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 Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Mark Perry]
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12/18/14 01:34 AM
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Jordan Massey
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I take issue with the price of electronics today and the short term support that comes with them. Hasn't been that long ago you could send your 10 yr old X16's to Lowrance and for $100 get them back in new working condition. That was true customer support. Today you can spend $3500 on a graph with a 2yr warranty and a few years after the warranty period is up the support is gone as well. IMO for what a 8-12" graph costs today you should be able to get it repaired for a reasonable fee after the warranty period. If you could count on them to last trouble free for 5-8 yrs I might feel differently but that has not been my experience to date with the 6 or so big screens I've owned. Not wanting to start a brand war but HB has long term technical support for theirs. They still include the old units in updates etc as well. +1 I was just thinking that
Personal Best Bass: 7.5Lbs
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Jersey Dan]
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12/18/14 01:36 AM
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Jarrett Latta
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Waste of money. Wait for gen 4, that should be something with significant change. True story
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Mark Perry]
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12/18/14 01:55 AM
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patriot07
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Just got a Gen 2 HDS-7 at a huge discount. For $560, I'll take the 2-year warranty and pay reasonable rates for support in 2017 and on.
If you're spending $2k+ on graphs, then any upgrades are probably significant enough to matter. If you're on a budget, you're not looking at these anyway.
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
- Soren Kierkegaard
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: patriot07]
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12/18/14 03:30 AM
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kdr2002
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Just got a Gen 2 HDS-7 at a huge discount. For $560, I'll take the 2-year warranty and pay reasonable rates for support in 2017 and on.
If you're spending $2k+ on graphs, then any upgrades are probably significant enough to matter. If you're on a budget, you're not looking at these anyway. Did the same except for HDS8. Should get a 7 for the front. May wait for the original Touches to drop and get one of those.
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Mark Perry]
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12/18/14 04:36 AM
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Bradshuflin aka hunter'sdad
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Glad I got a 9" Garmin touch screen with si, di, gps, preloaded HD lake maps retail is 1200 seams like a lot better bang for the buck to me. Lowrance has priced their self out of my budget. More power to you guys than can throw down the money.
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Bradshuflin aka hunter'sdad]
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12/18/14 05:25 AM
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Mark Perry
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Glad I got a 9" Garmin touch screen with si, di, gps, preloaded HD lake maps retail is 1200 seams like a lot better bang for the buck to me. Lowrance has priced their self out of my budget. More power to you guys than can throw down the money. How are you liking the Garmin so far?
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Mark Perry]
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12/18/14 07:20 AM
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Bradshuflin aka hunter'sdad
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Mark, I'm waiting for the new model 93sv won't be shipping out till February. Have my pre order in and am counting down the days. Ready to get in and do some exploring with the si, it's going to cut down alot of my graphing with my standard sonar I have now.
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Re: Looks like the Lowrance HDS Gen 3 models are out
[Re: Mark Perry]
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12/18/14 01:53 PM
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pinesjunkie
Extreme Angler
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I take issue with the price of electronics today and the short term support that comes with them. Hasn't been that long ago you could send your 10 yr old X16's to Lowrance and for $100 get them back in new working condition. That was true customer support. Today you can spend $3500 on a graph with a 2yr warranty and a few years after the warranty period is up the support is gone as well. IMO for what a 8-12" graph costs today you should be able to get it repaired for a reasonable fee after the warranty period. If you could count on them to last trouble free for 5-8 yrs I might feel differently but that has not been my experience to date with the 6 or so big screens I've owned. Not wanting to start a brand war but HB has long term technical support for theirs. They still include the old units in updates etc as well. Yup but with the updates the old units went to [censored] they don't hold the processing power thus the screen pics turn out like [censored] most guys I know drop there old units for new ones due to this problem
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