11-01-2003, 01:16 AM
A couple weeks ago I purchased the RF30 (watch model). I was excited about it! But then I discovered more dislikes than likes. Here's the positives:
- Great for helping find structure, fish, etc.
- Nice and compact, lighweight, not a hassle to carry around.
Now here's the dislikes:
- Kinda bulky if you wear a watch on the same wrist.
- Hard to use while wearing a jacket.
- It doesn't have a clock in it.
- If you turn your wrist the wrong way, it can interfere with the 900Mhz signal from the transducer.
- You need to wear it on the wrist opposite your reel hand so you can see the screen
- No backlight. Can't use it at night without some external light source shining on the screen.
- Unlike the RF10, it only has one size fish symbol.
Here's a few things I think it could use:
- A built-in clock
- An internal light
- Temperature sensor
An overall improvement on the Smartcast systems would be to add a temperature sensor on the transducer with a readout on the watch.
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- Great for helping find structure, fish, etc.
- Nice and compact, lighweight, not a hassle to carry around.
Now here's the dislikes:
- Kinda bulky if you wear a watch on the same wrist.
- Hard to use while wearing a jacket.
- It doesn't have a clock in it.
- If you turn your wrist the wrong way, it can interfere with the 900Mhz signal from the transducer.
- You need to wear it on the wrist opposite your reel hand so you can see the screen
- No backlight. Can't use it at night without some external light source shining on the screen.
- Unlike the RF10, it only has one size fish symbol.
Here's a few things I think it could use:
- A built-in clock
- An internal light
- Temperature sensor
An overall improvement on the Smartcast systems would be to add a temperature sensor on the transducer with a readout on the watch.
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