Since getting the boat I have wanted a FF for the front, the one in the back isn't much help while fishing from the front of the boat which I do most of the time. I want to mount it on the TM.
I bought a Garmin Echo 200 because it came with the TM mount and I caught it on a 12 hour sale at Sears for a good price. Looked nice, tilt, swivel base. & quick disconnect. Mounted it all up and when I got a chance to use it the screen kept going black, seemed to be a heat problem because if I put it in the shade for awhile it would work again. Sent it back and decided to look at something else. Pretty much decided on Humminbird because from what I have read on the different forums their customer service is superb, as Lowerance is about non existent.
Pretty much have a $200-$250 limit on price. Was looking at the Humminbird 561 till I discovered that the Humminbird 570 had twice the vertical resolution for $50 more. The TM mount adds about another $20 to the cost but I'm not really counting that in the above limit. That's a small purchase I don't need a PO for.
Anyone have any experience with these units and will the vertical resolution make that much difference? I fish mainly small rivers and small lakes that are off said rivers made my dredging sand and gravel. So I don't think I would ever be in water over maybe 50' unless the river is way up and then I probably wouldn't be in it anyway.
Any suggestions?
I bought a Garmin Echo 200 because it came with the TM mount and I caught it on a 12 hour sale at Sears for a good price. Looked nice, tilt, swivel base. & quick disconnect. Mounted it all up and when I got a chance to use it the screen kept going black, seemed to be a heat problem because if I put it in the shade for awhile it would work again. Sent it back and decided to look at something else. Pretty much decided on Humminbird because from what I have read on the different forums their customer service is superb, as Lowerance is about non existent.
Pretty much have a $200-$250 limit on price. Was looking at the Humminbird 561 till I discovered that the Humminbird 570 had twice the vertical resolution for $50 more. The TM mount adds about another $20 to the cost but I'm not really counting that in the above limit. That's a small purchase I don't need a PO for.
Anyone have any experience with these units and will the vertical resolution make that much difference? I fish mainly small rivers and small lakes that are off said rivers made my dredging sand and gravel. So I don't think I would ever be in water over maybe 50' unless the river is way up and then I probably wouldn't be in it anyway.
Any suggestions?