New Garmin units announced

[12poundbass]

I just read that Garmin has announced a new line of Striker and Echomap units. That's right @NHBull days after your purchase. 

 

The Striker units will have quick draw, wi-fi

The Echomap units will have touch screen capability, wi-fi, add a 6" unit

 

I'm sure I've missed some things. They sound like some nice additional features. If I were a smart man I'd post the announcement.

[NHBull]

I heard those were likely to come, but not for a while.

Also got the word that the nines I bought will come on sale for 599.00

If that the case, I will graphics 2 and return the ones I just bought.

[12poundbass]

1 minute ago, NHBull said:

I heard those were likely to come, but not for a while.

Also got the word that the nines I bought will come on sale for 599.00

If that the case, I will graphics 2 and return the ones I just bought.

I'm not sure when they're coming out, it just said quarter 4 of this year. I would guess soon with the holidays coming. It sounds like the 9" echomap will be around $1200, if I remember right. 

[NHBull]

Normally I would be ticked, but 2 9's with SI for 1200 is OK with me

[12poundbass]

3 minutes ago, NHBull said:

Normally I would be ticked, but 2 9's with SI for 1200 is OK with me

That is a pretty good deal. I'm wondering how long it'll last? I can't pull the trigger until spring. I was going to go with the 73 sv but hey if I can get a couple 93's for the same price of course. Fingers crossed!

[bugbee77]

Yep, I just hooked up my new 93sv on Sunday. Maybe I'll pick up the new Plus for the console and move that one up front. As long as the new Echomap Plus units and Echomap Chirps can be networked, which I would assume is possible.

 

Only issue with that is Garmin mentioned the new units have sonar sharing across units. If that requires a different connection than the User Data cable, maybe the new and old ones can't be networked.

 

Either way, I love my Garmin so far. Blows my buddies Elite 9TI out of the water when it comes to imaging and the quick draw is incredible. Much better than the insight genesis map I was using on my old Lowrance Hook 7.

[12poundbass]

23 minutes ago, bugbee77 said:

Yep, I just hooked up my new 93sv on Sunday. Maybe I'll pick up the new Plus for the console and move that one up front. As long as the new Echomap Plus units and Echomap Chirps can be networked, which I would assume is possible.

 

Only issue with that is Garmin mentioned the new units have sonar sharing across units. If that requires a different connection than the User Data cable, maybe the new and old ones can't be networked.

 

Either way, I love my Garmin so far. Blows my buddies Elite 9TI out of the water when it comes to imaging and the quick draw is incredible. Much better than the insight genesis map I was using on my old Lowrance Hook 7.

I'm not sure what route I'm going to go. If still available in the spring I might get 2 93 sv echomap if they're still on sale. If not I might go with a 73 sv echomap Plus unit and get a Striker 9 sv. 

 

From what I've been reading the ActiveCaptain app paired with these units is pretty cool. Match that with Quickdraw and I think I could get by just fine with a Striker 9 Plus unit. 

 

The pricing on these units aren't much different than before. According to Garmin's website they're supposed to be available by the end of the week.

[bugbee77]

2 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

I'm not sure what route I'm going to go. If still available in the spring I might get 2 93 sv echomap if they're still on sale. If not I might go with a 73 sv echomap Plus unit and get a Striker 9 sv. 

 

From what I've been reading the ActiveCaptain app paired with these units is pretty cool. Match that with Quickdraw and I think I could get by just fine with a Striker 9 Plus unit. 

 

The pricing on these units aren't much different than before. According to Garmin's website they're supposed to be available by the end of the week.

There are still a lot of the pre-Chirp echomaps around. I wouldn't be surprised if you can find a chirp 93 or two in the spring. I would get another Chirp model for my console but the touchscreen would make marking structure so much easier. My lake has been getting a lot more pressure over the past two years, so being able to scan and mark a bunch of spots with a few touches of the finger would come in handy.

[12poundbass]

15 minutes ago, bugbee77 said:

There are still a lot of the pre-Chirp echomaps around. I wouldn't be surprised if you can find a chirp 93 or two in the spring. I would get another Chirp model for my console but the touchscreen would make marking structure so much easier. My lake has been getting a lot more pressure over the past two years, so being able to scan and mark a bunch of spots with a few touches of the finger would come in handy.

From what I've read with the Active Captain app paired with these units you can sit in your house with a tablet or phone and go over the lake you plan on fishing and mark areas of interest and transfer them to your unit you have. There's plenty of other cool upgrades.

[bugbee77]

2 minutes ago, 12poundbass said:

From what I've read with the Active Captain app paired with these units you can sit in your house with a tablet or phone and go over the lake you plan on fishing and mark areas of interest and transfer them to your unit you have. There's plenty of other cool upgrades.

I wonder if you can replay recorded sonar/SI on it to mark way points? That would be a huge plus for me.

[12poundbass]

44 minutes ago, bugbee77 said:

I wonder if you can replay recorded sonar/SI on it to mark way points? That would be a huge plus for me.

I didn't read that you could do that. Doesn't mean you can't. That would be a cool option to have.

[Further North]

On 10/31/2017 at 5:59 PM, NHBull said:

Normally I would be ticked, but 2 9's with SI for 1200 is OK with me

I'd say so.

[SuperCorona]

Good info.  New 73sv is arriving today from Cabela's.  Maybe I'll return it and wait on the 93sv to drop in price, too.

[JigMaster4]

I thought I had settled on the echomap chirp, but I saw the release of the new Plus models, and became interested. My only question is if the plus models have gps, because I don't think I saw any mention of them.

[12poundbass]

34 minutes ago, JigMaster4 said:

I thought I had settled on the echomap chirp, but I saw the release of the new Plus models, and became interested. My only question is if the plus models have gps, because I don't think I saw any mention of them.

The Striker and Echomap units do have GPS. The Echomap units have mapping the Striker units don't. The nice thing about the Striker plus units is they have Quickdraw as well.

[JigMaster4]

5 hours ago, 12poundbass said:

The Striker and Echomap units do have GPS. The Echomap units have mapping the Striker units don't. The nice thing about the Striker plus units is they have Quickdraw as well.

Does the Plus models have mapping?

[Sprocket]

Echomap-yes

Striker-no

 

SE Kansas grass grower

[12poundbass]

10 hours ago, JigMaster4 said:

Does the Plus models have mapping?

Both the Striker and Echomap units have Quickdraw though. So you could get a Striker units if that's where your budget is and do your own mapping. 1 million acres worth if I remember correctly. 

[JigMaster4]

Ok, I am going with the 7" echomap chirp. What is the difference between the 73cv and 73dv. Is downvu down imaging, because I thought that Garmin couldn't sell downvu.

[12poundbass]

54 minutes ago, JigMaster4 said:

Ok, I am going with the 7" echomap chirp. What is the difference between the 73cv and 73dv. Is downvu down imaging, because I thought that Garmin couldn't sell downvu.

ClearVu is the new proper term for Garmin's "down seeing" sonar. Lowrance downscan, Humminbird down imaging. DownVu is what they used to call it but can't anymore is the way I understand it.

[Scarborough817]

i told you guys this a couple weeks ago tackle warehouse has them already 

[Comfortably Numb]

2d chirp is very good and Panoptix is amazing. Garmin's Si and Di are garbage

[Scott F]

31 minutes ago, Comfortably Numb said:

2d chirp is very good and Panoptix is amazing. Garmin's Si and Di are garbage

Which Garmin with Si and Di do you have? My Garmin with Sv and Dv work just fine. I don't know why you say it's garbage. 

[12poundbass]

I've seen plenty of images of Garmin CV and SV that are absolutely great. I've even seen where they've out performed Lowrance and Humminbird. With that said I've also seen where they couldn't compete with either. 

 

Pretty sure they're all pretty close to the same. If you throw in MEGA imaging or the HDSI transducer then of course Garmin won't compete. 

[Comfortably Numb]

I had the 7608 and GT50. It is common knowledge that the Garmin imaging is sub par to the other brands. Even diehard Garmin users admit it. So if down imaging is important to you, you may want to look at the Helix.