Lowrance has introduced the Elite5 to help fill the gap left by the 5†screen colour combo units such as the old LMS series being discontinued.
In my opinion I believe that Lowrance has actually done a very good job if this was their objective. Here are my reasons:
I could go on and on highlighting other smaller features that make the Elite5 a great mid range unit – but this is the time to leave you to go have a look at your budget and work out when you will be placing your order for a brand new Elite5 unit with a 3 year warranty by Lowrance SA.
In my opinion I believe that Lowrance has actually done a very good job if this was their objective. Here are my reasons:
- Cost for starters, the old LMS520 for example cost around R10 000, with the Elite5 coming in at around the R7000 mark.[/*]
- The Elite5 has far superior fish and structure finding ability because of the new wide coverage area of the dual frequency 83kHz 60° beam being added without having to purchase an LBS-1 (R9800).[/*]
- The high power peak to peak 4000 watts of the Elite5 will give you all the depth penetration needed for any coastal, estuary, harbour and freshwater angler.[/*]
- The SolarMax PLUS screen is no gimmick, it is super bright in comparison to the LMS520. I stand to be corrected, but I believe it is 1000 nits. (your laptop is only between 200 – 300 nits)[/*]
- The New TrackBack feature allows you to move your cursor back over interesting showings you passed over even several minutes previously and take waypoints of them. This is like having a six foot wide screen.[/*]
- The powerful yet simple menu will even have many other brand users that have been previously afraid of the mega feature menu of the HDS series upgrading to the Elite5.[/*]
- The GPS is also an upgrade from the 12 channel of the LMS to a 16 channel of the Elite5, thus offering higher accuracy.[/*]
- When Lowrance announced that the old Nautic Path charts were discontinued, it came as a bit of a shock, because all that was left was the Navionics Charts. As detailed and impressive as the Navionics charts are, the R4000 – R5000 price tag scared a lot of users away. But that has been solved now with Navionics offering Lowrance users the choice of a western and southern, or eastern (Includes Inhambane – Guinjata/Paindane area) and southern chart at the same price as the old Nautic Path charts.
I could go on and on highlighting other smaller features that make the Elite5 a great mid range unit – but this is the time to leave you to go have a look at your budget and work out when you will be placing your order for a brand new Elite5 unit with a 3 year warranty by Lowrance SA.