Garmin Striker 7" sounder
Submitted by Butters29 on Tue, 2018-01-16 08:21
Has anyone used or heard much about the Garmin Striker Saunders?
I'm looking for a larger screen sounder for my tinny and these are going cheap at the moment. Chasing any good or bad opinions on them before forking out cash.
Cheers
z00m
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Striker
They seem to be good value if you don't need pre-loaded maps to guide you. The striker GPS only shows where you have been and any marks you make. Other than that it doesn't have any map detail.
Butters29
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Date Joined: 28/03/13
Yeah I'll still run my
Yeah I'll still run my lowrance sounder/plotter alongside it. They seem like good value for what i need.
Travgrundy91
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Date Joined: 17/12/17
Ive run a striker 7dv on my
Ive run a striker 7dv on my tinny for the last 18months or so, reckon for the price theyre hard to go by.
I find the 77/200khz along with the 455/800khz in the one transducer pretty handy as i do a mix of inshore creek/offshore 50-100m plus fishing. The gps is basic but is good enough to plot your way through creek mouths and save spots out and about, i just run navionics on the phone to get a rough idea of possible spots then search around and save them on the sounder out there.
The new striker plus model has a proper mapping system but think its limited to 2million acres, could be worth a look for 600 bucks
Butters29
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Date Joined: 28/03/13
Cheers, im going to grab
Cheers, im going to grab one, i'll just run my old lowrance as my plotter.
Navtronics app is a ripper ive seen it used in an FRC to get a sick crew menber ashore up north, worth its wait in gold i reckon
scuttlebutt
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I've got a Striker 7SV.
I've got a Striker 7SV. Very happy with it, easy to use, sideview is great. Ideal for rivers. I wouldn't get one for bluewater though. I run mine side by side with a Furuno 587 and there is no comparison. The furuno is streets in front even with the standard 600w transducer.