73sv

[stockrex]

My first sonar was a Low HDS 5, I still have it and love it.
My next one was Humminbird Onix, I am in the process of learning it.

My club guys are all Garmin Quickdraw fan and we have around 6 guys with Garmins,

So, I want to get a Garmin with Quickdraw and built in Maps, club guys suggested 73sv. The aim is to map new lakes and share the map with my club guys.

I am totally a Garmin noob, other than having lived close to Olathe, KS and have a few friends at Garmin.

Could someone please help me with the following questions:

1. Do I need side imaging for Quickdraw?
2. Do I need a CHIRP unit for Quickdraw?
3. How do I go about sharing Quickdraw maps of lakes?
4. How fast can I troll for Quickdraw to work?

[Astrochris]

My first sonar was a Low HDS 5, I still have it and love it.
My next one was Humminbird Onix, I am in the process of learning it.

My club guys are all Garmin Quickdraw fan and we have around 6 guys with Garmins,

So, I want to get a Garmin with Quickdraw and built in Maps, club guys suggested 73sv. The aim is to map new lakes and share the map with my club guys.

I am totally a Garmin noob, other than having lived close to Olathe, KS and have a few friends at Garmin.

Could someone please help me with the following questions:

1. Do I need side imaging for Quickdraw?
2. Do I need a CHIRP unit for Quickdraw?
3. How do I go about sharing Quickdraw maps of lakes?
4. How fast can I troll for Quickdraw to work?

1. No
2. No
3. https://www.garmin.com/en-US/blog/fi...ty-icast-2016/
4. Quickdraw will work up to 25mph, as long as when using Quickdraw the map shows the green circlea around your boat, you're good.
I doubt Quickdraw gets good results at 25mph,,, IMO.

Cheers..
C//

[Ikantski]

You can also share Quickdraw by just merging the files from one card to another

[Larry3215]

Yup, there will be a Quickdraw folder inside the GARMIN folder. Just copy those files to the other units Quickdraw folder and they will have your maps.

[stockrex]

When you record maps with autodraw, how do you tell which lake is in which folder?
Are the folder names the gps coordinates?

I saw Cabelas had the non-chirp model on sale a month back, I missed it.
Is the 73 SV the best bang for the $$$ or should I look at the different model?

[StingerMark]

If you have a friend that works at Garmin, buy it through your friend and get the employee discount. Get the CHIRP model because you'll still pay way less than retail for a non-CHIRP. I have a 73sv non-chirp I got at Cabelas earlier this year on sale that I'm really happy with at the bow and a 53 CHIRP that I got through my buddy at the wheel. I really like both units so far. I haven't used quickdraw yet because all the bodies of water around me are mapped since I live really close to Garmin's HQ.