I'm updating an older bass boat with an Ultrex trolling motor with iPilot link, but if I do that, I can't afford to buy the latest and greatest Humminbird to interface with it. Gotta pick up an older screen, for now.
Finding it rather confusing, Helix vs Onix vs Solix. 8", 10" or 12"? The price ramps up sky high real quick and I just don't have a feel for where the 'sweet spot' is in the price vs performance graph?
I've used the first gen Humminbird side scan and found it a really valuable tool for discovering off-map structures and habitat and caught lots of bass using it, so I'd like to take advantage of doing something like being able to drop a waypoint on a rockpile or ledge I just sidescanned 102 feet off my port side, and from the screen instruct my Ultrex to take me 30 feet to the right of that and move slowly on a path offset to a trail I just created, while I rig this rod or eat this sandwich. Is that too much to ask?
This is just one instance that came to mind; I'd love to hear some more of y'all's stories, real stories of how your linked electronics saved the day. Does drawing your own Autochart live maps with the Lakemaster feature provide something special with the Ultrex, or could I do without it? How about Mega side imaging and the Ultrex? Is the touch screen a big improvement over joysticking a cursor over and locking a waypoint? My first gen side imaging Humminbird in 2006 was pretty fantastic, in detail, compared to a BUNCH of Lowrance units I tried over the last half decade, so anything newer will be leaps and bounds better I'm sure.
Which units don't work AT ALL with an Ultrex? Which give SOME of this functionality, and which give ALL of the features? I'm sure this is a sliding scale, and I'd love to build a sticky; a table that could show the year Humminbird, model and so forth, and the exact link features that unit can perform. Your feedback, any and all, would be greatly appreciated, and put to good use------<')))><