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Joco

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There have been a couple posts about this unit (bluetooth enabled fish finder).

Ever notice how crappy your phone is in the cold? My Iphone 5S will shut down at about -2C unless I keep it warm on an inside pocket. Having it on the ice (near an open hole??) and handling it constantly with wet fishy hands? No thanks.

I am also skeptical about these companies being able to "keep up" with both old and new technology. For example, my wife bought me a GoPro Hero 3 for Christmas, only to find out that they don't support the version of Android that I run on my tablet. I wouldn't invest in expensive hardware that becomes wholly dependent on that company's ability to release a stream of appropriate software updates.

That said, they have done a great job on the design, look and feel. I think for summer fishing, either in a boat or even cast from shore this thing has merit. But it wouldn't be my prime go-to.

Just my two cents

What a great product for the ice angler that wants to travel light. The biggest drawback performace wise between this and a purpose built fish finder in my eyes is the time delay. A byproduct of blue tooth vs. Wired connection.

i like many people who use their phone in the outdoors have a water resistant or even waterproof case so no worries there. To combat any issues with poor battery performance in cold weather I have found keeping the phone plugged in to any of the cheep I battery packs readily available for $15 to be the solution http://m.bestbuy.ca/?lang=en#/catalog/p ... lang=en-CA

Once the time delay is addressed I'd be interested

Interesting, nice and compact but my fear has and always will be watching my phone go down the hole. I know that isn't happening with my current flasher.
Kind of like the T Box, great concept affordable ulternative but will not replace the real thing.

I use my phone all day in my small boat to plot GPS points and am never worried about dropping it overboard. Either way if it's a concern there are products to address that issue as well.

My cell phone is my favourite fishing tool. Lifeproof case (nuud) so you actually have the glass instead of a cover and the orange Lifeproof Lifejacket ( last photo). After every trip I rinse all the slime, mud,scales etc. Etc. Off in the sink....

Not worried about my phone in the boat, just near the holes on the ice.
I have a Seideo case, excellent in water but she don't float.

If you canning use the Lifeproof Lifejacket there is the water-buoy device. Don't know how much it is. Water-buoy.com

Basically the same thing as the SonarPhone from Vexilar.

https://shop.vexilar.com/en/sonarphone-1

The sonarphone pod is castable. I've used it while guiding Lakers when I want to keep on top of the baitfish that are moving around. Kinda handy but certainly will never replace a sonar unit on my boat.

RJ

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I have a FishHunter and it works well enough for my purposes. I hook it up to my 10" tablet so the display is nice and big. it doesn't work in water less than six feet though. I don't have a boat so I can definitely see myself using it a lot during the summer as well since I can cast it out, though I must admit I'm worried about a pike taking shot at it..lol.

EDIT: changed minimum depth to six feet.

Choke wrote:IBobber. Same thing. Less than half the price of the deeper.
http://www.walmart.ca/en/ip/ibobber-the ... 0189134895
Build to catch fishermen not fish.

iBobber is a single frequency design, the deeper model is dual frequency (15?, 55? cone angles).
iBobber has a range of 100 feet, the deeper has a range of 160 feet. Not sure about software.

Some comparison here http://www.bluetoothfishfinder.com/home

I've had experience with deeper and it works fine in shallow water with no flashers around. However, it is useless at any sort of depth. If anyone is using a flasher in your vicinity the interference is just overwhelming. Good for panfish and shallow water applications. Don't expect to jig lakers with it though.