What size base am I going to need for my new Garmins? 

https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/on-the-water/fishfindergpscombos/echomap-93sv/prod169429.html

 

I'm guessing I'll need the 11" plate but not positive if I can get away with a smaller one. Bad thing is I'm having a hard time finding a Ram mount with a 9" base (approximately the same width as the mount of the depthfinder), they're pretty much 6.5" or 11". Huge difference in price so if I could get away with a 6.5" would be great but I didn't spend the money on these units to beat them up in an undersized mount. 

Heavy duty 11" with the 2 1/4 ball

Heavy duty 11" with the 2 1/4 ball

That was the other thing I was just reading, that the 1.5" ball might now be big enough to hold it in place. What about the bent arm ones? I think I'm going to need one for my console unit because there's not really anywhere to mount it on the top of the console like I had in my old boat, but there's a small area on the side where I think I could mount one and let it swing out over the side of the boat. 

I have no experience with the swing arm mounts. Cisco makes a real nice mount for a similar price as the Ram     But it doesn't sound like it would work for you. Can you post a pic of the area you plan on installing it? 

I'd definitely mount it in the dash for the one at the console.

As far as the mount I have 1.5" mounts and they work fine on my 998 but not on the 1199.

Check out the Balzout mount also. It looks to be as adjustable as the RAM, but no rubber balls that can loose grip in rough water.

I'd definitely mount it in the dash for the one at the console.

As far as the mount I have 1.5" mounts and they work fine on my 998 but not on the 1199.

How would I put it in the dash?

surely Garmin makes a dash mount.

If my dash was like yours I'd definitely dash mount it.

surely Garmin makes a dash mount.

If my dash was like yours I'd definitely dash mount it.

You mean like in the cutout in the dash? There's not much area on the console to mount it.

No putting it on and taking it off everytime you get to the lake and no hitting it on tree limbs and would be easier to see and drive.

Yes remove the one that it came with and cut a bigger hole

You don't think it would fit? I don't know how big your units are are they about the size of a 999? Or is it bigger?

It's 11.3" and the one in the dash now is really small.

I went with the ram mounts with 2.25".....they hold my lowrance hds 7 touch and my hds 9 touch........I don't feel like they are overkill.......and those units don't move regardless of the wave pudding the boat gets.