HUMMINBIRD HELIX 7 SI

[Slip Sinker]

  I'm getting ready to jump ship... Lowrance to Humminbird... if i pushed the button today this is the unit i would get. side imaging on a 7" screen for under 600.00?!!

[dick tabbert]

I love my humminbird finders Ken but have to admit I think the picture quality is better on the Lawrence.

[Slip Sinker]

Dick… I know what you mean about the older humminbird models… this is a brand new product in 2015… voted brightest and clearest screen , best in electronics “icast 2015”… it is an amazing screen.

[Leo Nguyen]

Always strengths and weaknesses on both side of the fences. SI on this comes with a sacrifice of vivid structural scan, without that TotalScan package.

[Slip Sinker]

Leo... i have so much time devoted to the mapping on the Lowrance elite 7 HDI it makes it tough to give up...

i really like the mapping now on the Humminbird ... with auto chart pro pc you can produce a chart in minutes and not wait for a cloud based program to finish your map such as Lowrance... some times it took days to get my maps finished.

now ... the helix 9 model has autochart live which is awesome... true on unit mapping but i am struggling with the price jump from the helix 7 model.

[Craig Thoreson]

Check out Jet.com you can grab a triple15 coupon code if you are a new user and pick one up for less that 580 shipped.

[Slip Sinker]

last week retail locally was 699.00 ... just called a few shops they just dropped their prices to 599.00...WHOOOP!!

[Craig Thoreson]

Oh yeah the 7 is awesome still don't have it all figured out yet. Definitely better than the 5 I had on the yak.

[Slip Sinker]

Craig... i knew you had the Helix 5.... did you end up trading up?... do you have the Side imaging model?

[Craig Thoreson]

I did and I do. Super sweet

[Slip Sinker]

that is awesome!... have you created any maps yet?

i cant wait to get my hands on the Si ... less paddling in the kayak to find the fish!

[Craig Thoreson]

I haven't I did just pick up the Humminbird Lake Maps chip for my area. I've never used electronics before so I'm working through my learning curve

[dick tabbert]

Glad humminbird is working on better graphics a long time coming. The units themselves are good and do what there suppose to do like I said just needed better graphics Let me know when you get yours about the graphics.