Need NEW depth gauge recommendations

[Jayrodau]

I have re-epoxied mine down and moved it all around and it still doesn't pickup worth a crap. Always getting the (--) or (00) symbols. It will read sometime times though. Im sick of fooling with it!!
Its the stock one that came with the boat. What is a good replacement/upgrade that everyone is using?? Hopefully I can order one from amazon and comes as a kit. Shouldn't be to hard of an install I wouldn't think.
Thanks,
Jared

[bergermaister]

Faria Digital Depth + Air/Water Temp

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...FbRzMgodPFoAFA

Don't have one yet, but plan to when the cheapo Uniden finally dies. I'm planning to go with the in hull "eye" vs the glue down "hope it works - hope it stays" thru hull puck.

[jboardman]

I've had Faria's in previous boats and as far as I'm concerned, they're junk. I have a friend with a Hummingbird that is always spot on! I'm going to go with it when my stock one completely quits.

[trayson]

I have a faria with a airmar in hull transducer. I had some frustrations with mine because I first mounted the transducer with silicone to the hull. You fill the base with mineral oil and lock the transducer into it. Mine ended up leaking out some of the mineral oil. So I used JB weld on the inside and outside of the base in hopes of making it not leak out mineral oil anymore.

That lasted 1/2 a season and then I was having to top it off way too often. So I pulled the base off my hull and the silicone peeled right off. I cleaned everything up and reapplied the transducer base with some 3m 5200 Fast cure. That finally did the job and seems to be working great.

That said, if I was to do it all over again, I'd probably get a thru-hull transducer (getting water temp would be a bonus, although I already get water temp with my Perfect Pass paddlewheel).

I don't like the fact that the LED backlighting is integrated into the Faria gauge and can't be changed. It's not bad with the red backlighting, but it doesn't match anything else I have.

The reason I went with the Faria/Airmar combo is simply because the previous owner of my boat bought it and never got around to installing it and included it with the boat purchase...

[OrangeCrush]

Just installed humminbird hdr650 excellent product.

[sivs1]

I will second the 650.