Hi All,
So my senior fishing buddy went to Bass Pro at 7 am (door opened at 6 am) on Black Friday. By that time, all Lowrance Elite 9 Ti units they had in the store (steal-priced at $749.97 instead of something like 1600-1700 bucks) were sold out. So I may not inherit his old Lowrance stuff after all, which he had wanted to replace. On top of that, I have sold my Helix 7 G1, so technically I am fish-finder-less. I am ok because I wanted more powerful unit and I sold Helix 7 for roughly the same $$$ I had bought it.
Anyhow, this weekend I did something stupid such as placing an online order late evening from SAIL for Humminbird Helix 10 Mega SI G2N because it was roughly half price. I also thought it would be nice to stick with Humminbird since I got very handy with Helix and also, I have a Terrova on the boat, compatibility...
I had no time to ask anyone anything what I am about to ask so I thought I will order it and worst-case I will return it.
Sorry if my questions may be dumb but here I go: does anyone here have a Legend 18 or 20 (X/XTR/Xcalibur/etc) with Helix 10 or even 12? Is there enough space to mount Helix 10 on the right of the console? The picture below shows my old Helix 7 on the corresponding RAM mount. I checked the RAM mount dimensions for Helix 10, which is bigger and heavier and the ball mount diameter is exactly matching the width of that carpeted area where the old Helix was, i.e. it would fit exactly. But what about the unit itself? Spec-wise, Helix 10 is 3" longer, 2" wider, 0.5" thicker. Does Helix 10 "fit" in that space comfortably without issues? Does it not create the feeling like there is a TV on the boat? Can you share a pic (private msg ok too) as to how it looks?
Thank you very much!
So my senior fishing buddy went to Bass Pro at 7 am (door opened at 6 am) on Black Friday. By that time, all Lowrance Elite 9 Ti units they had in the store (steal-priced at $749.97 instead of something like 1600-1700 bucks) were sold out. So I may not inherit his old Lowrance stuff after all, which he had wanted to replace. On top of that, I have sold my Helix 7 G1, so technically I am fish-finder-less. I am ok because I wanted more powerful unit and I sold Helix 7 for roughly the same $$$ I had bought it.
Anyhow, this weekend I did something stupid such as placing an online order late evening from SAIL for Humminbird Helix 10 Mega SI G2N because it was roughly half price. I also thought it would be nice to stick with Humminbird since I got very handy with Helix and also, I have a Terrova on the boat, compatibility...
I had no time to ask anyone anything what I am about to ask so I thought I will order it and worst-case I will return it.
Sorry if my questions may be dumb but here I go: does anyone here have a Legend 18 or 20 (X/XTR/Xcalibur/etc) with Helix 10 or even 12? Is there enough space to mount Helix 10 on the right of the console? The picture below shows my old Helix 7 on the corresponding RAM mount. I checked the RAM mount dimensions for Helix 10, which is bigger and heavier and the ball mount diameter is exactly matching the width of that carpeted area where the old Helix was, i.e. it would fit exactly. But what about the unit itself? Spec-wise, Helix 10 is 3" longer, 2" wider, 0.5" thicker. Does Helix 10 "fit" in that space comfortably without issues? Does it not create the feeling like there is a TV on the boat? Can you share a pic (private msg ok too) as to how it looks?
Thank you very much!