lakemaster chips

  • MN Musky
    Ham Lake/Mille Lacs, Mn
    Posts: 120
    February 4, 2007 at 4:56 pm #1234815

    Whats the difference between the new chip and the older ones? More lakes, better or updated graphics/contour? I am specifically looking at Mille Lacs. I already have an older version and want to know if i should upgrade.

    jhalfen
    Posts: 4179
    February 4, 2007 at 5:06 pm #532460

    As a new lakemaster owner, I think that the answer is (a) more lakes with some coverage that leaks into neighboring states, and (b) more survey lakes. I sure did enjoy using mine on the Whitefish chain a few weeks ago.

    blackduck
    SE Minnesota
    Posts: 325
    February 5, 2007 at 1:53 am #532626

    Do most of you guys just leave your chips in all the time? I do. I like the road maps a lot better than the map that came on the H2o. POI’s are nice too.

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    February 5, 2007 at 2:09 am #532638

    If you mainly fish Mille Lacs, they did not resurvey so there is no reason to upgrade. The new chips do load faster though. Unless you fish the new lakes that they surveyed I do not see a reason to get the new chip.
    I do get a new one every year buy that is just me as I am a map nut, always need the newest and best.

    Ron

    sliderfishn
    Blaine, MN
    Posts: 5432
    February 5, 2007 at 2:11 am #532640

    Quote:

    Do most of you guys just leave your chips in all the time? I do. I like the road maps a lot better than the map that came on the H2o. POI’s are nice too.

    The only time I take my chip out is to put in different one
    Much better road and background maps.
    Ron

    ggoody
    Mpls MN
    Posts: 2603
    February 5, 2007 at 2:54 am #532648

    The New Lakemaster Chip is much slower then the Old one.

    Sartell Eye Guy
    Sartell, MN
    Posts: 624
    February 5, 2007 at 5:25 am #532761

    Slider, the new chip has a little more info from Mille Lacs than the old one. Not many, if any contour changes but a few more reefs and flats have names. Adam

    lundgeye
    Rochester, Minnesota
    Posts: 1209
    February 5, 2007 at 3:31 pm #532833

    We have a contraditcion in this post on the new chip vs old. I know the new SD is a 128M vs 64M for the old one. That in itself indicates more data although the 128M SD may not be full. Is the 2007 really slower than the 2006?

    jhalfen
    Posts: 4179
    February 5, 2007 at 4:32 pm #532881

    If the new chip is slower than the old one, then the old one must have been BLAZING fast.

    I’ve used the new chip in my 332C and my 25C. I’ve yet to experience any sort of significant delay in updating a position while moving (in a car at 55 mph) or in zooming in on depth contours on a lake. I am very satisfied with the chip’s performance in each of these two units.

    scottsteil
    Central MN
    Posts: 3817
    February 5, 2007 at 4:34 pm #532882

    The new chips have more info on them but I have not noticed that they are slower. All chips are slower in a handheld but the Lakemaster Chips are all fast when compared to the many other chips I have.

    ggoody
    Mpls MN
    Posts: 2603
    February 5, 2007 at 7:33 pm #532990

    The New Lakemaster Chip refreshes slower than the original chip in my H2O.

    It may not bother some but it is noticeable and is irritating to me so irritating I Bought the old chip and will keep both.

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