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Fish finder - advice needed

Submitted by tango and cash on Tue, 2008-09-30 13:01

I am looking at buying a fish finder and have found a couple of Hummingbird Pirahna Max units at a good price. 

There are two models available, the 210 and the 215.  They are both the same price so I was wondering if anyone owned one and could let me know what they think and what the difference is as I can't see much??

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difference

Tue, 2008-09-30 13:35

The 210 is a single beam transducer and the 215 is a dual beam transducer.
Not a particularly strong sounder, so don't count on finding much with them. If its for a Yak or just river fishing then it will do the job but offshore, you will be wishing you spent a little more and grabbed even a second hand black and white sounder with a bit more ummphhh!Wink.
I run a Garmin 160 Blue black and white sounder and it finds the fish pretty well. They are discontinued but a damn good unit.

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Ash06

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i have a 210 that i use on

Tue, 2008-09-30 13:44

i have a 210 that i use on my 12 foot tinnie. it does the job as im not goin to take my boat far off shore i stick to hillary's and cockburn sound mostly. what type of boat do you have? if you have a larger boat and are after bigger and better fish further offshore than like andy said you'll wish you spent more but for close in within 1-2km from the coast on a small boat it does the job. if i had a larger boat and were to go further offshore i'd definently get a better sounder though but because i only take it out on good days when there wind and swell are low it doesnt disrupt the transducer too much.

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Little Tinny

Tue, 2008-09-30 16:56

is all I have and like you Ash I only take it out on nice flat days from Mindarie.  I am only targeting smaller species and really only need it to tell me depth and what the bottoms like.  Thanks for the advice

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Single beam vs dual beam

Tue, 2008-09-30 19:18

IMO, there is no point buying a dual beam (50khz) unit. The 50khz is for deeper water, but it kind of defeats the purpose having a transducer which is only 300w, and not suitable for deep water.