Interphase Twinscope

[Skag]

Do any of you guys have feedback or experience on an Interphase Twinscope sonar? I’ve got one, but don’t trust it and am struggling for it to give me any useful / reliable info. The boat came with it and I would like to know if it is worth ironing out the bugs and getting it dialed in or just replacing it with a traditional sounder.

 

[MYTraveler]

I had one when they first came out -- very poor as a conventional FF (but since I had a separate FF, I used that instead, except for "scanning"). So, if you don't have a conventional FF, you absolutely need one. As far as scanning goes, it is better than nothing, but not much.

 

[ksanders]

I had one and it was just OK looking foreward.

Not good, not bad, just OK. You were limited to just a couple times the water depth in the foreword direction which made it difficult to use for actual cruising.

It was incapable of seeing a log in the water ahead of you.

My transducer became inoperative about a year into using it, and thast was about the time they got bought out, so there was no support.

 

[Skag]

Thank you guys. I’ll pull mine off and install the furuno sounder/GPS Plotter I just bought in it’s place rather than fuss with it.

 

[AlanT]

I had one and it was just OK looking foreward.

Not good, not bad, just OK. You were limited to just a couple times the water depth in the foreword direction which made it difficult to use for actual cruising.

It was incapable of seeing a log in the water ahead of you.

My transducer became inoperative about a year into using it, and thast was about the time they got bought out, so there was no support.

Good input. I have one on my new-to-me boat and am underwhelmed. I pretty much have figured out that I would more easily spot a deadheat by looking out the window than looking at that screen! Good to have that validated. I'll leave it switched off till I need the space for something else.
~A