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Title: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: PeterSaloom on Mar 25, 2015, 10:53 AM
I am currently looking at the Lowrance Elite 7 HDI and the Raymarine Dragonfly Pro. Does anyone have experience with either that they could share with me? Additionally does anyone have a recommendation outside those two models that they think might be better? I am looking at ease of use, the availability of down imaging, and a price point between of $400-600.

Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: gundogwanted on Mar 25, 2015, 03:13 PM
Don't know about the Ray unit, but a guy offered me a Humminbird 798ci HD SI that he bought last June, sold his boat in the Fall and is now selling it for $495.00 It's in ellecent shape.
Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: PeterSaloom on Mar 26, 2015, 09:40 AM
Don't know about the Ray unit, but a guy offered me a Humminbird 798ci HD SI that he bought last June, sold his boat in the Fall and is now selling it for $495.00 It's in ellecent shape.

That's a side imaging unit not a down imaging unit and I am torn between the two technologies but I think the down imaging would be better for me. I would appreciate anyone's opinion on SI vs. DI
Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: Togue_Troller on Apr 03, 2015, 07:33 AM
I would think that the type of fishing you do would have a stronger bearing on which type of sonar you would purchase.

I operate a 937c and a 858c HD DI Humminbird units on my 17' Lund.
I primarily troll in 45' to 110' of water and on or very near the bottom so I feel that a DI unit has more value to me. I very rarely fish for suspended fish. My main concern is what's on the bottom and how close I can get to a shelf or a sharp drop off. I feel that the Sonar and DI view give me a more detailed view of what is directly below my boat. I fish downriggers and lead directly behind the boat.

I would think that fishing with setups that take your tackle out to the side of the boat and varying depths for suspended fish may have a larger benefit utilizing the SI sonar.
Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: Chawk190 on Apr 04, 2015, 09:33 PM
I'm also interested in the Raymarine Dragonfly Pro7. I currently have a Garmin 740s and would like to use that for a dedicated GPS and the Dragonfly 7 chirp for a standalone sounder on my 19' cc. Anyone have any experience with the Dragonfly? The pricing seems pretty good, at approx $650 inc transducer, it's half the price of a new 740xs w/o transducer. For inshore fishing in 15-100' and occasionally to 200' I really don't need the capabilities of the much more expensive 741xs.
Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: Lifeguard on May 05, 2015, 03:18 PM
That's a side imaging unit not a down imaging unit and I am torn between the two technologies but I think the down imaging would be better for me. I would appreciate anyone's opinion on SI vs. DI
I'm pretty sure all the Humminbird side imaging models have down imaging as well.  Mine does.
Title: Re: Advice or opinions on Electronics
Post by: ericmic1 on May 20, 2015, 12:45 PM
Lifeguard is right...

All Humminbird SI units are upgradable (software) to DI.