Lowerance HDS 5

  • gundez-71
    South Minnesota
    Posts: 675
    December 3, 2009 at 12:52 am #1306545

    Looking for good/bad opinions on this unit.

    Gundy

    Mocha
    Park Rapids
    Posts: 1452
    December 3, 2009 at 1:18 am #820033

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    Looking for good/bad opinions on this unit.

    Gundy

    I do not have the 5 but have the HDS7 and can not be happier. I have one in the back and one in the front and both have been flawless except one had a leaky screen. Reed’s in Walker, MN took very good care of me.

    packers12
    Posts: 59
    December 3, 2009 at 1:42 am #820043

    I have a 5 and very happy with it. Also from Reeds walker MN

    mstanley
    Shorewood,MN
    Posts: 350
    December 3, 2009 at 3:53 pm #820217

    Been running a HDS5 all open water season. Great unit. Just a note. It requires some setup the first time out and the menu system is a little different. Expect to spend about 20 minutes getting it zeroed in. Part of that setup will be spent checking out all the options – over 10 different color patterns for the sonar and so on. Very happy with the unit.

    dustin_stewart
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 1402
    December 9, 2009 at 11:49 pm #822106

    I have the 5’s and been very happy with them thus far. I do not use the GPS and mapping part to much since most of my time is on the mighty miss. As Stanman said, they do take a while to get set up to perform the way you want in different situations.

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    December 12, 2009 at 11:46 pm #822890

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    Looking for good/bad opinions on this unit.

    Gundy

    Our customer feedback has been very good, and I’ve been on the water with a couple and they are great units. The HDS-5 with basemap is on sale at Jolly Ann Marine for $615 shipped free. The HDS-5 with Lake Insight is on sale for $699 and Lowrance has a $50 rebate on that unit, good until January 3rd.

    yellowdog
    Alma Wi
    Posts: 1303
    January 1, 2010 at 3:40 pm #828537

    don’t get the one without GPS. It needs to be linked to someone elses unit to get any upgrades

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