Looking at the 93SV

[jheller16]

I am buying a new boat and am looking at depthfinders. Forgive me as I don't have a ton of time to go through the forum and search everything that has been written about these units (I am a CPA and on a break between appointments).

Are these units able to be hooked up to a trolling motor with universal sonar?
Can these be hooked up to a SHO to monitor the engine, like NMEA?

The price point on these units seems too good to be true. The reviews I have read seem good, anyone see any downside? I have had lowrance and birds and there are ups and downs with both of them, just looking for an honest assessment.

[hawgripper]

I am buying a new boat and am looking at depthfinders. Forgive me as I don't have a ton of time to go through the forum and search everything that has been written about these units (I am a CPA and on a break between appointments).

Are these units able to be hooked up to a trolling motor with universal sonar?
Can these be hooked up to a SHO to monitor the engine, like NMEA?

The price point on these units seems too good to be true. The reviews I have read seem good, anyone see any downside? I have had lowrance and birds and there are ups and downs with both of them, just looking for an honest assessment.

Yes they will hook up to a trolling motor with US but you will need a adapter. As for the Yamaha, you can hook up to it but you will need a gpsmap unit that has the nmea 2000. The echomaps that are currently built do not have that function. The gpsmap units start at around $750-800 and go up from there depending on configuration, screen size and functions.
I haven't seen any downside to them yet and am not sure I ever will.
Garmin makes an excellent product.
talk to guys that have Garmin and you will find very few that have had issues or are dissatisfied with their units.

[deepanchor]

I have Garmin 840XS hooked up to NMEA2000 network onto my Evinrude 150 HO Etec. You will be able to do same with your SHO.