Setting up electronics....budget friendly
I hope this is the best forum for some help and suggestions! I am almost finished restoring my Alumacraft Crappie Jon. New Carpet, New Millennium Seats, reinforced sheet-metal flooring and sidewalls, repaint the old Johnson 25hp, etc.
I am wanting to add electronics; two to be exact both 7 inch screens or larger. One in the back near the tiller outboard, one up on the tm. I want Side Imaging/GPS on rear for sure where I plan to do lots of searching and saving waypoints. I want Down Imaging/GPS on TM up front. I would really like to get the best units I can and be into the whole set up for $600-$700. I've done a bunch of research, but I need some confirmation from those who have traveled this road.
1. I don't think at this price-point, I can get units that network unfortunately. I was hoping to be able to connect the two units to share waypoints only. Let me know if I'm missing something on this please!
2. Is there a preferred, well-respected vendor with good support that I should be talking to and ordering from?
3. My leading option is Lowrance Hook 2 Series (no networking). Surprisingly, I can get two Hook 2 Tripleshots cheaper than I can get one tripleshot and one splitshot. The problem there is I don't really want that huge transducer on my tm.
I'm not really brand specific.
Thanks for any input and guidance!
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