Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - ECHOMAP Chartplotter GPS UHD2 53cv with transducer - Black
Average customer rating
3.6
(18 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 18 reviews
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Customer Reviews for Garmin - ECHOMAP Chartplotter GPS UHD2 53cv with transducer - Black
Customer Rating
5
Find me fish.
on October 16, 2026
Posted by: Kayak pilot.
Great unit! The transducer was motivation for this purchase. It’s tiny! I’m a Garmin person and I targeted the company for my second fish finder for my new kayak. The new kayak is a Stealth Kayak Fisha500 and the transducer cubby hole is limited in real estate. Install was easy, and it wired up perfectly. I need compact unit w mapping and this is perfect. My other Garmin has a touchscreen so I keep touching the 53’s screen hoping for results. Nope! I’ll figure out how to navigate the menu soon. It’s intuitive. I installed and formatted my Active Captain card easily and updated the unit with my charts.
Garmin. Talking to you. So many fish finder finding their way onto kayaks. How about Kayak edition units with shorter transducer cords? Save money, save resources and save me zip ties tucking away excess cords. Hope this gets to you.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Quality product!
on September 22, 2026
Posted by: Fast Boat
I have run my new EchoMap for about 12 hours now and it has already proven to be a huge benefit to my operation of the boat. Outstanding charting, depth sounding and presentation spot on, I couldn’t be happier with this product. I appreciate my EchoMap and all its capabilities. Thank you, Garmin!
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
on September 20, 2026
Posted by: Black gold
Would like it better if it would give more shallow depth readings. This is a small unit for a small boat that goes in shallow water but not useful because of the lack of depth readings
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Excellent little unit
on August 31, 2026
Posted by: Tablerocked
Aside from the screen size, I think this is a very high-quality unit. As an electrical and RF engineer, the resolution and build quality appears excellent. The menu system is logically laid out and easy to learn. The ability to update firmware and maps is also extremely easy. I would’ve preferred the unit to accept larger microSD cards as well as those formatted NTFS.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
4
Useful
on August 26, 2026
Posted by: Boater4321
I have used this on 2 boating trips so far. It appears to be very accurate and useful when navigating unfamiliar waters.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
1
No AIS
on August 14, 2026
Posted by: CaptJack404
This model does NOT support AIS from the VHF. do not buy it. The difference in the model name was not identified at the time of sale. I bought it from the Garmin website.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
Three strikes and you are out
on August 3, 2026
Posted by: Strike 2
I bought this unit about 3 years ago. This is the third one. Two were returned and have been replaced. If this one fails like the others did I will request a full refund.
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
2
on July 29, 2026
Posted by: Fatty
Very difficult to pair with I phone app & impossible to connect with WiFi .
Seems as though the device has a lot of useful applications but not user friendly if you’re a novice .
Seems as though the device has a lot of useful applications but not user friendly if you’re a novice .
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin