SMARTCAST FISHFINDER

[My-insane_M8]

has anyone either, bought, used, played with the smartcast wireless fishfinder?

I'm looking into buying one, but would like to hear if anyone has any feed back before i do!

 

many thanks in advance.

Dale.

[jeepster]

a friend has one and was very disappointed, the range is too short (thats if it was the wrist watch one you meant)

[MarkeR]

i've just bought the rf10e mobile station and used it for the first time yesterday.

as a feature/depth finder its excellent,as you wind the float in it gives you a perfect map of the lake bed,5 mins playing about with it and i knew exactly what was in front of me feature wise,i could'nt have got such detailed info with a marker float setup!

no complaints about the range,the float only weighs about an ounce and its not exactly areodynamic,i found i could get a signal as far as i could cast it.

[jeepster]

thats a lot better than the one i saw, maybe his was faulty.

[MarkeR]

i had a good read around a few forums before buying mine jeeps,the general opinion was the watch and the rod mounted versions weren't up to very much.....the mobile unit got a lot of good feedback though.

its a bit of an expensive replacement for a marker setup,but its far more accurate and a lot quicker with no spooking of fish so it suits a short session angler like me

[Newt]

I dunno. I have the original unit (with the larger base station) and a rod mount unit. Obviously the larger screen on the mobile unit is easier to use but the rod mount is great if you are moving around and it works pretty well.

 

Never tried the wrist watch version.

 

In any case, I certainly feel like the unit is well worth the cost for finding close-in detail.

 

[ 16. March 2004, 12:13 AM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[katch]

hi lads , theres a site that a few of use have been messing about with the smart cast rf10 that we have fitted to our home made baitboat if anyones intrested its

 

www.thebaitboatgroups@msn.com

[craig2309]

hi katch

 

tried to get on your site but it said that the site had been changed or moved

 

craig

[Mald]

If your in the UK and you happen to know someone in the good old US of A who will send you one as a gift then go to wallmarts website and you can get get one for half the uk price

 

Unfortunatelty if you buy one yourself from America you will be stung by tax

[MarkeR]

http://groups.msn.com/thebaitboat

 

try the link above you might have more luck