Garmin fish finder reviews. A review of the top selling Garmin products with their features
garmin fish finder reviews
This post talks about one of the most popular GPS fishfinder manufacturers in the world. Garmin!! And their top selling products. If you are fond of game fishing especially angling with kayak or boat, then you are most likely to have one of Garmin’s fish finders, heard of them or probably have a budget with Garmin in mind.
Why am i saying this? Garmin has been noted as an international and public opened shared company which makes them a good competitor in the gps positioning manufacturing companies in the world. As of may 2014 more than 126 million GPS devices has been sold by Garmin. So i kind of started asking my self how and why such a company can make so much sales only selling GPS positioning systems.
What is their secret procedure? Well you may check the following table of the top rated Garmin fishfinder products before you read reviews or check out prices from amazon.
Below is a video about the Garmin echo series. check out.
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Below is a table display of the top selling Garmin fishfinder products as of may 2014. Will be updating this table as the user ratings, sales and the feedback’s from you guys are concern.
| Image | Fishfinder | Features | Price | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garmin echo 500c fish finder | 5 inches Liquid Crystal Display, 256 Colors, 1900 ft Max Depth Performance, Quick release mount tilt and swivel, Transducer w/ mounting bracket, hardware and trolling motor clamp | $$ | 4.3 | |
| Garmin Echo 100 fishfinder review | 4″ display size, Water temperature sensor, Alarms great tones pop up, Automatic Gaining techniques, Quick Image Processing Screen Updates, 600 ft depth performance, 60 degrees beam up width, 100 watts Transmitting power, 8-level gray scale, Garmin HD-ID technology | $ | 4.5 | |
| Garmin GPSMAP 547xs 10Hz | 5″ VGA display, 10Hz GPS/GLONASS receiver, HD-ID™ sonar, Wireless connectivity, U.S. coastal and inland mapping | $$ | 4.9 | |
| Garmin echo 200 Fishfinder | 5 inches display Hi resolution grayscale 1,500 ft max depth performance 300 watt (RMS) Power cable Transducer w/ mounting bracket,hardware trolling clamp | $$ | 4.5 | |
| Garmin echo 300c Dual-Beam Fishfinder | 3.5 inches display size, 256 colors, 1,500 ft max depth performance, quick release mount with tilt and swivel, power cable, transducer, 33 watt (RMS) | $ | 4.5 | |
| Garmin echo 150 Dual-Beam Fishfinder | 4 inches Display Size, 8 level Grayscale, 1300 ft Max Depth Performance, 160 x 256 Display Resolution, 200 Watts (RMS) power, Exclusive HD-ID Tracking Technology, Mount & Go, Power Cable, Echo 150 | $ | 4.5 | |
| Garmin Echo 551dv Worldwide with Transducer Fishfinder | includes echo 551dv, 4 pin all in one with 77/200 khz HD ID, color display, 480 x 640 VGA, 2,300 feet maximum, history rewind of 4,000 W peatk-to-peak power, tilt/swivel | $$ | 5.0 |
Before we delve into their products and characteristics and what makes Garmin products tick, here are some basic information about Garmin. Garmin was established in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao. These business men were working colleagues at the same company Magnavox while working for King Radio.
Garmin echo 500c fish finder review
garmen echo 500c fish finder
If you are looking for an accurate depth fish finder, this device is the one. With a strong mounting system and a stable with easy adjustment, the Garmin echo 500c fish finder possesses unique qualities like the Quick release mount with tilt and swivel, An Echo 500c , a 1900 ft depth , a transducer and a good Documentation.
All you have to do is to read the quick documentation, if you really want to use this product effectively. But if you are a quick starter like me, you will start using it until you reach a point you are unfamiliar, then you search for your documentation 
With an excellent performance as stated by most reviewers from amazon and eBay. What most people were complaining about was the initial and already built tutorial mode which is activated the first time you start to use this product.
The tutorial mode will guide any newbie to be able to use this product as fast as they can but most experience anglers and fishermen finds it a little difficult to take it off from tutorial mode to the manual mode or normal mode.
You can check out taking off from tutorial mode from the manual. With a full speed at the 200 hertz, This device will still read up to about 400 inches while your kayak or boat cruise at about 30 miles per hour.
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Garmin GPSMAP 547xs 10Hz fishfinder review
garmin GPSMAP 547xs 10hz
If you are looking for a powerful Global Position System (GPS/GLONASS) to find your way through tick forest when on lakes or the sea, this Garmin device is perfect. With the integration of a 10 hertz GPS/GLONASS receiver, it will refresh your position ten times every second to give you accurate details. You will have access to the more than 5,000 user created way-points and find your way through any place.
Apart from it GPS system, it also have a wireless connection which gives you the privilege to access marine applications through any smartphone or tablet.
