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Evaluating Humminbird vs Garmin Fish Finder/GPS
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<blockquote data-quote="PharmD" data-source="post: 446259" data-attributes="member: 23236"><p>Navico, the worlds largest manufacturer of marine electronics and parent company to the Lowrance[emoji768], Simrad[emoji768], B&G[emoji768] and GoFree[emoji768] brands is the only SV version with dedicated down-view crystals due to them owning the patent I believe. I don’t believe even all of Navicos(lowrance) transducers use dedicated down-view crystals either. Navico had been suing anyone else doing dedicated down-view crystals for patent infringement. It has something to do with the angle of the crystals if i remember correctly.</p><p></p><p>You can still purchase the GT52Hw-Tm transducers from other countries....might search the above on an auction site that Im not sure if I can mention on the forum.</p><p></p><p>Then just buy the garmin head unit you want. It will end up costing you about $100 more than purchasing the package deal.</p><p></p><p>Or buy the package and the GT52HW-Tm and sell the CV52HW-TM. If you can sell it locally or on here you can probably come out about the same on the price as the package.</p><p></p><p>I have just kept my original transducer so I still have dedicated crystals and I didn’t have to fish the transducer wire again.</p><p></p><p>Good luck deciding!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PharmD, post: 446259, member: 23236"] Navico, the worlds largest manufacturer of marine electronics and parent company to the Lowrance[emoji768], Simrad[emoji768], B&G[emoji768] and GoFree[emoji768] brands is the only SV version with dedicated down-view crystals due to them owning the patent I believe. I don’t believe even all of Navicos(lowrance) transducers use dedicated down-view crystals either. Navico had been suing anyone else doing dedicated down-view crystals for patent infringement. It has something to do with the angle of the crystals if i remember correctly. You can still purchase the GT52Hw-Tm transducers from other countries....might search the above on an auction site that Im not sure if I can mention on the forum. Then just buy the garmin head unit you want. It will end up costing you about $100 more than purchasing the package deal. Or buy the package and the GT52HW-Tm and sell the CV52HW-TM. If you can sell it locally or on here you can probably come out about the same on the price as the package. I have just kept my original transducer so I still have dedicated crystals and I didn’t have to fish the transducer wire again. Good luck deciding! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk [/QUOTE]
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