Raymarine Dragonfly

[driftwood]

Originally Posted by bus kid

I believe your looking at the power comsumption, not the output of the FF. Although the 600 feet is in optimum fresh water conditions.I'd wait a while and see the reviews.

Power (Wattage)

The power of a sonar unit is described in Watts. The term "peak to peak" is used to describe the overall output power of the transmitter. When dealing with fishfinders, the higher the wattage, the more efficient and powerful the overall unit will be. Low wattage will ultimately bring you slow readouts, meaning a delayed reaction for a reading of a spot you have already traveled over.

The bare minimum peak-to-peak power would be 800 Watts, although 3000 plus Watts or more is certainly recommended for most anglers. One key point to remember: the shallower the water you fish, the less power you will need. For those that fish deep water (such as the Great Lakes or saltwater) it is best to choose the most powerful unit that your wallet will allow.

[driftwood]

I don't see the peak to peak power watts on any of the spects.
That's why the dragonfly FF is suspect.

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by driftwood

I don't see the peak to peak power watts on any of the spects.
That's why the dragonfly FF is suspect.

agreed, I would wait to see the reviews.

found the spec for the ducer (cpt 60)

http://raymarine.ning.com/forum/topi...5Comment105336

[driftwood]

I like my fish finders with MORE POWER!!

[TJones]

I only have 30 days to try out this hds5 before sale is final. I imagine this ducer is mandatory to be in water. And how big is the transducer?

[bus kid]

Go get try it out and let us know!

[PE.rider]

Originally Posted by bus kid

Go get try it out and let us know!

You bet.

I'm just a simple yak angler, so I don't know much about the technical details too much... (wasn't making a case for or against).

Just knew that this was a new product in the Yak class, and saw that Jim Sammons was using it on his Yak...

http://jacksonkayak.com/blog/2013/07...on-jims-kayak/

Perhaps I should have just asked him ... or better yet, go down and spend a day fishing with him as a guide to see how the unit functions.

However, I thank ye all for your thoughts . I'm always willing to listen to the advice of others.. which is the point of being a member of a forum right?

Tight lines....

[alanw]

Originally Posted by TJones

And how big is the transducer?

It's pretty big, 8" long

[wiredantz]

Originally Posted by driftwood

I like my fish finders with MORE POWER!!

good one

[Jim Sammons LJKF]

The screen to unit size on the Dragon fly is awesome. I have been using this unit for about a year now and absolutely love it. No issues at all.

[Lipripper92592]

My next FF is going to be the Dragonfly with the 7" screen. Check out the youtube videos, the most impressive that I have seen is when a diver is on a wreck showing video of what is seen on the FF screen. You could follow the 3/4 dive rope all the way to the wreck, pick out individual supports on the bow rail, rope from bow to the ocean floor. It's the technology of this unit, each crystal in ducer fires at a different frequency, the more crystal's, the better clarity (to some degree).
The tarpon and bait schools are super cool, you could make out the shape of a turtle when sea turtles were below, super cool unit.
Now just link it up to Google Glasses.......maybe some day.

[bus kid]

Originally Posted by driftwood

Power (Wattage)

The power of a sonar unit is described in Watts. The term "peak to peak" is used to describe the overall output power of the transmitter. When dealing with fishfinders, the higher the wattage, the more efficient and powerful the overall unit will be. Low wattage will ultimately bring you slow readouts, meaning a delayed reaction for a reading of a spot you have already traveled over.

The bare minimum peak-to-peak power would be 800 Watts, although 3000 plus Watts or more is certainly recommended for most anglers. One key point to remember: the shallower the water you fish, the less power you will need. For those that fish deep water (such as the Great Lakes or saltwater) it is best to choose the most powerful unit that your wallet will allow.

can you show us where you are getting the output wattage for the unit?

again consumption not output,
from the link above

"Power consumption at full brightness 8 watts"

Raymarine is not listing the output wattage of the FF.

look at the FAQ page.

http://www.raymarine.com/view/?id=7625