With it advanced Echo HD-ID Sonar, you will get a transom or trolling mount transducer which will shoot beams of waves and bounce with a reflection when it hit any object or a fish. It will record your sonar data with timing in relation to the position of the boat with the corresponding of the 5,000 way-points.
If you are looking for the next hot fishing point, this device is the best. It will automatically locate you the next hot fishing point as fast as it can. All you have to do is head straight to the area of interest and join the school of fishes for your fish kidnapping
When you buy the Spread-Spectrum CHIRP Sonar which is sold separately from this device, you will have the advantage of displaying crystal clear sonar images to help find the next hidden fishing spot, ship wreckage position or diving location.
The Spread spectrum technology shows target separation and resolution at extraordinary depths, and dial into specific frequencies with species of fishes. You also get the functions and data usage of the G2 and US LakeVu data card which you can have access to more than 17,000 U.S lakes with 1 inch contours throughout.
It also contains more than 5,700 HD lakes with 1 inch contours throughout to help pinpoint the best places to find fishes. You also get to display interesting points like docks, designated fishing areas, campgrounds, marinas, bridges and boat ramps. You will really want to be a savvy angler or fisherman, this Garmin GPSMAP 547xs is the one.
Even though it price is up a little bit more than the other fishfinder devices, it performance and functions are worth for your money. So far this device has received tremendous feedback from reviews. Most people talk about it easy installation with excellent directions. As a fishfinder, the display will be easy to read and accurate based on catching fish at depths.
Some also talked about it well executed design, flawless execution of work. The only drawback is if you need an excellent display, you need
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Garmin echo 150 Dual-Beam Fishfinder review
Garmin Echo 150 Dual Beam Fishfinder
If you are looking for smaller fishfinders for smaller aluminium boats or kayaks, the Garmin echo 150 sure fit. If you find your pocket not all that strong for purchasing the advanced fishfinders or on low budget, then this device is also perfect for your state.
From a low cost product to a high performance product, this device is worth it. It features functions like the dual – beam fishfinder with 4 inches gray scale display. With a 200 watts (RMS) power.
You can scan deep to 1,300 feet in freshwater. In shallow water with a viewing angle close to 120 degrees. You can see fishes from both sides of your boats or kayaks. With better separation and definition of images on a crisp 4 in gray scale display.
With Mount & Go feature, all you have to do is use the tilt mount and versatile transom-mount transducer and make your installation. Other features include, an echo 150, Quick release mount with tilt and swivel, Power cable, Transducer w/ mounting bracket, hardware and trolling motor clamp.
One thing about this product is it does what you need it to do. This device gives the depth and shows the fish. Period.
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Garmin Brief Historyhttps://web.archive.org/web/20141124062212if_/http://www.bestgamefishing.com/garmin-echo-series.html
Looking at the cost of their first GPS unit which was around $2,500 makes me aware of how far this two entrepreneurs have come from. And the origin of their company name “Garmin” which is a combination of the first-names of their names adds more creativity ingredient to their business style.
Garmin’s main niche as a starting point was a Handheld GPS receiver which was to target military personnel by selling these products to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia during the 1991 Gulf war. This was one of the company’s building pillars. Garmin was able to ship as many products to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
This catapulted their strength in-terms of their scope of market and help build their capital to target other different related GPS products. By the year 2000, Garmin had already sold 3 million GPS devices and was also producing over 50 different models to over 100 countries and more than 2,500 distributors. OK !! enough of history
So what made Garmin an international best seller in GPS and fishfinder systems selling millions of products? Read On.
They then launched the 60c line handheld GPS mapping receivers which featured increased sensitivity and storage capacity with battery life up to 30 hours power strength. Other previous products launched were the 2003 iQue PDA receivers, the 1998 Automotive GPS streetPilot which was announced at the Consumer Electronic Show, the streetPilot was upgraded in 2002 to streetPilot III and in 2005 to the streetPilot I-series.
Garmin also released in 2005 the nuvi 300 series which was their first modern shaped. Then in 2006 they started shipping the nuvi 660 pocket size widescreen which added Bluetooth,FM transmitter with brightness feature and screen size.
In 2010 they then released the 2000′s series like the 2200 a 3.5 inches display,2300 a 4.3 inch display.
In 2012 Garmin released the nuvi lineup which includes new features from models like nuvi 30,40 or 50 series and the advanced models like the nuvi 2405,nuvi 2505 and the prestige series nuvi 3400 and 3500 series.
Looking from the perspectives most of the Garmin products till 2014, Garmin seems to be making huge sales with the Garmin echo 500 fishfinder. From my own investigations, it appears this the main contributing factor to this huge sales is the price cost effective price and the top reviews and ratings from most users and consumers. Good luck buying one.
