Hi all budget around 600 so would anyone help with their preference if only one of the two was in my budget..gps or echo sounder?
In reply to Post #1
You want an Echo Sounder over GPS.
Deeper is a popular option.
Go down the 2nd hand route and you can pick up some bargains.
You want an Echo Sounder over GPS.
Deeper is a popular option.
Go down the 2nd hand route and you can pick up some bargains.
In reply to Post #2
Cheers griff
Cheers griff
In reply to Post #1
You can easily add an external echo sounder such as a deeper (other much cheaper alternatives are available) to any baitboat but you cannot easily add a GPS unit.
You can easily add an external echo sounder such as a deeper (other much cheaper alternatives are available) to any baitboat but you cannot easily add a GPS unit.
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You can get a good condition 2nd hand Actor Plus with both GPS and sonar for around that budget. The advice so far is sound, I find the sonar far more beneficial than if I had a GPS, but you can add a Deeper mount to a boat at any time if needed whereas GPS upgrades are far more expensive
You can get a good condition 2nd hand Actor Plus with both GPS and sonar for around that budget. The advice so far is sound, I find the sonar far more beneficial than if I had a GPS, but you can add a Deeper mount to a boat at any time if needed whereas GPS upgrades are far more expensive
Personally I dont see the need for GPS.
You can be far more accurate with a line clip and distance sticks.
You can be far more accurate with a line clip and distance sticks.
In reply to Post #7
Making good sense chaps, thank you.
Making good sense chaps, thank you.
In reply to Post #7
GPS only needed if you have autopilot which if at night you have a bite and need to accurately put your rig back on the spot it really comes into its own.
GPS only needed if you have autopilot which if at night you have a bite and need to accurately put your rig back on the spot it really comes into its own.
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Only if there are enough satellites in view and even then I wouldn't trust it based on my own experience of losing signal. continuing into obstructions and floating detritus.
Only if there are enough satellites in view and even then I wouldn't trust it based on my own experience of losing signal. continuing into obstructions and floating detritus.
In reply to Post #10
To be fair, recent technology has advanced.
It works very well. My Baitboat is equipped with a raymarine dragonfly 5, autopilot and gps.
And it is spot on, every time...
To be fair, recent technology has advanced.
It works very well. My Baitboat is equipped with a raymarine dragonfly 5, autopilot and gps.
And it is spot on, every time...