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Help picking out the best electronics #9762924 02/23/14 02:13 AM
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This is the deal. If money was not an object which Humminbird fish finder would you recommend. This is my 2nd year fishing bass tournaments and I have seen some nice rig setups. I am not up to speed on all the cool stuff out there, but I saw this guys screen and it would not move when the boat was parked. It showed what was right under the boat at all times. I am looking for something like that. I do not care about the price. I just need some help. I don't want to buy the most expensive model just to have it either. But $2500 is the going cost on hummingbird.com. Any help guys would be great....

Re: Help picking out the best electronics [Re: Texaspepsiman] #9764759 02/23/14 11:18 PM
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Im not a Hummingbird fan, I would buy a new Lowrance HDS 12 , it comes with a 12" touch screen, structure scan , down scan , & side scan imaging, it is a lot clearer then hummingbird


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Re: Help picking out the best electronics [Re: Texaspepsiman] #9787639 03/02/14 10:41 PM
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Huminbird's are very user friendly. 1198/1199 are great units. But both brands are good.


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Re: Help picking out the best electronics [Re: Texaspepsiman] #9787923 03/02/14 11:48 PM
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Like Forkfish said both are great units, and IMO both have their good points. I bought my 998c HD SI and a 958c HD DI
last year from David at shutup and fish, if and when u decide to pull the trigger, contact David he will do u right.
Now why did I pick HB over Lowrance, one reason and one reason only, HB was all inclusive, by that I mean u didn't
have to buy a 2000.00 unit then buy another 600.00 unit just to get it to work, which was lowrance at the time. Now though
its all changed, if I had to do over I would likely go with Lowrance, just because I have always had lowrance, but I am very satisfiyed
with my HB, they do everything I want to do. I know they are all expensive but get the biggest screen u can afford, you'll be better off

Re: Help picking out the best electronics [Re: Texaspepsiman] #9788859 03/03/14 03:16 AM
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Don't have one on my boat yet, but based on looking at them at BPS, I'd go with the Lowrance 12. The Humminbird Onix is just too slow.


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well I am going with the 1199 KVD edition. with 10.5 screen and side imaging etc. Thanks for the help...

Re: Help picking out the best electronics [Re: Texaspepsiman] #9805751 03/08/14 01:45 PM
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What sold ya?


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