Garmin Striker Plus 4

Perfect for my boat - wouldn't go without it – My old Lowrance depth sounder finder playing up, depend on it in shallow estuarine waters. Found the Garmin striker - Vertical shape, fitted nicely in the space on my boat dash next to chart plotter - very well built and rugged design. The cables and connectors are all very good quality, connect very well, lock in nicely and form good water resistant and dust resistant seal. The screen is bright enough and resolution is fairly good - 272x480 pixels (QSVGA).

The screen comes with a very good tilt able and swivel base so you can position easily on the dashboard for comfortable viewing position. The menus are very intuitive and compared to my old Lowrance found them to be very easy to navigate and adjust - very user friendly.

The installation instructions are very good and easy to follow - if you take the time to install the transducer correctly to the instructions it works very well, and importantly at cruising speed - the bracket has plenty of adjustment if you need to fine tune the transducer. It was easy to install (hardest part was removing some of the floor to run the transducer cable) and easy to connect to the electrics.

The striker has many features - personalised maps with contour draw; set / use waypoints; dual frequency (50hz/200hz) sonar; dual beam (77hz/200hz) sonar; water temp log and graphing; split screen; zoom function; speed display; gps; fish symbol ID; There are many more features than I would use.

The installation kit comes complete with: Garmin dual beam transducer with 20' cable Power/data cable Tilt/swivel mount Hardware Documentation

Pros: Solid build quality, rugged construction Easy to use menus - very intuitive Easy to read screen - bright enough for daylight operation Nice colourful screen everything you need in the installation kit Easy to install Good quality transducer and cables Very good connectors tilt and swivel base, very good, easy to unclip unit if need be IPx67

Cons: Haven't found any yet