03-08-2019, 05:19 PM
I am thinking about getting a Helix 7.
Right now I have a humminbird 898c SI on my boat as it's only sonar. I have wanted to get one for the bow for some time. I am also going to use it for ice fishing in the winter. My main reason for using it on the boat is to use the live auto chart feature. My 898 is a year too old to have that function. It came out in the 899 I belive. So I am throwing around the idea of replacing if I like the Helix enough.
I am looking at the Helix 7 SI G2 because of the price and features. But my friend thinks I should get the G2N for networking. I currently don't have anything to hook to it. the G2N's are impossible to find for sale. So my only option to get the networking function is to step up to the G3N. That's $300 more which currently isn't in the budget.
Is the networking worth it?
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Right now I have a humminbird 898c SI on my boat as it's only sonar. I have wanted to get one for the bow for some time. I am also going to use it for ice fishing in the winter. My main reason for using it on the boat is to use the live auto chart feature. My 898 is a year too old to have that function. It came out in the 899 I belive. So I am throwing around the idea of replacing if I like the Helix enough.
I am looking at the Helix 7 SI G2 because of the price and features. But my friend thinks I should get the G2N for networking. I currently don't have anything to hook to it. the G2N's are impossible to find for sale. So my only option to get the networking function is to step up to the G3N. That's $300 more which currently isn't in the budget.
Is the networking worth it?
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