Customer Dissatisfaction With The Humminbird SmartCast RF-35 Wrist Mount Fishfinder With RSS

Sometimes smaller is better when it comes to electronics. Think back to the first cell phones. They were huge bricks that required you to carry around a case for the battery! Today's shopper wants things that are easily portable and easy to use. They do not want huge, bulky items. That is the thought behind the Humminbird SmartCast RF-35 Wrist Mount Fishfinder with RSS. Though the name is a mouthful, the actual device is very small.

The Humminbird SmartCast RF-35 Wrist Mount Fishfinder with RSS is basically a watch that you wear along with a sonar buoy you cast out. The sonar buoy, which resembles a neon duck or a kid's bath toy, sends back readings of the water bed and all the fish within range. The range is 75 feet with a depth of up to 125 feet. All you have to do then is look at the watch. Sounds pretty great right? Well it really is not that great.

Unfortunately, the SmartCast RF-35 Wrist Mount Fishfinder falls to the bottom in user satisfaction. Every single user of this fish finder has had the same general complaint. It does not last and is not sturdy. One user even had trouble turning it off and could only do so by removing the battery. The solution by customer service was to remove the battery. That is not a big help considering each time the person did so, they would have to reprogram the watch. Others complained that the fish finder stopped working completely and that the six month warranty barely covered it. And if you are out of the six month warranty...forget about getting it replaced.

Though the Humminbird SmartCast RF-35 Wrist Mount Fishfinder with RSS is a technological marvel that seems to be something out of a James Bond movie, it simply is not worth the price of $100. It may not seem a lot to pay but there are other good fish finders on the market, although they may be bigger and bulkier, that can do the job for you without having to worry about it breaking or refusing to turn off. This is definitely one product you should avoid buying if you are in the market for a good fish finder.