doug gray I
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This my first time posting and I'm not to handy with this pc. HELP!!! Yes I'm a new guy on the block. Thinking off the new Humminbird 87-C for my C-dory 16 C-reanity
Looking for a chartploter/gps Color 5 inch ?
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Pat Anderson
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Here is the Humminbird page at Broken Leg Dave's.This place has very good prices. I didn't see what you were looking for but you can contact Dave and see if he can get it for you...
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5" is pretty small, even on a 16 footer. Remember this is a diagonal measurement, the screen is 3" x 4" in the real world!
I'm still looking at the Raymarine 435i because it uses Navionics CF chip cards which have astounding coverage in a single chip. I can cover all the Great Lakes and Ohio River with three.
But I gotta see how big the screen is in use, it's still pretty small.
-- Chuck
I'm still looking at the Raymarine 435i because it uses Navionics CF chip cards which have astounding coverage in a single chip. I can cover all the Great Lakes and Ohio River with three.
But I gotta see how big the screen is in use, it's still pretty small.
-- Chuck
Doug-
The new humminbird unit looks pretty good. And a 5" screen isn't too small on a 16 footer. I installed a Garmin 178C last summer and I love it. I was looking at a Humminbird unit too, but decided on the Garmin for a couple of reasons. First, I've used Garmin before and have been very happy with their products. They have user friendly controls and excellent maps. Second, at the time I was looking at buying, Humminbird didn't offer maps for their compact sounder/GPS combo units for the Alaska area. They said they would be coming out later in the summer, and I didn't want to wait. So Garmin it was. And I've been very happy with my decision.
Good luck with yours.
Edit: By the way, have you seen this Lowrance unit? It's a 5" class combo unit with GREAT resolution that can be had for $650 right now ('net price, of course).
The new humminbird unit looks pretty good. And a 5" screen isn't too small on a 16 footer. I installed a Garmin 178C last summer and I love it. I was looking at a Humminbird unit too, but decided on the Garmin for a couple of reasons. First, I've used Garmin before and have been very happy with their products. They have user friendly controls and excellent maps. Second, at the time I was looking at buying, Humminbird didn't offer maps for their compact sounder/GPS combo units for the Alaska area. They said they would be coming out later in the summer, and I didn't want to wait. So Garmin it was. And I've been very happy with my decision.
Good luck with yours.
Edit: By the way, have you seen this Lowrance unit? It's a 5" class combo unit with GREAT resolution that can be had for $650 right now ('net price, of course).
Chuck-
Don't mean to nitpick, but ya kinda gotta compare apples to apples here. The H87C is a sounder/GPS unit and can be had for about $650 ('net prices). The R435i is GPS only and priced at about $800. Does Raymarine even make a compact combo unit?
Also, a bigger screen isn't always a better screen. Even with its "small" screen, the 320 X 320 pixel resolution on the G178C offers 33% better resolution than the 320 X 240 on the R435i (or the H87C, or H97 for that matter). Better resolution means being able to see more detail.
By the way, it was the Humminbird 97 that I was looking at last year. (At the time it was about the same price as the G178C that I ended up buying.) It has a larger screen 5.6" vs 4.5" but lower resolution. After using the Garmin for a season, I'm glad I went with the higher resolution.
Don't mean to nitpick, but ya kinda gotta compare apples to apples here. The H87C is a sounder/GPS unit and can be had for about $650 ('net prices). The R435i is GPS only and priced at about $800. Does Raymarine even make a compact combo unit?
Also, a bigger screen isn't always a better screen. Even with its "small" screen, the 320 X 320 pixel resolution on the G178C offers 33% better resolution than the 320 X 240 on the R435i (or the H87C, or H97 for that matter). Better resolution means being able to see more detail.
By the way, it was the Humminbird 97 that I was looking at last year. (At the time it was about the same price as the G178C that I ended up buying.) It has a larger screen 5.6" vs 4.5" but lower resolution. After using the Garmin for a season, I'm glad I went with the higher resolution.
doug gray I
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Thanks for all the impute, I called the factory and the c- 87 will not be out until the of end of march, first off april. Think I'll wait because they said slot for navionics card is included. Doug
