Minnkota Built-in Mega Down Imaging

Coming soon to a store near you !!

Minnkota will feature a Humminbird Mega Down Imaging transducer

For a small fee of course.

Mega SI, yes. DI, not sure that I'd pay for that. Non mega DI seems pretty good to me. IMO they should have designed it to use the SI transducer and they'd sell a lot more of them.

Exactly worthless, not needed we already have our mega side and down ducers mounted, why would we want built in, thats just more issues.

Seems to be a solution for a problem that doesn’t really exist. Lol.

Sales... probably going to start running package deals with head unit.

It may be a selling point for people who do not have the "down" imaging transducers. It's not going to be on every trolling motor.

LOL... They are thinking ahead..

This isn’t about selling a million troll motors. This is about locking people into an “eco system.” If you have a built in bird transducer, you are less likely to switch to another brand when the time to upgrade your graph comes around.

They should have done this before they sold all these ultrex. Not many people will be willing to buy this. Tyler is right though, these will sell more birds. It's all about the package

Yup plus the upgrades in the future. My money is on mega 360 next.

So should I wait to buy my Ultrex or go ahead and buy one now?

Do people run Bird DI and SI on their trolling motors?

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I've been saying this for a year or two. Trolling motors for 4K will be flying off the shelf!

Would it not be universal like US2? With a different adapter for each brand?

Looks just as bulky as an external mounted megi di transducer......

I doubt it is cross compatible with any other sonar since this motor will be in addition to other models

I think the mega transducer is much more expensive than the regular so if someone had a different brand and not able to use the mega function they aren't going to want to pay more for it.

No, notice the Humminbird logo on the transducer. Its all part of the Humminbird/mimn kota one boat network

Just won Best of Show Award for Best Boating Accessory at ICAST

For the clueless, the major appeal is a built-in imaging transducer for anglers that use the electric-steer-only motors like Ulterra, Terrova, and Powerdrive. No issues with cable management. Typically they like 2D and DI at the bow.

can you upgrade to this head if you just bought ultra or ultrex?

no