ya,so they have been around a while,mine was ordered March of 2019 and was on back order and dang my luck,it showed up the third week of june!! after last years vacation of course,sigh,and it sat in our spare bedroom until a month ago.
it is the bluetooth model without the universal sonar and it came with a heading sensor.
Sparkles and I got it installed a month ago and we upgraded the circuit breaker,connectors,wiring,etc.
this year on vacation I finally got to use it !! I paired the heading sensor,ISH!! dont do that without a bloody Mary first thing in the morning !! I about got dizzy doing the two full circle thing for the heading sensor offset.
now mind you,even being closer to sixty than fifty I have no qualms about pulling a twenty pound anchor thirty times a day if need be.
but,,,,,when you can sit on yer arse and push a button and it will hold you almost exactly where you want,( we were in high winds and with only 55 pounds thrust,it did great) I hope I dont have to look at that infernal cast iron weight or its sixty feet of rope again !!
recording a contour and being able to go back to it or any anchor point within a reasonable distance,gotta tell ya fellas,this is not only the cats meow,its the cats roar !!!
and I dont even have it linked to anything other than the remote and my phone!!
the bad side??? non,well,other than I now have to upgrade from a lowrance to a bird to fully compliment this thing,dang,anybody got an extra grand or two laying around?? lol.
foot pedal?? we dont need no stinking foot pedal.
what really amazed me was this,we had it on anchor or made trolling runs for hours and never used more than half the battery !!!!
and this was in 20 mph winds for three days straight,recharging overnight of course,simply put,I am impressed.
remember,I am a simple man with simple ways,for those of you who have better,bigger,faster,good for you !! I hope you fully realize the capacity at your fingertips,I am with this thing !!
