Whats better of a yak? Garmin or Hummingbird FF?

hahaha thanks guys I did like your set up G-whiz and the speakers too! Im am young and my kayak is not  This FF would be one fore maybe a year untill I can upgrade/ have a job to pay for it. right now I have the Garmin Etrex HC GPs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8707 could I hook it up to a FF like you do?  Might just have to beg Sonny for the $40 unit and find a transducer that fits 

Wes

hahaha thanks guys I did like your set up G-whiz and the speakers too! Im am young and my kayak is not  This FF would be one fore maybe a year untill I can upgrade/ have a job to pay for it. right now I have the Garmin Etrex HC GPs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8707 could I hook it up to a FF like you do?  Might just have to beg Sonny for the $40 unit and find a transducer that fits 

Wes

the eTrex will not work, it does not have the right data cable; not talking usb type...

this is the 4-pin type that garmin uses on some of there handhelds; 2 wires for power & 2 wires for NMEA data:

hahaha thanks guys I did like your set up G-whiz and the speakers too! Im am young and my kayak is not  This FF would be one fore maybe a year untill I can upgrade/ have a job to pay for it. right now I have the Garmin Etrex HC GPs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8707 could I hook it up to a FF like you do?  Might just have to beg Sonny for the $40 unit and find a transducer that fits 

Wes

No need to beg Wes.  You can have that FF.

hahaha thanks guys I did like your set up G-whiz and the speakers too! Im am young and my kayak is not  This FF would be one fore maybe a year untill I can upgrade/ have a job to pay for it. right now I have the Garmin Etrex HC GPs https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=8707 could I hook it up to a FF like you do?  Might just have to beg Sonny for the $40 unit and find a transducer that fits 

Wes

No need to beg Wes.  You can have that FF.

THANKS MAN!  So what are you doing with all the other ones you got from five? Parts?

Wes

Spares units if they work.  Spare parts if they don't.

Christmas is coming, ask for gift cards to BPS , as they can be had in many regular stores or a gift certificate to West Marine or other favorite shop.  West will price match fairly easily, BPS price match is far more complicated.  A couple of Cards/Certificates can offset the price from a basic unit to the price of a better unit with out killing your budget.

Also wanted to add that a recent post on someones Garmin FF showed that it consumed far more battery life than other units, just FYI.