Airmar B175HW Transducer

Sir Reel

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Anybody have any experience or recommendation on the Airmar B175HW Transducer or the B175M?

Looking to upgrade my electronics to Garmin Chirp chart plotter and need to pick a 1KW thru hull transducer.
Seems the Mid range chirp is best for fishing but there is the new HW (high/wide) which seems good too.
Any info appreciated!
 
You will NOT be disappointed :) two thumbs up.
 
from a good source
go both get the high wide and the med .
i am running a high and a low (low not used that much).
along with a p66 and i have LSS-2 as well .
using Simrad though.

if you can only do one get the medium.
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Info from HT; just realize there are lot's of deep water (1500 ft +) fishers on there:

https://www.thehulltruth.com/marine-electronics-forum/577088-airmar-b175m-vs-b175w.html

The high CHIRP should be good to 300' at least. The HW is very popular in Alaska was they mooch shallow & can see their baits.
You could always just add cash & get dual frequency CHIRP; just don't tell the wife/SO.

This is good information from ericl, and I will add some real BC experience.

I have a dual frequency Airmar TM275LHW, which besides the mounting differences I think would be very similar to the B175HW when I am using the high channel.

So far I have only fished the East side of the Island with this transducer, so I do not know it's full capability's yet.

I bought the dual frequency to use the low side to track bottom in deep water when running, turns out I don't need it.

I run the high side only, and I can see bottom in 900 ft of water at 25 knots (bottom, not fish). I've run the low side but never see anything of use, so I prefer not to split my screen.

Fishing halibut I can see my spreader bar while jigging at 250+ feet, when there's no drift (again on high chirp).

Of course it is excellent in the shallower depths that the salmon run at.

I think for most BC fishing applications that B175HW would be an excellent Transducer, and probably all you need.
 
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Thanks Barman! What chart plotter are you hooked up to?

Simrad Evo 2 single chirp at first, now an Evo 3 to run the dual chirp, which after I tried it out for a while, I never use, I keep the high channel full screen.

Forgot to say that when I tracked bottom at 25 knots to 900 ft on high setting, it was rock solid, I have never tested it deeper so don't know what its limits are.
 
I was thinking of dual chirp but it’s like $12oo more and don’t think I would use either. Most of my fishing is under 300 feet. Great info. Thanks!
 
Furuno offers some features such as bottom composition ID & fish size ID that require dual CHIRP.
 
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