Lowrance HDS or Elite FS

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Hotrods Fishing

Жыл бұрын

Having a hard time deciding on your new Lowrance? Let me help you decide which MFD works best for you.

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@mikeandroi2698 11 ай бұрын

Best thing about Lowrance is the customer support. I've had good experiences every time I needed help with an issue, talked to a real person in Canada within minutes who was the actual expert/tech. The Elite FS is great value for the money paired with a 3-in-1 transducer. I fish in southern vancouver island it has worked well. I also like the ability to wifi-mirror the screen to a cheap tablet that I place at the back near my downriggers. lets me check for bait and schools of fish when trolling right at the back.

@keithscott9774 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Tim. After reading about the FS I went and bought one. From various reviews/reports I was under the impression it would be easily readable in strong sunlight, but was very disappointed to find out that was not the case at all. As Murphy's law will have it, you always find a video telling you the reality when it's too late. Just need to build myself a cabin now to get the sounder out of the sunlight LOL.

@ThePikeHunter1 9 ай бұрын

60th subscriber......, thanks for the info.

@Hotrodsfishing 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@mcmoobs1834 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir 🤛

@Hotrodsfishing Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

@F-N-C 2 ай бұрын

Nice dude, im struggling with deciding on these two. HDS Live 9 is on sale for only $1k!! So I don’t know!! lol

@Hotrodsfishing 2 ай бұрын

If you can afford it, go with the Live. Love my HDS.

@mwaked4691 10 ай бұрын

What a great vid Tim! I am looking to get the elite FS with a 3 in 1 transducer for offshore fishing in the caribbean, do you think it will be a good setup to show me fish up to 1000 feet deep? Thanks!

@Hotrodsfishing 10 ай бұрын

The 3 in 1 transducer works best in shallower water, especially the side and down scan. A P66 transducer is a good choice up to 1000ft but if your targeting fish on the bottom in 1000ft then a 1KW transducer is going to be your best choice.

@Eric-bh6ie Жыл бұрын

I got the elite n I must say the sun glare is not a problem for me

@Hotrodsfishing Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that. I have a hard time seeing the screen at an angle with my polarized glasses on.

@yotabirdman 4 ай бұрын

The older ti2 wireless connect to use one sonar. Not sure why lowrance took this away

@robertjack9882 Жыл бұрын

Tim-hey I am trying to get tech support for my Hook 2-5 combo…I can’t get the accept button to activate my unit. Tried calling tech support but all I get is a voicemail that says,”due to a service disruption we cannot answer your call….” Been that way for almost 2 weeks.

@Hotrodsfishing Жыл бұрын

How old is your unit? I believe the Hook series has a 1 year warranty. You can try the Canadian help desk 1-855-361-1564 option 1 for English and 2 for service.

@alanbarrow8323 5 ай бұрын

Hello I looking at the HDS -9 carbon fishfinder GPS chartplotter combo I’m fishing Lake Ontario for salmon up to 500 ft of water it’s listed at pro bass this week on sale for $1199.00 but the description does not tell me the transducer that comes with it Do you have any comments with what I should and should not purchase for this type of fishing I do also fish shallower Kawartha lakes for walleye Muskie pike and bass Is this unit an all round good idea for this Thanks your video is very educational

@Hotrodsfishing 5 ай бұрын

The HDS Carbon is a great unit, for what type of fishing your planning on doing I would suggest the Active Imaging 3 in 1 transducer.

@huffman476 3 ай бұрын

Does Lawrence pair with Minnkota ultrex

@samtriplette8716 8 ай бұрын

So you cant connect an Elite FS 9 and an Elite FS 7 up to one transducer? you have to have a network hub? Do these not have wireless connectivity between two units?

@Hotrodsfishing 8 ай бұрын

You can connect the 2 together via Ethernet to share a transducer but that will use all your Ethernet ports. These units will not connect wirelessly. Hope this help.

@HaasGrotesk Жыл бұрын

The HDS is not worth the money in my opinion. I run 2 FS elite 9 on my open boat and I've never had any issues with sun, sun glare or viewing angles. I'm in fact surprised that it's never been an issue. I was prepared to have some sun hoods on the units but I don't have to because there's no issue.

@Hotrodsfishing Жыл бұрын

Glad to hear they are working out for you. Elite is a great product, just my opinion on the difference I see.

@peterfinlan8159 9 ай бұрын

Can you link the second FS elite from the same transducer? As in, can you mirror to a second screen? Cheers!

@HaasGrotesk 9 ай бұрын

@@peterfinlan8159 Yes absolutely, that's what I'm doing. You connect one screen to the transducer and the second screen to screen nr 1. The screen nr1 becomes the source and mirrors to the second screen.

@ryanttucker77 Жыл бұрын

Is the CMAP as good as Reveal?

@Hotrodsfishing Жыл бұрын

The Reveal is made by CMAP. Most unit come with CMAP discover. Reveal maps have more information and shading. Reveal maps are sold for smaller area due to SD card space where discover is for all North America.