Lowrance from the US
Submitted by timboon on Thu, 2013-01-03 14:16
FW Crew,
Looking at replacing my old sounder with a new one. As the Dingi is getting a little older I`m thinking something below the $500 mark. On Cabelas site you can get the Elite-5X DSI for $349 at the moment ( USD ) on sale... I havent looked into them freighting to Aus yet but if they can`t I thought you guys might recommend a mob that do??
If someone can suggest a better unit for bouncing baits in a Dingi then let me know, as well as any info to help me get one sent.
With the AUD so strong at the moment it seems the best way to go??
Cheers,
Timboon
Bluedog
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If you plan on starting to
If you plan on starting to buy a few things out of the states it might be worthwhile setting up a virtual mailbox over there. I have one for when a supplier won't send to Aus. They simply send it to my US address and once it's arrived they send me quotes to send the goods to me along with photo's etc of the products. Generally TNT and Fedex are the cheapest options.
Cabelas have an Aussie option so i would of thought they are capable of sending it here.
till
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Best not to buy lowrance from
Best not to buy lowrance from the usa, they geofence their units.
fishy fingers
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not geofenced
he's talking sounder not gps' cant geofence a sounder!
till
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They lock the GPS to
They lock the GPS to imperial, so I guess the sounders are locked in feet.
brenz
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spot on and its the same with
spot on and its the same with humminbird
wangler
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many years ago
I bought a matrix hummingbird from USA, and when I hooked it up it was all imperial and couldn't change it.....then one day when I was out and travelling, out of the blue, I noticed everything had changed to metric automaticaly........must have reallised I was in Oz, .....I was suprised....not sure if the new units will do the same
Want to make someone mad... tell a lie! Want to get the world upset... tell the TRUTH !
Dougie
till
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Geofencing means the units
Geofencing means the units are designed /not to do that/.
wangler
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maybe mine wasn't geofenced back then
but I was suprised when I bought it, it only had imperial
Want to make someone mad... tell a lie! Want to get the world upset... tell the TRUTH !
Dougie
POC
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Try this guy
Tell him i sent you he will help you out good bloke great service reasonable shipping. (p.o'connor)
John Saliture [johnsaliman@yahoo.com]
mrwinta
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#2 for John Saliture
I have dealt with him a few times and he really is good... cheap and helpfull.... if he doesn't have it he will try and get it from his reps for you....
NEVER PUSH YOUR GRANNY WHEN SHE'S SHAVING
POC
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Also guy's
you can unlock geofencing if required.
I have mine in ft anyway..............OLDSCHOOL
Cheers
till
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I would expect oldschool to
I would expect oldschool to be in fathoms?
black gen
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John saliman is excellent
John saliman is excellent have bought 2x trannys from him it's all good
kelsea
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Shop around Local
I looked around a little while ago and found you can get marginally better deals out of the US. If you play the game and get quotes from the stores in the city you live in you will find there prices aren't much different. You will then have the added back up of your warranty being seen to more readily/easily should something go balls up. As I said there are lots of good guys in the states that will help but research all avenues.
Ocean bound is where I'll be found
fisho-ron
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as long as its a worldwide
as long as its a worldwide model its all good, this info comes dirrect from lowrance themselfs.
the usa insight is the one you dont want and its blocked.
the world wide version has all the functions as one brought here.
check the lowrance site, its all there in black and white.
cheers
timboon
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Good info as always FW
Good info as always FW crew... I`ll hit up John Saliture and see what the G-O is... As far as units go do you guys have a preference in the up to $500 range?