Smart Gauges for Etec or Optimax

Evinrude does have a gauge that is comparable to the SmartCraft. I am not sure if it gives you all the data that the SmartCraft do though, seems to me they dont. I wouldnt own another boat that had the SmartCraft capability without at least a monitor and preferrably the full gauges. It tells you everything the engine is doing from temp, engine hours, water pressure, trim, fuel mileage, total fuel burnt, etc Nice little addition to the motors. Judd Lasiter

I-Command would be equal I would think? I bet it would be an expensive proposition to upgrade to all the guages at this point though. Champion Boats is also using a new “BIOS” type of guage that supposedly hooks up to most brands of engines that look purty good. Im with Judd, after having these SC1000 guages I am spoiled. http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum6/HTML/000951.html

Champion Boats is also using a new “BIOS” type of guage that supposedly hooks up to most brands of engines that look purty good. These gauges may be the worst in the industry in my opinion. Even the analog gauges that are Triton boats are head and shoulders above these. If youre a gauge watcher then its pretty hard to do without Smartcraft. Smartcraft will let you get a better handle on fuel economy. The best feature on the smartcraft gauge in my opinion is if you get an alarm you know imediately what to look at.

Wayne Not sure what engine you have, but Mercury Smartcraft for an Optimax should be well less than 1K turnkey.

The I Command series are made by Lowrance and are a NMEA gauge for many engines using that language. They are good set ups, though expensive. The Commander series is close to the SC style of read outs, though not nearly as voluminous. They do not have a comparable gauge to Mercury,a nd that is one of the weak areas because many boat companies use a lesser quality private label gauge. While we prefer to use the engine companies gauges, which are usually higher quality. BCB