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 lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
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12/23/10 10:26 PM
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bobryant
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Green Horn
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Green Horn
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i'm buying the lowrance hds-8,i cant make up my mind to go with insight or just buy a navionics platnum chip.i'm told its the same thing!anybody know for sure?
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: bobryant]
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12/23/10 10:30 PM
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The Tacklesmith
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Without insight.
Use the Navionics card.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: bobryant]
#5634846
12/23/10 10:55 PM
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bobryant
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Green Horn
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: bobryant]
#5634851
12/23/10 10:57 PM
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bobryant
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Green Horn
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: bobryant]
#5634930
12/23/10 11:38 PM
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guacamolebass
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Where is Toadsnatcher??? He could help you out with this one
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: guacamolebass]
#5634998
12/24/10 12:21 AM
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Navy_Frogman234
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The navionics chip is like 10 times better than lake insight. The navionics chip shows everything that insight shows and more. There's tons of detail on the navionics chip that lake insight doesn't have. Lake insight is a waste of money.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: Navy_Frogman234]
#5635086
12/24/10 12:54 AM
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Posts: 292
james freeman
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i just got a 8 and did not go with insight ,allready had navionics chip ,very happy with my 8 and navionics map.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: james freeman]
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12/24/10 02:32 AM
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ToadSnatcher14
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Ok here I am... not a an expert but I have a 7 on the bow with Insight and an 8 with out the Insight but have the Navionics Hot Maps 2010. The major difference is the contour marks are far more accurate with Navionics on most lakes along with many more marked spots than the insight will provide. Navionics is also better to navigate with when you add boat lane chips to a graph due to the fact Navionics has better detail zoomed in. On the Insight when you zoom within a few hundred feet you loose the 3D effect on every lake. Navionics will keep the detail you need zoomed in. Just what I know.
Last edited by ToadSnatcher14; 12/24/10 02:32 AM.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: ToadSnatcher14]
#5635388
12/24/10 02:51 AM
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horseplaydvm
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Get the Insight and Navionics! The insight is better for creek channels, road beds, and pond dams. Navionics is better for contour depths.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: horseplaydvm]
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12/24/10 06:27 AM
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Kenneth Anderson
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I have the hds7 with insight and i also have the navionics chip. I like having both because there are some things not on one, that are on the other. For example while fishing rayburn last week i would switch to the insight map while running because it showed where all the different forest were, and I could avoid them. then when I started fishing I switched back to navionics where it shows really good contours and creek channels, etc.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: Kenneth Anderson]
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12/24/10 11:30 AM
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Troyz
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What horseplaydvm and Kenneth175 said. Get the best of both worlds. Each one has its use.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: Troyz]
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12/24/10 02:54 PM
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polobl
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don't buy the insight. lowrance charts don't even compare to the navionics charts.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: polobl]
#5636204
12/24/10 03:12 PM
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Posts: 383
TexasC1
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I just got a HDS-8 with insight :: still trying to learn how to use it. How much trouble is it to switch back and forth from the insight to the Navionics chip? Thanks! Maybe this will help
Bobryant make up his mind what he wants to get.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: TexasC1]
#5636213
12/24/10 03:17 PM
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Troyz
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switching between the two are easy. Do not remember the exact sequence off the top of my head but it is not problem at all to change from one to the other.
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Re: lowrance hds-8,with or without insight
[Re: Troyz]
#5636499
12/24/10 04:36 PM
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TexasC1
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What do you think about the NEW --"GPS Lake Maps" ??
Have only read post about them --wonder how they will compare with the others!!
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