Thread: Best Budget Unit For Crappie?

You cant beat that garmin 7sv if you can find it, I think its been discontinued for a while though.

They will all mark fish, there isnt a bad unit on the market! Just need to decide which features you need and what size screen you want, then look through models and find what looks good to you! Head to a big store like bass pro, cableas, etc and look at them on display. Play with the buttons and see what looks best to you, then go shopping to find the best price on that model. Don't shop for the cheapest unit or settle for a unit because its $50 cheaper.. you lose a ton of resale when you go out that door with it, so be sure you are getting the unit you want even if it costs a tiny bit more. Upgrading can be a pain if you need to rerun transducers and power cords.

I have both lowrance and humminbirds, have friends with garmins. They are all good. I think I like the humminbird helix line the best, but the only new model one that would fit your budget would be the helix 5 si and a 5" screen is too small for side imaging. You can still get the last years helix 7 g2 side imaging for 499.99, I would suggest that. Access Denied (click the access denied link to go to the bps site)

I bought a Helix 7 GPS SI Chirp unit in Nov-- I got a good deal on a generation 2 Unit The Software for it was 1.64 -- the new Software 1.900 as of a couple of weeks ago. The newer the software the Better. then I found out why I got the good deal Bird had come out with Gen 3 and Gen 3N that can network with Other units --- Make sure you keep the Reciept - Proof of purchase and Reg the unit for Warranty -- I just had to send my unit back for repair and upgrade My unit was doing things it was not suppose to , And _Not_ doing other things it was suppose to I sent it off Friday and they Recieved Noon Monday -- E Mail says It will Be back here tomorrow