Wow. Nice pics

Never used live scope but do have the 360 and it was a big factor in the tournament I just won. Being able to know where the brush is at without using a marker and being able to see where the fish where on the brush was key

I fish brushpiles alot and am trying do decide on the 360 or Panoptics. ???

When I�m spot-locked down and have my 360 on, I don�t have to worry about which way the transducer is pointing. It�s always pointing the same way. I don�t believe that�s the case with livescope as the transducer is mounted differently. I could be wrong though.

I actually own and use both. I am not nearly as capable of getting the pristine 360 images that Wayne P is able to dial in despite having in person lessons with Wayne. He is truly a master. Even so, I get images that make it crystal clear where I need to cast.

With the LiveScope, seeing the fish actually move around is addictive. It feels like I�m cheating; however, at least for me, seeing them swim around hasn�t translated into more bass boated.

I think that a crappie guy would want LiveScope over 360; but for me, because I just chase the green fish, I would chose 360 over the LiveScope if I could only chose one.

Thanks

I've had 360 a few years and would not go without it. Fishing grass and brush piles much more efficiently and seeing targets that would be missed.
Friend showed me video of him puling crappie out of a brush pile on Garmin LiveScope and that looks amazing but I don't have it. At least not yet.

What's the best unit to get if your just using it for 360?

I'm sure you've heard this before, but I'd say the biggest screen you can afford. It's more important for the 360 than side-imaging for two reasons; 1) the circular, or half circular, image of the 360 doesn't fit well inside a rectangular screen so its view is naturally smaller than your side-image view. 2) you'll be standing looking down at the 360, not shoving your face inches from the screen like you can in the driver seat.

For functionality, I see little benefit in a Solix 10/12 over a Helix 10/12. However, there is, obviously, a huge difference when you go up to the Solix 15 simply for the much larger screen, but that's a massive jump in price and amp draw too.

If you just want it for 360 and 360 only, price wise a Gen 1 helix 12 sonar/gps( if you can find one) or any helix 12 would be best and least expensive route. You can plug the 360 directly to the Ethernet port.

I agree with everything said here, Helix is perfectly fine to dedicate for 360, and there is no need to get a mega unit for it. The only note I will add is that if you have a case of the OCD like myself then the more square shape of a Solix fits that circle image a little more attractively, plus marking a waypoint is step faster with the Solix.

Your OCD must be broken-----the SOLIX and Helix have the same rectangular 16:9 ratio display.

The 1100 series and ONIX have the more square display shape of 4:3 ratio.

Love mine. Had it for a year or so paired with a Helix 12 up front.

I have a helix 10 upfront and a 12 at the console. I also have the ulterra so I can deploy the tm while in the driver's seat and drive around while watching the 360 but even when I go up and am look 6-10 feet away it works great on the 10" screen. If you only want to see forward there is a setting that moves the circle down and only shows a little more than the upper half of the circle which helps a bit. I can't get mine dialed in as well as Wayne so I'm not looking specifically for fish, I am looking for submerged structure. If i see fish that's just a bonus.

I like the panoptics and it looks cool but it is going to point in a certain direction unless you do something different for mounting and then you have to manually sweep it to search. I like that the 360 is always sweeping so I just fish and glance down. If I want to key in on a brush pile, I can then set it to just sweep back and forth in that cone to get a quicker refresh rather than waiting for it to make the 360 turn but I rarely ever feel that is needed.