Northstar m84 sounder/plotter
Submitted by jng on Mon, 2009-09-28 21:32
Just purchased a new boat, iam currently in the market for a sounder/plotter. has anyone had any experience with the northstar m84 unit? if so what are your thoughts and opinions? any info would be greatly appreaciated.
wouldnt mind your opinion on other units with a price range of about 2.5-3k
thanks
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mako magic
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wouldnt bother personally,
wouldnt bother personally, use the search bar for the site and you will get some better options, furuno sounder and maybe lowrance gps or look at the new lowrance hd units.
the northstar only runs a cmap and has no where near the detail that the navionics does.
i actually have one of the 12inch navman units in my boat when i got it, but only use it as a back up, if i knew i could get a few bucks for it i would sell it, but these days no one wants them.
HTH
Faulkner Family
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for the $ you are looking at
for the $ you are looking at i would look at seperate units , maybe a furuno 620 and a nice gps to go with it, you should be able to get a good setup for that price
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Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
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Seperate!
You got rid of the floating spa mate LOL
Good info offered, definatly purchase seperate units. I prefer the Furuno sounder over Navman. The Furuno FCV620 is a great sounder and I put that and a Navman Tracker plotter/gps (I like their plotters) on my boat upnorth and works well!
JoRn
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hey justin what happened to
hey justin
what happened to your bowrider?
shammy
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bah humbug
And there you go all you naysayers making me feel bad about buying my M84.
May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down....
I like mine, Mako Magic whats your model?
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poddyfish
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navman
had a northstar or navman as they used to be on my old boat and my old man has one on his boat aswell. would never touch another one personally. very easy to use but continually played up and i lost over 300 waypoints (dont worry the good ones written down) to boot... it was sent away 3 times and i even recieved a brand new unit but either navman dont like me or yeh... old man has just the sounder unit on his tub that i use now and its just a backup incase the new lowrance hds7 fails which i cant see happening... rate them very highly. but thats just my opinion
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Matt T
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Shammy
That saying is gold mate. LOL
jng
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Thanks for the info guys,
Thanks for the info guys, went down to oceanside and had a look at the furuno 620. very impressive unit for the price. Will be going for the furuno sounder
Thanks for your time and help ryan.
Jorn- sold the bowrider. now its time to head out wider. was very limited to where i could go with that boat.