Just another thought here, which I have been contemplating a whole lot lately. Everybody, including me, has always been Hung up one running one brand only on their boat. I've come to the conclusion that I'm just cheating myself by only doing that. If or when I decide to get another graph set up or piece one together the final outcome will be something like this: either 2 10" helix or 1 Helix and one hds 12 at the console, 1 Helix and 1 garmin up front. The helix units will network for gps. I will have the good down scan from lowrance, the mapping of birds, and panoptix for the Garmin. I know that's an expensive set up but it would be hard to beat.

I have never seen a Garmin in action, and I have owned Humminbird. But I choose Lowrance. Truth is they are all pretty close to the same.

I if I could use Garmin units for a few outings I would consider switching if I saw a benefit, like costs less, or they do something better then the others.

In my UNPROFESSIONAL and NON-SPONSORED opinion, Humminbirds are the best units, as well as the easiest.

I've been using hb. Never used any other. They are easy to use. si is good but di has never been good for me. I almost switched to lowrance because of the 2d. I just bought a helix with chirp so now my 2d is great. I'll stick with hb. I do think it is a chevy ford deal