Lowrance 000-0140-21 Lowrance HDS-5 5-Inch Waterproof Marine GPS and Chartplotter with 83/200kHz transducer (Enhanced U.S. Basemap)

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Good sonar, poor GPS chartplotterBy D. NielsenI used my combo unit guiding for bass and walleye this past summer. The sonar is better than my Humminbird 787 except there is no fish alarm on the HDS unit for some reason. I miss that feature and don't know why Lowrance omitted it given all the other alarms the unit sports. Identifying fish is easy and the color systems are well designed. But when I switch to the chart screen, I am disappointed. The built-in Lowrance charts use blue depth contour lines on light blue backgrounds...not a good color contrast scheme and there is no way to darken the depth contours or change colors as confirmed by Lowrance tech support. I have a harder time seeing structure compared to the Humminbird unit that uses black for depth contours. When I use Navionics charts in the HDS things are not any easier to interpret. Again, there should be better color contrast between depth contours and backgrounds. I am probably going to add a Humminbird unit that can be used as a stand alone chartplotter and leave the HDS for fish finding only. If I had to do it over again I would opt for Humminbird all the way. Costly mistake!10 of 12 people found the following review helpful. »» Read more about Lowrance HDS-5 5-Inch Waterproof Marine GPS and Chartplotter with 83/200kHz transducer (Enhanced U.S. Basemap).

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