Lowrance SplitShot Skimmer Transducer, fits Lowrance HOOK2 Fish Finders

Lowrance SplitShot Skimmer Transducer, fits Lowrance HOOK2 Fish Finders
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Fits - Lowrance HOOK² 5, 7, 9 and 12 inch Fish Finder models.
Multiple Views - SplitShot transducer gives you DownScan sonar (straight down) and CHIRP sonar (fish arch) views.
Wider Sonar Coverage - A wider sonar cone gives you double the coverage of traditional fish finders.
Easy to Install - A single transducer can be mounted on the transom, inside the hull, on the trolling motor or through a scupper hole.
Includes - Built-in temperature sensor.
You will cover more water in less time and find fish and structure more easily with splits hot 2-in-1 sonar. The splits hot Skimmer transducer features wide-angle, high CHIRP sonar, with double the sonar coverage of most fish finders, plus Down Scan Imaging with picture-like views of fish and fish-holding structure.

Top reviews from the United States

At least this one works...
I have had my Lowrance Hook2 5X fish finder for just over 2 years. I have the transducer mounted inside the hull of my 12 foot fishing kayak, and had no issues with it for about a year, then it started giving me erroneous readings (.5' in 8' to 15' deep water, as an example) or it would cycle thru all of the depth ranges continuously.
I don't fish that often, and thought maybe it was an error on my part, but it kept happening regardless of anything I did. (The unit also has Down Imaging, which worked perfectly thru all of this.
A couple of weeks ago, I was on the Lowrance website, and found reference to a manufacturing issue where transducers with a serial number lower than the one published acted in the manner that mine was. I contacted Lowrance, as my transducer was in the range if the faulty ones. After much back and forth, because 1. I didn't have my proof-of-purchase on an out-of-warranty unit, and 2 my transducer was mounted inside my hull, Lowrance refused to replace the transducer. Since a $75 transducer is cheaper than a $350 Humminbird unit, I bought this transducer to replace my faulty one. (The first thing I did was check the serial no LOL)
IT works GREAT! I glued it in (again, inside my hull) just prior to a recent trip to the lake and it performed flawlessly. Both the Sonar and Down Imaging showed the fish below my boat.
So, although I can recommend this piece as a replacement part, I won't recommend LOWRANCE as a company.