wireless transducer portable fish finder

[phishfearme]

bassface - thanks for the reply. actually, we use an eagle portable and are quite happy with it's performance - but it "only" has 160 verticle pixel resolution and as i've mentioned, the transducer cable has been abit of a nuisance as it seems to get in the way at the most inopportune times and one time it was stepped on and had to be respliced.

i just thought that if i can get a new sounder for around $150 or so with 240 verticle pixels and no tranducer cable i thought i'd try one out. many reports i've heard though talk about short battery life - our eagle will last for an entire 10 day "week" on 8 - D-cells. using the AA batteries just can't last that long but i could always bring backups - we're always trying to keep weight down for fly-ins.

thanks,
phish

[Glenman12]

using the AA batteries just can't last that long but i could always bring backups - we're always trying to keep weight down for fly-ins."

Home Depot has 60 pacs of RayOVav AA batteries for $10

[bassface44]

that is a lot of battery life for that unit. we typically go through two sets of 6v lantern batteries on the 535 units over a week if we are good about not using it when it isn't necessary. I personally like having it on all the time so I go through three sets some years. You can still find the 565 portable for around 250 and we use 2 fully charged gel cells in a week for that unit. I know weight is a huge issue on the fly-ins but having that extra resolution can be huge up there too in my opinion. I hope you find something that works out for you.