Ram Mount for humminbird 859

[Dragonsm]

Looking to mount a humminbird 859 with a ram mount.

When I picked the unit up last weekend at Cabelas, the sales associate handed me the mount that normally runs around $60.00 and said normally guys use the $125 mount but that I could get away with the 60 dollar mount (I remember "111" in the part #).

Didn't think much of it, however I did stroll over a bit later and looked at all the mounts and to grab a lakemaster chip...noticed they were out of the larger mount. This will be mounted on a Crestliner Superhawk 1700 with walk through.

Thoughts?

[CaptainMusky]

There are basically 3 sized balls for the ram mounts. 1", 1.5" and 2". All of mine are 1" and I have HDS units up to the 7 inch size. There are times I wish I had the bigger size because I have noticed that while trailering or pounding on the water the bigger GPS will move a bit, while the 5" one is rock solid.

The other thing I am considering is getting a RAM swing arm mount for the console. I have a walk thru boat as well and I would put this at the helm instead of the RAM mount I use currently.

The specific mount is the "RAM Horizontal swing arm" (they have a vertical one too if that fits your install better). This would be rock sold for pretty much any size model GPS unit, but I am worried about adjust-ability.

Search online you will find them far cheaper than a local retailer.

[broken line]

I bought the 859 just this year and went with the middle size (1.5") Ram ball. Thus far (about 10 trips to the lake) it has worked just fine. Found mine at the farm for 49.99 I believe.