Best sounder and 1kw transducer combo
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Topic: Best sounder and 1kw transducer combo
Posted By: topdog
Subject: Best sounder and 1kw transducer combo
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 10:13am
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I am wanting a sounder that can mark fish down at 500m or so. Its going on a 7m Westcoaster so transom mount transducer. I was looking at a Furuno fcv295 and a custom dual transducer 2kw setup, but it feels a bit over the top Does anyone have a Sounder with 1KW transom mount transducer that can mark fish at 500m well, or do I need to bite the bullet? |
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Posted By: topdog
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 10:57am
| ps - dont need touch screen, and dont need chart |
Posted By: Marknado4000
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 2:53pm
| If buying new surely 587/588 and TM260 is going to be easiest? |
Posted By: Roofless
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 8:33pm
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I run a lowrance hds7 gen2 with a tm260 and only been to 430 meters so far and still learning the settings for that depth it's ok but I've seen what a 295 with a 2kw can do and for the size of boat you have why not go for it, at least you won't have to upgrade again. Good luck with your choice |
Posted By: edge01
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 10:29pm
| I've just put a 295 in my boat. I haven't had the opportunity to go and test it really deep yet but the installation / transducer mounts / wiring is actually quite easy if you have some skills and clues. I'm seeing a whole lot more detail on the bottom / fish than I ever have before at 80 metresI'm really looking forward to February . I will be fishing out of doubtless bay again. should be awesome |
Posted By: Blindspot
Date Posted: 13 Dec 2016 at 11:25pm
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I hear they were getting good bottom reads using a Garmin and chirp. BME have a 9" fishfinder pretty cheap. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: 3rnzir
Date Posted: 14 Dec 2016 at 4:49pm
Que for Rob from BME ------------- Peace.Via superior firepower.. |
Posted By: Bay Marine Electronics
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2016 at 8:45am
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The best transducer you can easily put on the transom for deep water is a 1kW chirp transducer - either the TM265 or TM275. The 1kW Chirp transducers are simply better than the non chirp equivalent (TM260) - they use later technology to give a clearer picture with less ringing and can be driven "harder". You can then hook it up to a number of different sounders - any current Garmin GPSMAP product, Furuno FCV295 or DFF3, Simrad NSS evo3 or BSM3. Each have their good points. 1kW chirp should get you fishing in 500M - but results at anything above drifting depend greatly on engine noise, transducer installation, user skill etc. The 9" model earlier mentioned is an echomap product, and unfortunately can't drive a 1kW transducer ------------- 0800 BAY MARINE www.baymarineelectronics.co.nz |
Posted By: Legacy
Date Posted: 15 Dec 2016 at 12:12pm
| been very happy with my tm 265lm seen fish/bottom in 850m - havent been deaper yet |
Posted By: Lethal Hooker
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2016 at 10:17pm
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Hi Rob / Bay Marine Do you know when the new Garmin 942xs will be in stock here and what the pricing will be? It looks the perfect good value option to gain a slightly bigger screen and slightly more powerful Chirp sounder than my current 751s that i love but would like a bit bigger screen? Cheers Michael |
Posted By: Lethal Hooker
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2016 at 10:18pm
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Sorry my current 751xs * |
Posted By: Bay Marine Electronics
Date Posted: 21 Dec 2016 at 9:01am
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We haven't officially been given any pricing, but I see on the garmin.co.nz website they are listed at $2199. A loose ETA we have is about March. The sounder specs appear to be the exactly same as the 751xs - which we found gave really good performance - are you struggling with yours? ------------- 0800 BAY MARINE www.baymarineelectronics.co.nz |
Posted By: Lethal Hooker
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 11:39am
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No no problems at all i really like the 751xs i just want the same thing but a bigger screen. I also think the 751xs is only 600watt chirp sounder compared to the 942xs has a 1kw Chirp sounder? Do you think this would give me much improvement in deep water performance with my GT- 23 600watt Chirp transducer or would it be no / limited extra? I think from memory it currently stops finding the bottom around 250+ meters currently. Which is fine for me but would be an added bonus if i got more deep water performance out of it as well as a bigger screen out of the new unit.
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Posted By: Bay Marine Electronics
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 3:23pm
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There was a bit of confusion about the power output of that range of sounders - at one stage the output of the 820xs was listed at 1kW chirp in NZ and 600W chirp in the UK. I believe the 751xs had the same sounder in it. We've got shots of the 820xs in 850M plus but I don't think we have any of the 751xs. I would doubt there would be a great increase in the performance between sounders with any transducer, but yeah even more so with a 600W chirp. We normally recommend the 23 for fishing in 150M - I would expect them to work a bit better on the drift than loose the bottom at 250. At speed there is so many variables I couldn't say. ------------- 0800 BAY MARINE www.baymarineelectronics.co.nz |
Posted By: Lethal Hooker
Date Posted: 22 Dec 2016 at 3:44pm
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Oh wow that is strange they had the numbers wrong. I just did the compare on the Garmin Aus / NZ site and it still has the 751xs at 600w Chirp and the new one at 1kw as below. Not a worry tho thanks heaps for the response, i will wait till the units arrive next year then decide then!  |
Posted By: CaleKee
Date Posted: 17 May 2018 at 5:15am
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Hi..i am a new user here. I am learning the settings for that depth it's ok but I've seen what a 295
with a 2kw can do and for the size of boat you have why not go for it.
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Posted By: Muzzfishing
Date Posted: 17 May 2018 at 9:04pm
Welcome to the forum Calee that original post is quite old 2016. ------------- http://www.legasea.co.nz" rel="nofollow"> A Good Skipper Keeps the water on the outside of the boat.
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