Striker 5 CV

[gordonc615]

Hey guys I'm going in half's with my dad to get a striker 5 CV. Anyone know anything about them? The reviews seem pretty good and honestly we're needing something really for GPS to mark waypoints and such. Thanks!

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[skillet]

If you're needing mapping, you won't get them with a striker unit. But, they are great units for the price. Tnbronzeback has a 7SV on his boat and was a really nice crisp picture because of the chirp technology


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[Alphahawk]

It is a good value for the money....for sonar use.....as skillet said mapping not so much. But I would highly recommend if at all possible to get a 7 inch screen. A lot of info crammed onto a 5 inch screen.


Regards

[TNBronzeback]

I have the Striker 7SV which is chirp sonar, side and down. Alpha knows about all that technology in regards to chirp, but i can tell you i love mine. Correct on no mapping...but you can still log routes for trolling and drop waypoints which is pretty accurate. The 2d chirp sonar is REALLY good. Its also got a flasher if thats your thing. Speed, temp, ect.
I will say though, if i were to put a label on my striker 7sv, i would call it a "beginner" unit. And why i say that is you dont get all the fancy adjustments like you do with a HB or Lowrance. It has your basic adjustments (scroll speed, noise, contrast, color, ect) but it lacks the finer tuning from there. More of a plug and play unit. Thats not a bad thing! its very simple to use, has a pretty good SI picture too. DI is clear as well. Better than my POS lowrance unit.
If you can swing it, the striker 7sv is $499 everywhere unles somebody is running a sale on it...but if you can split that....go for the bigger unit.
Knock on wood, i havent had 1 single issue with my garmin to date. No glitches, software BS...nothing. if they made that unit in 12" i would have one!
Since my garmin doesnt have mapping, i use its waypoint feature along with my Navionics on my phone. Works great, an added step but saves that $$$$. lol.

[TNBronzeback]

Here are a few pics i took of the SI this summer. Grass, logs and creek bed. I had to reduce the picture size to post so they are a little grainy....but you should be able to get the jist.

[Alphahawk]

I'm convinced this unit made HB take notice and now they have the Helix CHIRP series......great image on the Striker....much better than on my HB 899 which at the time cost a grand retail.

Regards

[skillet]

I have the Striker 7SV which is chirp sonar, side and down. Alpha knows about all that technology in regards to chirp, but i can tell you i love mine. Correct on no mapping...but you can still log routes for trolling and drop waypoints which is pretty accurate. The 2d chirp sonar is REALLY good. Its also got a flasher if thats your thing. Speed, temp, ect.

I will say though, if i were to put a label on my striker 7sv, i would call it a "beginner" unit. And why i say that is you dont get all the fancy adjustments like you do with a HB or Lowrance. It has your basic adjustments (scroll speed, noise, contrast, color, ect) but it lacks the finer tuning from there. More of a plug and play unit. Thats not a bad thing! its very simple to use, has a pretty good SI picture too. DI is clear as well. Better than my POS lowrance unit.

If you can swing it, the striker 7sv is $499 everywhere unles somebody is running a sale on it...but if you can split that....go for the bigger unit.

Knock on wood, i havent had 1 single issue with my garmin to date. No glitches, software BS...nothing. if they made that unit in 12" i would have one!

Since my garmin doesnt have mapping, i use its waypoint feature along with my Navionics on my phone. Works great, an added step but saves that $$$$. lol.



You wanna sell that POS lowrance??? Lol


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[TNBronzeback]

I'm convinced this unit made HB take notice and now they have the Helix CHIRP series......great image on the Striker....much better than on my HB 899 which at the time cost a grand retail.

Regards
By simple math standards, if my striker 7 was $500.....i would happily pay $1k for a 12" striker. No more or less features, just a bigger screen. Please garmin! lol

[TNBronzeback]

HB new solix 15 looks pretty sweet too! but thats running $3500! nice...but not THAT nice.

[gordonc615]

Thanks for all the info guys! We have a beginner lowrance 4 chirp but its not all that great so I convinced my dad we needed something at least one step up. As far as mapping we just need something to drop waypoints so we can at least come back to a spot especially if we're out in the open. I def like those pics and will prob have to get some further info when trying to setup the thing. Thanks again

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[skillet]

I got a Garmin Echomap 93SV for sale in the for sale section.


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