GPS,Fishfinder combo
Submitted by Burkie on Fri, 2009-01-23 13:07
Hi all,Im in the market for a gps,fishfinder combo to the value of around $900. I have been looking at the garmin 420s can anyone help me in some advice and recommendations Thanks heaps....
fishy fingers
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Pm rodrat
he has one and can tell you what he reckons
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Rodrat
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Great combo
I have one and it is great.
Easy to use
Fishing isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more serious than that!!!
FISH FOR THE FUTURE
kane
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Im also looking at these
My current units came with the boat, basically useless. Would be nice to get 2 in 1 to save a little space. Anyone with any experience with these Garmin 420s units?
Goooooone Fishin!
Gooooone Fishin!
wadetolley
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dont go the combo
Personally i wouldnt go the combo..pain in the ahole changing screens ...zooming in ect all the time....need magnifying glass to see ya weighpoints.
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Lucky Tim
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I've used plenty of combos
I've used plenty of combos and would never get one of my own. You're always on the wrong screen, menu's are a pain and the screen size is nothing flash. Unfortunalty $900 won't get you much in the way of 2 seperate units. Even $900 combo's are pretty average, you'll wish you spent more after a few weeks of using it.
I've used a Garmin combo a lot lately and hate it, I'll get the model number and post it up. The plotter side is ok at a pinch but the sounder is lousy.
Keep your eye on forum pages, individual units often come up for sale.
Tim
Rodrat
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Combo
Not sure what you guys are on about, i have had mine now for over 12 months and it is easy as to use and the menu and changing screens is childs play, well for some anyway!
Fishing isn't a matter of life or death, it's much more serious than that!!!
FISH FOR THE FUTURE
wadetolley
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are on
Rodrat, were on about the small piss ant half screen you have to find fish on a lump on one side, while trying to see your mark on the other half of screen..if the screens were twice the size..combos would be selling like hotcakes!
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Big J
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Save your money a while
Save your money a while longer and get yourself a furuno FCV-620 (or 585 for abit more cost) and then run what ever chart plotter you want. I cant stand combo units.
As already mentioned their charts are great but lack on the sounder side of things.
Just my opinion...
carnarvonite
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Combo
If you have trouble with a combo you lose the ability to go fishing.If you have separate sounder /gps,if you lose one you can still go fishing with the otherwhile the broken one is being fixed/replaced.When you have a small lump you can zoom right in to get as close as posible with the gps while still showing bottom lock with full depth on the other unit.
Couple of mates have had combos and went and got either the sounder or gps so it could be used for one purpose
Burkie
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Thanks you all very much for
Thanks you all very much for your replys,still a little undersided only because of the money side of things,I would like 2 units but its twice as much.Will keep looking thanks again..
Archie
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Lowrance LCX27
Hey Burkie,
I went the combo way also due to a shortage of dash space. I got a Lowrance LCX27C. Both plotter and sounder work well and you can always upgrade the sounder with a Broadband unit when you get cashed up again. Once you identify which screens you use most, changing between them is simple. I brought the unit off the net for $1400 delivered to my door.
Archie
Burkie
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Thanks m8 I will look into
Thanks m8 I will look into it
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Mark K
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Did you get it from Aust on