Looking to buy a fishfinder/Gps for offshore any ideas.

[Bonebuster]

Trying to decide on a combo for around $600 or $700. I've already owned a lowrance and hummingbird in which they have alot to choose from in that range. Any help would be great!

[austin ensor]

Trying to decide on a combo for around $600 or $700. I've already owned a lowrance and hummingbird in which they have alot to choose from in that range. Any help would be great!

dont go with lowrance ive had nothing but problems....never had any with raymarine or furno.

[Free Spirit]

Be sure to check out the Raymarine A 57D. Great FF, Excellent Plotter, and it is waterproof and in your price range.

[bigfishhooker]

I can't speak for the Raymarine model you reference but having owned a boat with Raymarine gear 2007-09 and now a different rig with Furuno gear I will offer my $0.02.

Raymarine HD Fishfinding is hands down the best I've seen. I have not yet seen the Furuno V3, but display on the V2 is not as nice...and my new rig has a NICE TRANSDUCER. That said, I liked Raymarine's charting capabilities but noticed that the track was not as true as what my Furuno shows...not sure if that is a product of the unit or settings on how often it hits the satellite, but Furuno is better in this area..ie, the track seems to better mark where I have trolled or searched, especially on turns.

Candidly, for your budget and presumably for a better fishfinder setup, go Raymarine. You didn't say what your transducer budget is, but depending on depth get the 1KW. With zoom on the Raymarine, I could see the crabs crawling. A good 600 kw will work fine to 150'.

Whatever you do, I highly suggest the software that goes with either...on my Raymarine and Furuno, I use their software to manage waypoints and upload them to my unit. Amazing what you can plot and learn seeing it on your downtime and on a bigger screen.



Again, my $0.02

[Foul Hook'd]

I'm with Austin bypass the Lowrance stuff, one problem after the other. Next boat I own will have Raymarine HD on it

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