Lowrance

As far as bottomfinding, display, and quality of resolution, i dont think you can beat the Lowrance color units. Im currently running the 27c, and 510c on my P4 and love them. May upgrade on my next boat to the 27c(or equivalent) on both units, with gps antennas on both, with the proper mapcards they are incredibly accurate, and the tracking feature makes the open water fishing i like to do much easier. I dont know how we ever did without these units ? I guess we used alot of marker bouys ! Ward even made the comment the other day of how great the new color units are in the resolution, and ease of use. Good luck, and there are alot of smarter users out there than me, but i am impressed with these units, D.

I aint skeered ! Also see the post about the Hummingbird 997 on this page !!! Make you glad to own a Lowrance ! D.

I put LCX 28C HD on the bow last year and it was well worth the expense. I thought the bigger unit up front would be too much, but I wouldnt be without it now. The display and resolution are great and combined with the gps and using split screen, deep structure fishing (which I do a lot of) has greatly improved. It is almost like cheating. Ive been using lowrance for 15 years, but these new units are a whole new animal. You wont regret the bigger screen. The only down side of having the unit up front is that there is always water off your line or reel or off a fish, spashing onto the screen and the color units are a bit hard to see when they get wet. You wont have that problem on the console. Good luck.

Thanks for the input. I really want the x28, well see………anybody want my rock and string depthfinder….only used on saturdays….cheap! BCC

Electronics are all the same whether it be computers or video games. As soon as you buy the latest greatest there will be something new come out. The good news is since Lowrance has offered the linking system they seem to be keeping the connections the same for a while. that has always been a hassle in the past, seems like every time they changed models they changed plugs also.

Yes, have heard it is about 599.00 Check three river marines web site. they have it there for that. Someone else may have it for less. You can put yourself on the waiting list. pant 2 BobLast edited by pant 2 on October 14th, 2009, 8:10 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Yes I went from a 520C to the HDS5 and had to make a larger hole for the HDS to even fit in there, and the rear mounting bracket is no longer used, just make sure its squared in the hole and use the screws to anchor the four corners in place I actually like this idea better, makes it harder for un trustworthy folks to get your unit out of the dash then the old style.