New Humminbird

[Wayne P.]

For those wanting a small unit that has built-in Auto Chart Live for real time contour map creation, Humminbird has a new model that replaces the Helix 5 series. It is the Helix 5 G2 just announced a couple of days ago.

The GPS versions have Auto Chart Live plus have CHIRP 2D sonar and CHIRP Imaging.

Refer to the Humminbird website for the specs for each version.

[Goose52]

I got that product announcement from HB via email. Pretty nifty - the "trickle-down" of some very nice features formerly only found on the larger/more$$$ units to the smaller/less$$$ units is great.  The new H5-G2s will be great units for applications where space might be somewhat limited (like on a kayak or a portable application) or where the budget is limited.

I guess my HB 570 that I still have in the attic has become even MORE obsolete...

 

[Wayne P.]

The GPS models have the processing horsepower to read the extra features of the Navionics Hotmaps Platinum that only the larger units have before. A lot of big performance in a small package.

[Tim Kelly]

Excellent news. That's one of the advantages of Garmin joining the competition for the freshwater fishing market. They had map making software on their newer smaller units, so now Humminbird has had to respond. Win win for us.

[Jm526]

Same price?

[Wayne P.]

9 hours ago, Jm526 said:

Same price?

It has just been announced, no pricing yet and no dealer delivery schedule.

[A-Jay]

I got this info in an email from Humminbird on the 14th  ~

http://view.exacttarget.com/?qs=f3be1338d1a97a3e07e90c8ae9e787ecbb41acbc550154923cd5b64403cb9760fbf1511933b4ee3620af7621546002c773d71df4c3b3024fd57e5c1b5a320bf4480fdbd5b38d56b6

http://www.humminbird.com/Freshwater/Product-Category/Series/HELIX-5-Series/?utm_source=HELIX™+5+G2&utm_medium=Ascent_Email&utm_campaign=36246204&utm_term=30923076&utm_content=Friday, October 14, 2016

A-Jay

[TheCastaMasta]

I just picked one of these bad boys up for my little jon. so this does come with auto chart live right out of the box? i got the G2 GPS SI version. thanks!

[Wayne P.]

3 hours ago, TheCastaMasta said:

I just picked one of these bad boys up for my little jon. so this does come with auto chart live right out of the box? i got the G2 GPS SI version. thanks!

 

Yes, there is a Humminbird Chart menu tab to operate it.

 

You get up to 8 hours of contour mapping to the unit's memory.

[TheCastaMasta]

5 hours ago, Wayne P. said:

 

Yes, there is a Humminbird Chart menu tab to operate it.

 

You get up to 8 hours of contour mapping to the unit's memory.

 

do i need lake master or zero line though?

[Wayne P.]

41 minutes ago, TheCastaMasta said:

 

do i need lake master or zero line though?

Once the unit's memory is full, you can transfer the data to a Zero Line Card and get 8 more hours.

You can also just leave the Zero Line Card in the unit and get several lifetimes of contour mapping. The unit then writes the data directly to the card.

The card has millions of shorelines (zero lines).

 

Lakemaster is a different product of preloaded contour maps.

 

 

[TheCastaMasta]

25 minutes ago, Wayne P. said:

Once the unit's memory is full, you can transfer the data to a Zero Line Card and get 8 more hours.

You can also just leave the Zero Line Card in the unit and get several lifetimes of contour mapping. The unit then writes the data directly to the card.

The card has millions of shorelines (zero lines).

 

Lakemaster is a different product of preloaded contour maps.

 

 

Gotcha. Thanks for the info. Excited to try out this tool this weekend