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Offline soretoe

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A simple comparison
« on: February 21, 2010, 09:59:00 PM »
I have a little side business going where I install electronics on boats. I have installed 2 of the competitors systems. One on a bass boat and one on a 22 foot Boston Whaler. I have also installed 10 Humminbirds on various bass boats.

The other equipment makes life difficult because of having to have two transducers. If you are replacing an existing unit there are problems because of connector size. One must have both transducers to have side scan and down imaging. Their cables are a lot larger than the Humminbird units. Add to that there are two wires for power, one of which needs to be connected to a switch. There are no clear instructions on what wire goes where. If your boat does not have a spare AUX switch then one must be added to power the structure scan unit down when not in use.

Once installed there are too many buttons to use or accidentally brush against and change settings. The learning curve for their units has to be several days. I have been out on the Whaler and looked at some trees that were sunk in our home lake as part of an Eagle Scout project to improve fish habitat. The tree did not show up as good on their unit as it did on my 798. There are actually three trees tied together and on my unit I can see all three.

I'm sure that once the user has the setting to what they prefer then the user friendly advantage of Humminbirds is almost equal. I know how long it takes me to change any setting but that is because I have been using my unit for a while. My use of the other guys stuff has been limited.

All of the above is just my simple observation and or opinion that was not solicited by anyone.

Humminbirds are better by far.
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