Thread: Sonar quiz permit

Originally Posted by GroutScout

Brett, I finally got someone to talk about their Garmin. He said the shallow SI was on par with Lowrances, he said it was real good up & clear up close but then got blurry past 60' or so. I asked if it was better than Lowrance overall and he said it was about the same. He didn't comment on the DI.

I saw Fishton's post that grout refers to...

One thing for sure...Fishton tells it like it is...

Big for Fishton...!!!

Rickie

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they fouled out.

Originally Posted by justinp61

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they fouled out.

I'm not sure if one could call Fishton's initial opinion a home run...

Here's the quote...:

Originally Posted by Fishton

From the little time I had the unit on my boat, I found the following:

In shallow water, the SideVu lost range quite quickly, very much like SideScan. (80ft/27m) - 120ft/40m)

But as we got into deeper water >30ft/10m the range increased substantially - 150ft/50m - as seen here:-



The image is very sharp and has a great contrast up to about 30m, and then it blurs from there.

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And the "washboard effect" is evident in the Garmin SideVu ...I guess we just cannot cheat wave theory...

Rickie

Originally Posted by justinp61

I agree, Fishton lays it out there.

Garmin may have hit a home run this time, only time will tell. In the past I think they
fouled out.

That's my opinion.

I guess I should have asked Fishton to post a pic from his HDS and a pic from the Garmin of the exact same structure? I hate bugging him though so why don't one of you fellas ask him to do so, lol.

Originally Posted by GroutScout

I guess I should have asked Fishton to post a pic from his HDS and a pic from the Garmin of the exact same structure? I hate bugging him though so why don't one of you fellas ask him to do so, lol.

Fishton checks in here occassionally...

Maybe he will see you request and post it here so that I don't have to cut and paste his comments from a different forum...

Rickie