Furuno vs Lowrance
Submitted by TGMitchell on Sun, 2012-01-01 18:41
Hey All
Gonna replace the fish finder on my boat. Wanna buy a colour combo unit that's gonna give nice pictures and is easy to use. Willing to Bring Out Another Thousand.... :-)
I'm fishing around the drop-off, so it wants to work well in shallow sandy bottoms but I wanna work my way up to deeper stuff (not going to take my 17ft Baron 100nm out too often though ;-) )
From my homework it looks like Furuno vs Lowrance HDS
Tips and pointers greatly appreciated
Cheers
Tim
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till
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Dear god not again!
Dear god not again! This is very well covered already, use the search function.
This has been done to death but basically it comes down to Furuno sounders are better, but the lowrance ones are cheaper and often adequate. Personally I don't much like the smaller Furuno combo units, but there are probably new ones coming out this year sometime. Lowrance GPS functions are actually pretty good.
Oceanside Tackle
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Common question -
Wanna buy a colour combo unit/Furuno vs Lowrance HDS
Tim, if your looking at a "combo unit" then the Lowrance unit has to be the best pick when you weight up dollars spent.
If your looking at just a colour sounder then the Furuno would be the better pick.
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TGMitchell
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GPS
thx till - did use the search - found some info
how good are both models at sandy and weedy bottoms?
at the moment I've got a LS4100 that just gives me stupid readings, if any at all - what if I just get a GPS/plotter for now and a sounder later - what would I go for then?
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strike_zone
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lowrance
just wait for the lowrance hds gen2 series due out by the end of the month they looking the goods
Grooveepants
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Gen2
Typical, I only just got my HDS-10 a month ago.
Had a look on the net and apart from the faster processor for moving around on the GPS (woopty doo), Structure Map overlay which you need the structure scan module for (don't think I'd use this in 30-60m), and having the screen split into four, what other differences are there (especially in the most important part, the sounder)?
strike_zone
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faster processer
does the all round performance sounder and gps
TGMitchell
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Am I wrong - Lowrance = US
Am I wrong - Lowrance = US brand, made in china = low life expectancy - more bells and whistles
Furuno = Japanese brand, made in Japan = long life expectancy - less bells and whistles
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strike_zone
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yep your wrong
lowrance are not made in china but mexico and life expectancy is the same for both units if thaey have issues you get them repaired and mate bells and whistles is what you want do you drive a lada niva ?
allrounder
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So whats wrong with driving a lada niva?
Bells and whistles just screw up things.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
grayzeee
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have you tried picking up a
have you tried picking up a chick in a lada niva?
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
allrounder
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What do you call a lada niva with twin tail pipes?
A wheelbarrow. How do you double the value of a lada niva?Put a full tank of fuel in it. What is the difference between putting your hand down the front of african americans pants and driving a lada niva? You feel a bigger d!c# driving the niva.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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I actually had a Lada Niva
I actually had a Lada Niva for a beach bashing machine and it ate the sand. Heap of shit mechanically though lol
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Tomcat
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Gen 2
There out in USA 2000$ for hds7 so you can add a fair bit to that here I was just on a forum from the states and they have the same shit fight over lowerance v furuno as you guys
till
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That Raymarine e7 looks
That Raymarine e7 looks pretty good for the money as a combo too.
damo6230
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humminbird
take a look at the side imaging.
the 798 is a very good unit and the side imaging will show up all the KG hidy holes (sand) amongst the weed
you get free software upgrades also when they come out