I resemble that remark, I can't catch a cold but I have cool stuff, LOL

Truthfully it does make fishing easier, but it's not going to make me any better. But, it is nice to not have to fight the waves and wind when fishing out deep.

Don’t compare another angler with spot lock to yourself without it. Compare yourself with it to yourself without it. I don’t have spotlock but I use it often on a partners boat. I fished this wknd offshore in strong winds and every time I caught a fish I would get blown back. Problem was I could only catch fish off this spot with one specific cast. I would spend 10-15 minutes sometimes trying to get back on the exact line. Spot lock saves you from that. Which directly puts more fish in your boat. It won’t make you better angler but it will help maximize your fishing efficiency.

As For the price, perhaps these prices are what is driving innovation. If there is money to be made then companies will invest in R&D. That’s what I’m going to tell myself here shortly.

So what you're saying is because you can't afford one only rich snob posers have them.

shots fired captain

Yup, I'm talkin smack and I couldn't catch water if I fell out of the boat.

Installed and tax?

Installed??? Who needs to pay someone to install a TM, only takes about 2 hours including the removal of the old one. I bought mine before we were getting hit with internet sales tax, so mine was $2549 total.

Just ordered the force 57", supposed to be same as length as my fortrex 52". Still in sticker shock since it is the most expensive purchase I have ever made besides buying a whole boat. Will be linked to 93sv plus graph. I fish alone 95% of the time so wanted spot lock and a couple of other features. Haven't seen any reviews but from what I have researched I am pretty sure I will like it. Will post a review after I install it, comes in 28th or so. Sartin marine ordered it after most others said they were not available.

Spot lock and all the other features have done one thing for fishing. It wont make you better, but it does make it a lot easier to fish!!! .

Have you checked to make sure the Force transducer will work with your Garmin 93sv? You may have to upgrade your 93sv.

garmin makes the force, ties into graphs with built in wifi, phone app is same. can download updates etc. to phone then transfer to graphs/tm which is one of the features I like about it, no wires from tm to graph. comes with built in hd si/di chirp ducer as well.

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/610414

Hops, why would a 57” be the same as a 52”? Seems that the head is going to be way too high when you get into shallow stump infested areas. Sure hope you didn’t screw up on the length, because of the cost on these things. Can the shaft be cut down if needed to be?

not sure, going to go to sartin today and measure the 50" they do have in stock. I have the 52 fortrex on the boat now and run it all the way down as champions sit high in front, another 5" shouldn't make much difference, I hope. been looking at these since they said they would come out, jumped on spur of the moment yesterday on the way to the lake. may have to blame it on bein an old. lol

I’d double check for that kind of moola! You know, you can’t trust others to know what they are talking about.

I do. Not messing with running wires to gps puck and transducer.