Lowrance HDS-5 or ELITE-5 SONAR/GPS

Mofish · 07-09-10, 07:15 PM

I ordered a new Lowrance Elite-5 Sonar/GPS for my boat about 3 weeks ago and have it installed. I have taken it out on the water about 4 times now and it seems to work really well. The graphics are better than anything I have owned in the past. I replaced a Humminbird 393c with this Lowrance unit and by far surpasses the color, clearity, definition and seperation of the Humminbird. I mounted the unit in-dash and when i'm up front I cant see the unit and have to look at my X-97 (grayscale) and again there is no comparison. My wife bass fishes with me all the time and said she would get me another unit for the front so im wondering if to send the elite-5 back and order 2 HDS-5 units in order to network the 2 units or is it worth the extra cash for the networking and the other bells and whistles that come along with the HDS-5. Any of you folks that have and use the HDS units, please chime in and help me out with this delima..

MIbasser · 07-11-10, 10:17 PM

If it were me I would send back the Elite-5 and get the two HDS units and network them together. My tournament partner has two of the HDS-10's networked and with side scan and they are great! Sharing of the waypoints comes in very handy. I find myself always getting off the front deck to look at my GPS to see how close I am to the point.
I currently have an LMS-520 and I'm looking at getting and HDS unit for the bow and get them networked as well.

07-09-10, 07:15 PM	#1
Mofish BassFishin.Com Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 8	Lowrance HDS-5 or ELITE-5 SONAR/GPS I ordered a new Lowrance Elite-5 Sonar/GPS for my boat about 3 weeks ago and have it installed. I have taken it out on the water about 4 times now and it seems to work really well. The graphics are better than anything I have owned in the past. I replaced a Humminbird 393c with this Lowrance unit and by far surpasses the color, clearity, definition and seperation of the Humminbird. I mounted the unit in-dash and when i'm up front I cant see the unit and have to look at my X-97 (grayscale) and again there is no comparison. My wife bass fishes with me all the time and said she would get me another unit for the front so im wondering if to send the elite-5 back and order 2 HDS-5 units in order to network the 2 units or is it worth the extra cash for the networking and the other bells and whistles that come along with the HDS-5. Any of you folks that have and use the HDS units, please chime in and help me out with this delima..

07-11-10, 10:17 PM	#2
MIbasser BassFishin.Com Super Veteran Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Okemos, MI Posts: 1,447	If it were me I would send back the Elite-5 and get the two HDS units and network them together. My tournament partner has two of the HDS-10's networked and with side scan and they are great! Sharing of the waypoints comes in very handy. I find myself always getting off the front deck to look at my GPS to see how close I am to the point. I currently have an LMS-520 and I'm looking at getting and HDS unit for the bow and get them networked as well.

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