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Hummingbird 385 ci

Snowmann

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Was thinking of selling my lx5 and getting one of these. I like the fact that it has GPS built in and will accept my lakemaster chip ( I think? ). Will it work well in the summer on a boat ( different transducer )? Want to reduce the number of things needed to get the job done ( ice, summer, and gps all in one ). Any input is would be great! Thanks!

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I bought one last fall (The 385ci portable. It came with the boat transducer) and loved it! Then I bought the ice ducer and have used it all winter and love it even more. Honestly the best money I have spent towards fishing in a long time. I have the lakemaster chip in it which is also nice, but the gps it came with is pretty sweet too.

Buy one with no doubts or worries. These things are GREAT units.

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I bought one last fall (The 385ci portable. It came with the boat transducer) and loved it! Then I bought the ice ducer and have used it all winter and love it even more. Honestly the best money I have spent towards fishing in a long time. I have the lakemaster chip in it which is also nice, but the gps it came with is pretty sweet too.

Buy one with no doubts or worries. These things are GREAT units.

Great to hear! I think im gonna go for it. Just have to find a buyer for my lx5

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Like amateurfishing, I have the 597, and I have it rigged up for ice fishing as well. Just had to get the ice transducer and the portable case/mount.

But the 385 is an excellent, reasonably priced unit. The flasher mode will serve you well on the ice, and it is a very good unit for the boat. It will take the Lakemaster chip. The only downside is that the screen is a bit small when you split it between depth finder/GPS in the summer.

But again, an excellent all-around unit that you will be happy with.

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I bought one of these last year and love it, the features that you have for ice fishing are phenomenal plus the GPS works extremely well. I have used it on LoW, Lake Bemidji, Up North by Ely, MN and many rivers, and most of the water ways come on the unit stock. no additional chip needed unless you want to get water depths. I also have the transducer for the boat and that works really well. It is nice to have one unit for both summer and winter. It also has the nice flasher feature but I find myself using the scrolling bottom view more often because it gives you a "history" of what has happened. Makes spotting those walleyes that don't come off bottom a little easier because you can tell that bottom got "shallower"

I have also gotten two of my buddies to buy it after letting them borrow mine for a weekend.

Plus the zoom feature is pretty cool

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I bought an Lx7 this year and Im not totally sold on it. I figure I might use it for the rest of the winter and try it on the boat, But If i decide to sell it the 385 is next on my list of units to try.

I like the face that its a multi purpose unit and also the fact that it can be added to the 55 as a double unit.

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I love the 385ci to death and have enjoyed every minute on the ice with it. The one thing that the LX-7 has that I REALLY wish the bird had is the narrow transducer cone. I know the LX-7 has an 8 degree and I wish the bird had an 8 or 12 degree option. I think it would give you much finer definition when fishing deeper water. Love that it has the GPS capability too... something the LX-7 doesnt. Not a huge deal for ice fishing because I have a handheld as well, but for open water it is a must in my book. Very pleased owner so far.

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I bought one earlier this winter and ran it next to my Ice45. The 385 is a great all around unit, but it wasn't quite as accurate, as far as a flasher, as the Ice45. I already owned the Ice45 and just wanted to see if I could replace it with the 385 so I could use that in the boat too. I ended up keeping the Ice45, taking the 385 back, and saving a little more money to get the HB 788ciHD. I haven't looked into getting the 788 hooked up for use on the ice, but man, the LakeMaster chip and GPS on the 788 are awesome!

Sure would be nice to have an affordable all in one unit for both ice and open water. (GPS with high def maps, ice ducer with multiple cone angles, adjustable zoom, interference rejection, boat ducer with speed, then add in the new HB 360 degree scan) Ahh, we can dream right! smile

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