On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:12:58 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:37:40 -0400, DownTime
wrote:

Tom - i am curious to know what units you are using and what is your
overall satisfaction with it/them. If you were to outfit your boat
again, would you pick the same one? Same manufacturer? Or completely
different?

I wouldn't buy anything other than Raymarine. I've always had good
service (although in the past, they had some issues, but I never
experienced them), quick turnaround on repairs and every time I had an
issue, I received solid advice from experienced technicians - which I
haven't need much of except for an installation that I screwed up on
the last Contender I owned. Strictly my fault, but they stood behind
the unit and replaced it with a new one.

Raymarine - it's as simple as that. :)

Having said that, Furuno makes good gear as well as Si-Tex, Simrad and
Standard Horizon.

It all depends on your price point.

The Navigator had Raytheon (Raymarine) electronics. The depth finder was a
dual freq unit and worked well in shallow water.
I had an offset programmed into it, (boat's draft was 4.5') and it very
accurately let me know just prior to going aground when it read 2.8'.

I can't get mine to read accurately at any depth under 5 feet at all.
Even with the discrimination at max and sensitivity down under 30%, I
still get false returns. As a matter of fact, I don't think I've ever
had one that would read accurately under 5 feet.

I do know that the bow unit will read accurately to four feet, but
nothing past that.

Don't ask how I know how accurate it was.

You had to get out to use the telephone on the beach? :)