410001661 Posted December 3, 2020 Report Share Posted December 3, 2020 Hi guys, I am in the market for a new nav card for my new boat/plotter. In my old boat I had a Hummingbird Helix 5 Si GPS with the Lake Master chip and it worked well for my needs. My new boat has the Lowrance HDS-7 Gen 2 and the Insight card. The Insight card is not the greatest for the lakes I fish up north so I will be upgrading it. I dominantly fish Ontario, Erie, St.Clair, Detroit River, and several smaller lakes in northern Ontario. My choices are between the Navionics + card (Canada & Alaska) $149.00USD, or the Navionics Hotmaps Platinum (Canada) $199.00USD. Both cards qualify for a $50USD rebate until Dec 31. My question is...........is the Hotmaps Premium worth it? The difference between the cards is: - Satellite overlay (not available in Ontario) - Relief shading - ?? Usable ?? - Sonar chart relief - ?? usable ?? - 3D view - useless feature IMHO - Panamera photo's - useless feature IMHO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Farmer Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 I have the plus and there is a lot of flaws in it not very accurate. Depths are way off and chart images. Trolling on the grand river it shows me trolling on land. A lake I fish up north shows a sunken island about a 1000 yards off from where it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREYHAWK Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Between your 2 choices I would choose the Navionics +. Though similar problems to what Fish Farmer attested to, frequent updates to the original card have made my decision to keep the Navionics+ operative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
410001661 Posted December 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2020 Yes.......thanks I bought the Nav + card. Fish Farmer I understand that both cards would have similar plotting data just that the Hot Maps has some additional features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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