06-07-2014, 12:55 AM
Forrest,
I've used my Eagle 502Ci for 7 years. It doesn't have down or side imaging, but it has been quite accurate when it comes to indicating depth (which around here can be critical at times) and I think the Ground Speed GPS indication is pretty darn close too. It has a removable MMC card that can be updated from the Lowrance / Eagle web site with new software version updates for free, or you can purchase one of the higher end Navigation preloaded cards from Navtronics or other brands. The backlit screen shows up well in low light, and it has all the bells and whistles as far as saving and naming way points, tracks, and lots of other stuff I never have the need to use locally.
Eagle used to be made by Lowrance. Haven't seen them around in the stores the last couple years. But I would say you could find a good solid Lowrance unit in a price range you want to pay . In fact I was in Sportsman's earlier this week and there were a couple nice units between 399.00 and 599.00.
Whatever you settle on for the Sonar portion, I recommend it also has the internal GPS. That saves you from having to mount the GPS receiver separately.
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I've used my Eagle 502Ci for 7 years. It doesn't have down or side imaging, but it has been quite accurate when it comes to indicating depth (which around here can be critical at times) and I think the Ground Speed GPS indication is pretty darn close too. It has a removable MMC card that can be updated from the Lowrance / Eagle web site with new software version updates for free, or you can purchase one of the higher end Navigation preloaded cards from Navtronics or other brands. The backlit screen shows up well in low light, and it has all the bells and whistles as far as saving and naming way points, tracks, and lots of other stuff I never have the need to use locally.
Eagle used to be made by Lowrance. Haven't seen them around in the stores the last couple years. But I would say you could find a good solid Lowrance unit in a price range you want to pay . In fact I was in Sportsman's earlier this week and there were a couple nice units between 399.00 and 599.00.
Whatever you settle on for the Sonar portion, I recommend it also has the internal GPS. That saves you from having to mount the GPS receiver separately.
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