HB 997 SI memory cards

[TNVOLCAT]

Looking for suggestions on memory cards. Is this something I can pick up at Walmart, or a Radio Shack type item?

Also, best brands, sizes, price differences, or any other suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

[ShilohRed]

Looking for suggestions on memory cards. Is this something I can pick up at Walmart, or a Radio Shack type item?

Also, best brands, sizes, price differences, or any other suggestions you might have.

Thanks!

Got both of mine at Wal-MArt. Some of he cheap ones does not work as well. but I got both of mine and they were around $15 each.
Pete

[TNVOLCAT]

Thanks Pete, I was looking at the ones at Walmart last night. The brand that had the most to pick from was "SanDisk". I believe they had a 1,2,4 and 8 GB memory card. Different price range of course. I just didn't know if these would work or not.

[Mr.T]

SanDisk is a good brand. A 1gb card should be plenty big enough, but if the price difference is small, get a 2GB card instead.

[mmarcum6]

When it comes to compact flash cards you can't go wrong with Sandisk or Kingston. I use both at work in machine control devices and have had no problems with either. I have one vender that buys the sandisk then puts their sticker on it and resells it for around 300. He made the mistake of letting me find this out so I cut out the middle man.

[GaryF]

SanDisk was the pioneer in removable flash memory storage, and the originator of the SD format used in the Humminbird units. They wrote most of the standards. They are generally a good solid choice, but most cards would work. I'd stick to 1 or 2 gb though, as some devices don't support the bigger cards, and some that supposedly do are flakey or slow when using bigger cards.

[Pip]

I agree with the rest. Scandisk has worked for me no problems.

[Catfishhunter]

Brandon, Don't just get a regular mmc card. It takes about 30 seconds to save a waypoint and image with it. Get a Sandisk Extreme III mmc card it takes about 2 seconds to save a waypoint. Here is a link:http://www.nextag.com/serv/main/buyer/productm.jsp;jsessionid=14137BF70D9DC37DC973CB01D8 86F7C1?nxtg=17020a1c051f-D6475CD6CD3BB4C7&ptitle=544282898&product=544380374&search=dynamic_product_300x250_h8092&doSearch=n

[cheapNdisgusting]

A 2 gig sandisk card is about $12 at wall mart. On a 997, the average sidescan screenshot is about 100K. 2 Gig will save a heck of a bunch of them. Download to your computer - wipe the card and start over. Personally I only use 2 cards. 1 in the 997 and a spare.