Fish Finders - Mapping
Posted: Sun Nov 21, 2021 4:13 pm
Hi Everyone,
I have never used a finder with mapping and I've been looking into the least expensive ones with that capability. I started looking at the 7 inch screens and I noticed that Garmin isn't capable of recording bottom hardness/vegetation. How important is recording bottom hardness/vegetation? The Humminbird unit has these capabilities but its much more expensive, especially when you factor in the necessity to buy a Humminbird SD card if you want to record more than 8 hours ($100) vs the Garmin unit that has much more internal storage. I haven't looked into Lowrance in depth yet.
I'm also wondering why we have to give so much of our own money for the screens, storage and processing power when we could just use our phones/tablets. I would still gladly pay for the software from whichever manufacturer but it seems like it would save hundreds of dollars.
Does anyone have any insights regarding the best 'budget' unit mapping? Has anyone heard of anything in the pipeline such as using our phones instead of the manufacturer's unit?
Thanks,
DHawk
I have never used a finder with mapping and I've been looking into the least expensive ones with that capability. I started looking at the 7 inch screens and I noticed that Garmin isn't capable of recording bottom hardness/vegetation. How important is recording bottom hardness/vegetation? The Humminbird unit has these capabilities but its much more expensive, especially when you factor in the necessity to buy a Humminbird SD card if you want to record more than 8 hours ($100) vs the Garmin unit that has much more internal storage. I haven't looked into Lowrance in depth yet.
I'm also wondering why we have to give so much of our own money for the screens, storage and processing power when we could just use our phones/tablets. I would still gladly pay for the software from whichever manufacturer but it seems like it would save hundreds of dollars.
Does anyone have any insights regarding the best 'budget' unit mapping? Has anyone heard of anything in the pipeline such as using our phones instead of the manufacturer's unit?
Thanks,
DHawk