $50 cheaper?
If maps are critical, your only Garmin options are the Echomap and GPSmap series, both of which come with extra $ outlay
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
I put up a post a couple days ago asking for sounder advice etc because i need a new one too, mines basic old and no good really. quite a few people recommended the Garmin Striker, looks decent, its on my watch list too
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
The best sounder is what yiu can use and what your comfortable with
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
Do they match with most places? Even online retailer?smile0784 wrote:Could find it cheap and get price match at bcf
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Re: Best sounder/transducer under $750?
Check out CH Smith in Fairfield, they usually have pretty good specials. Heaps cheaper than BCF etc.