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Old 09-28-2018, 06:21 AM   #11
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I also agree that depth is important..
Gentlemen -- you are crossing up a "depth finder" with the Sonar Transducer!

Although the side benefit of the Sonar is acting as a depth finder the designed purpose is to "paint a picture" of the bottoms contour. Most boats today come equipped with a straight forward (thru Hull) depth finder.

My point was that when driving around -- although it is rather cool to look at for the first few trips - it gets rather distracting to watch the contour of the bottom, when in reality by the time it "paints it" / your past it !

I was simply trying to save Moose Tracks some money as he investigates the options --- all said & done (with installation included) the Sonar transducer is NOT worth the expense (in my humble opinion) as a non fisher.

Moose Tracks original question was do I NEED the Sonar feature
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