597ci HD DI Combo

Although it’s medium size fish finding device, the Hummingbird Fish Finder 597ci HD DI Combo offers a wide range of possibilities, and for the price, it’s quite a reliable fish finding unit.

The Humminbird Fish Finder 597ci HD DI Combo has a full color display, 5-inch wide with a square 640 x 640 pixel resolution, with LED backlight which offers a clear visibility even on a bright, sunny day. Since the display is full color you will be able to interpret the images and the returns with higher accuracy, in SwitchFire and Down Imaging.

The sonar capabilities of the Humminbird 597ci HD DI Combo include DualBeam Plus/SwitchFire, and as its name says it, it’s also equipped with Down Imaging technology. The Down Imaging view of the underwater environment are much more accurate that the SwitchFire view, allowing you to understand better the water depth, the shape of the bottom and any objects and of course fish, that pass under your boat. DI on this fish finding unit has a 250ft depth reliability.

Just as its bigger brothers, the 998c SI Combo or the 1198c SI Combo, the 597ci HD DI Combo is more than a fish finding device. Its GPS capabilities include a 50 channel Internal GPS, Chartplotting and has a built-in UniMap cartography database, covering the continental U.S. coastline and in-land lakes and rivers at 30 meters/pixel resolution.

This Hummingbird Fish Finder’s memory can store up to 3000 waypoints, 50 routes and 50 tracks (20,000 points each). Like most Hummingbird Fish Finders, it has a 1 year warranty.

All in all, this is a great fish finding tool to have, at a reasonable price. Even without the Side Imaging option, it is quite a reliable fish finding tool, the Best Hummingbird Fish Finder in the 500 series.

345c

The Hummingbird Fish Finder 345c unit is another Humminbird model without GPS and chartplotting features, designed exclusively for finding fish. Although it’s a small unit, it performs slightly better than other superior fish finders in the 500 series.

Similar to the Hummingbird Fish Finder 345c Portable, this unit has a 3.5-inch brilliant color display, with LED backlight. Its screen has a 320 x 240 pixel resolution, more than enough to locate game and bait fish, and get a clear picture about the bottom contour.

The Hummingbird Fish Finder 345c has a DualBeam Plus sonar which allows you to observe in split screen both the 200 kHz and 83 kHz returns. This way you’ll understand better which objects that are passing under your boat are fish and which aren’t. Using this unit I got pretty nice fish arch returns. The sonar has a depth penetration down to 1000 feet. For a small unit it has quite some wattage: 300 Watts (RMS) and 2400 Watts (PTP).

In conclusion, the 345c fish finder from Humminbird is a great tool to have on your boat for finding fish. Since it doesn’t have chartplotting and GPS capabilities it’s quite cheap. Therefore, for a nice price you will get a super fish finder.

Like all Hummingbird Fish Finders, the 345c model comes with a one year warranty.

597c HD DI

The Hummingbird Fish Finder 596c HD DI is an excellent fish finding device. Although it has no GPS capabilities, it’s a nice an reliable tool for finding fish for quite a fair price.

Has a medium size display, 5-inch wide 640 x 640 pixel resolution, full color and with LED backlight. Since it has a HD color display, you will be able to interpret the data much better, especially in SwitchFire mode.

The sonar capabilities of the Hummingbird Fish Finder 596c HD DI include DualBeam Plus/SwitchFire sonar systems, with up to 4000 Watts PTP power output.  It has a depth penetration down to 1000ft. This fish finder is equipped with Down Imaging technology, which will enable you to understand much better what’s going on under your boat. The photo-like clarity images from the DI display mode can be observed in split screen, along with the SwitchFire returns, just like on most of the Hummingbird Fish Finders.

Even if it’s not a Side Imaging Hummingbird Fish Finder, the 596c HD DI is an excellent tool for finding fish and determining the depth and the contour of the bottom.

Although it doesn’t have GPS or a built in mapping system, this marine electronic device is a great unit to have on your boat, to enhance your fishing possibilities, an excellent choice for the recreational angler.

587ci HD Combo

Although a smaller unit than the 597ci HD Combo, Hummingbird Fish Finder 587ci HD Combo has GPS capabilities and quite a wide range of features that will considerably improve your fish finding and navigational possibilities.

Hummingbird Fish Finder 587ci HD Combo has a 4.5-inch display, 640 x 480 pixel resolution, full color and high definition. Since the screen is full color, the interpretation of the sonar returns is much easier and accurate, so you will be able to distinguish better between fish and other objects.

Although the sonar of the Hummingbird Fish Finder 587ci HD Combo isn’t as powerful as the one featured by the 900 series or the 1100 series. This unit is equipped with DualBeam Plus/SwitchFire sonar, with a 2400 Watts PtP, with 1000ft capability. Allowing you to scan the underwater world in two distinctive modes, with two beams, 20° or 60° cone, under the boat. It’s not a SI Hummingbird Fish Finder or a DI fish finder from Humminbird, but once you get used to the SwitchFire mode, this unit will become indispensable.

Its GPS capabilities include a 50 channel Internal GPS and Chartplotting. This unit has the built-in UnitMap cartography, which makes it a reliable navigational device. The UniMap covers the continental U.S. coastline and in-land lakes and rivers at 30 meters/pixel resolution. Also, this Hummingbird Fish Finder has a single SD card slot for loading LakeMaster or Navionics charts.

Just like the Top Hummingbird Fish Finders, the 587ci HD Combo has a memory that can store up to 3,000 waypoints, 50 routes and 50 tracks.