Deeper amplifier kit, increase the range
Deeper fishfinders were originally designed for shore fishing. But today, these Pro+ and Chirp+ Deeper fishfinders are versatile and highly effective because of their many accessories.
With the range booster kit, Deeper is targeting carp anglers who own bait boats. This kit allows you to use your Deeper sonar with a bait boat over a claimed range of 200 meters, 100 meters further than the basic range of the Deeper Pro+2 or Chirp+2.
What is the Deeper range booster kit for bait boats?
This is a kit that allows you to attach your Deeper to your bait boat while increasing its range with a wifi signal amplifier. It fits almost all bait boats and almost all smartphones on the market. All this without making any modifications to your bait boat and without using any tools.
Contents of the kit
The Deeper range booster kit for bait boats includes:
- 1 Wifi amplifier
- 1 holder for your smartphone and the amplifier
- 1 bait boat attachment arm to put the Deeper
- 1 safety cord
- 1 neoprene cover for the amplifier
- 1 USB cable to recharge the amplifier
- 2 stickers with plastic pins to fix the arm (and a cleaning wipe to degrease the surface to be glued)
The Wifi Signal Booster increases the range of the link between your smartphone and your Deeper. It has been specifically designed for use with bait boats. Its autonomy, thanks to its lithium ion battery of 3.8 V for 1300 mAh is about 14 hours, while its range is announced to 200 m. In addition, it recharges in 3 hours. This amplifier is waterproof (IP67) and operates in a temperature range from 0 ° C to 40 ° C. Its dimensions are 15 cm X 4.5 cm X 2 cm for a weight of 85 grams.
The smartphone and amplifier holder is a very practical clamp to hold your smartphone firmly and securely. It is fixed by screwing the female base on a tripod while the amplifier is screwed on the upper part of the rod. Note that the clamp rotates on each side on an angle of 135 degrees and spread from 5 cm to 8.5 cm. The rod, as for it, is flexible in order to give it the desired inclination. This support measures 20 cm X 3 cm X 4 cm for a weight of 84 grams.
The bait boat attachment arm allows you to attach your Deeper to the bait boat without modification or tools. The arm is telescoping to adjust the length to the waterline of the unit. The arm extends from 27 cm to 37 cm (overall) and weighs 114 grams.
In addition, this arm has two axes to adjust the waterline. The Deeper is mounted in a spherical base and is screwed from above. The fastening system is a scratch type with plastic pins which is placed on the one glued to the boat. This arm can therefore be adapted to all types of bait boats without the use of tools and without making any structural modifications.
The safety cord extends from 51 cm to 90 cm. It has a lanyard and clip to easily secure your Deeper to your bait boat.
The neoprene cover allows you to store your amplifier and to fix it to your tripod for example thanks to its incorporated scratch strap.
The charging cable is a magnetic USB cable. You will be able to connect it to a USB plug, a power bank, a suitcase battery, in order to recharge the amplifier.
The stickers type scratch with plastic pins are two. They measure 3 cm by 2.5 cm each. They hold the Deeper's mounting arm perfectly.
This Deeper range booster kit will allow you to turn your Deeper Pro+ or Chirp+ into a perfect bait boat sonar by increasing the range to 200 meters. The big advantage is that you don't have to use any tools and you don't have to modify your bait boat. In a second article, we'll discuss the installation of this range booster kit.
