fishfinder review, eagle cuda 300 v garmin 90

astra · 29 June 2009, 18:37

Hello i gave up on the second hand market and decided to get a new one its a toss up between the garmin 90 and the eagle cuda 300, Any one use any of these units are they any good,Any help would be very helpfull. cheers Ben

astra · 30 June 2009, 20:53

anyone

DJL · 30 June 2009, 21:16

I have no experience with the Eagle Cuda 300, however from my experience with Eagle and Garmin products generally, I would say go with Garmin.

We have some Garmin 90's at work - they seem to work well and I don't think there have been any problems with them.

wavelength · 01 July 2009, 10:18

we have a couple of Eagle cuda 128 sounders on the ribs. Been on there for 4 years or so. Easy to fit, easy to use and cheap as chips around £65. Transducers siliconed into the wells instead of where they are supposed to go over the stern.
Brilliant-still sounding with no hiccups at WOT, no problems with waterproofness etc. - compared to the hummingbirds we had before they are in a completely different class. We only bought the first one because a client had one on his boat and was chuffed with it.

Downhilldai · 01 July 2009, 13:00

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Originally Posted by wavelength

we have a couple of Eagle cuda 128 sounders on the ribs. Been on there for 4 years or so. Easy to fit, easy to use and cheap as chips around £65. Transducers siliconed into the wells instead of where they are supposed to go over the stern.
Brilliant-still sounding with no hiccups at WOT, no problems with waterproofness etc. - compared to the hummingbirds we had before they are in a completely different class. We only bought the first one because a client had one on his boat and was chuffed with it.

Agree with all of this.

Garmin sounders are prone to fail. My mate has had 2 fail within 2 years.