Buying used fish finder

[AustinHellickson]

Any thoughts on buying used vs new fish finders? 

 

I found a good deal and they say not used much. 

 

https://seattle.craigslist.org/est/spo/d/bottom-line-fishin-buddy-2202/6258057382.html

 

Thoughts on this one?

 

[webertime]

No no no no no no no

 

 

No

[AustinHellickson]

49 minutes ago, webertime said:

No no no no no no no

 

 

No

Explanation?

[AustinHellickson]

Anyone have thoughts? New vs used?

[Sword of the Lord]

1 hour ago, webertime said:

No no no no no no no

 

 

No

Informative...

[AustinHellickson]

12 minutes ago, Sword of the Lord said:

Informative...

Your thoughts???

[OkobojiEagle]

I owned a Fishing Buddy unit like that some time ago to use on a float tube... it wasn't very useful.  I wouldn't spend my money on another one.  Are you wanting a unit to put on a boat?

 

 

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[AustinHellickson]

4 minutes ago, OkobojiEagle said:

I owned a Fishing Buddy unit like that some time ago to use on a float tube... it wasn't very useful.  I wouldn't spend my money on another one.  Are you wanting a unit to put on a boat?

 

 

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Canoe

[webertime]

That unit is battery powered hieroglyphics.  With lots of shortcomings.  A portable Helix 5 or HDS 5 while it costs more will be way better in terms of reliability and performance.  In a canoe with that post hanging down it will cause all sorts of drag and catch debris in the water OR you have install it whenever you stop.  The D cell batteries go dead pretty quickly.

[deep]

I used to have a *humminbird* fishing buddy... I liked it.

[slonezp]

Nothing wrong with buying used, I've sold some graphs. There aren't many reviews online for this fishfinder and the ones I found are mixed leaning more toward the negative. For me, that would be a reason to pass. Are you able to fabricate a portable mount for a transducer that you can clamp to the canoe and use a regular graph rather than a Fishin Buddy?  

[Further North]

16 hours ago, slonezp said:

Nothing wrong with buying used, I've sold some graphs.

Same here.

 

If the unit works when you pick it up, you're good to go.

 

On choice of unit, that one is really not suitable for much past the very basics...I'd hang one one a canoe for a river trip, but not much past that.

[AustinHellickson]

16 hours ago, slonezp said:

Nothing wrong with buying used, I've sold some graphs. There aren't many reviews online for this fishfinder and the ones I found are mixed leaning more toward the negative. For me, that would be a reason to pass. Are you able to fabricate a portable mount for a transducer that you can clamp to the canoe and use a regular graph rather than a Fishin Buddy?  

Probably

[Further North]

Forgot a thought about the unit working when you pick it up:

 

Most people don't have a way to run a fish finder off the boat...but you don't want to have to uninstall it after they show you it works. 

 

I have a power supply that plugs into a standard 110 outlet (so I can do updates in the house).

 

Handy to have. 

[slonezp]

9 minutes ago, AustinHellickson said:

Probably

If you can figure it out, I'll sell you a Humminbird Matrix for the same price as the Fishin Buddy and I'll ship it for free. These were the Humminbird units that were on the market immediately prior to the side imaging technology.

There is no GPS puck but you can buy one and have the ability to mark waypoints. Otherwise. it's the mount,transducer, power cord, and head unit 

[AustinHellickson]

16 minutes ago, slonezp said:

If you can figure it out, I'll sell you a Humminbird Matrix for the same price as the Fishin Buddy and I'll ship it for free. These were the Humminbird units that were on the market immediately prior to the side imaging technology.

There is no GPS puck but you can buy one and have the ability to mark waypoints. Otherwise. it's the mount,transducer, power cord, and head unit 

PM'ing you

[Further North]

Good choice!

[IndianaOutdoors]

Austin, if you are running a trolling motor you can mount the transducer on the motor housing.  Just zip tie the cable to the shaft. No need to make up an extra bracket and figure out attachment points.