What do you think about the lowrance HDS 12 gen 2 touch screen depth finder

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What do you think about the lowrance HDS 12 gen 2 touch screen depth finder?

Anybody have one. Would like an honest review from someone who owns one.

[Mike Stark]

I have a 7 and love it. Very user friendly.

[delcecchi]

What do you think about the lowrance HDS 12 gen 2 touch screen depth finder?

Anybody have one. Would like an honest review from someone who owns one.

"When I win the lottery...."

[CaptainMusky]

I dont have an HDS 12, but they sure are sweet. The price is way out of my league right now. I am going to upgrade to an HDS 9 touch soon. The big thing about the 9 and above units is you get 2 card slots and have video input. Where the 7 and below do not have those.

One thing to consider is you can likely buy two smaller models and have more real estate for viewing than one 12.

Another option is to get an HDS Touch unit and purchase the "Go-Free WIFI module" from Lowrance. This will allow you to use a tablet to view your HDS Gen 2 or Touch unit and even control the GPS. The price of tablets these days you could buy one of them, the module itself is $229 (was free for a while with purchase) and be money way ahead.

[Kyhl]

One thing to consider is you can likely buy two smaller models and have more real estate for viewing than one 12.

Depends on what they are. 2 HDS 7's would have less screen space than one HDS 12.

All numbers based on advertised screen sizes of 7, 9, and 12. Actuals may be slightly smaller.

HDS 7 has 18 sq in's (6" X 3").

HDS 9 has 32 sq in's (8" X 4").

HDS 12 has 60 sq in's (10" X 6").

So two HDS 7's have slightly more screen space than one HDS 9. And two 9's are slightly bigger than one 12.

I do like having two screens on the dash. One dedicated to GPS. Saves a lot on pushing buttons to switch screens all the time. The cheapest route would be to get as big of HDS as affordable then add a 5" GPS unit. That's my choice anyway.