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Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Sinkey] #14618774 02/03/23 02:46 AM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa... S SteezMacQueen TFF Guru
SteezMacQueen TFF Guru S Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa...	Originally Posted by Sinkey I will be adding either the bird mega 360 or Ghost 360. I’m running all Lowrance and ghost tm so still doing my research on the ghost 360. I just don’t want a lot of clutter up front. Been thinking of trading my Garmin in on an another Lowrance unit and running AT. But still questioning that even. I have the software update to do it. But it has to have the AT transducer in perspective mount/mode for it to work. Then you’d have to constantly be rearranging the mount back to forward to fish. Kinda gimmicky if that’s a good word for it. Eat. Sleep. Fish.

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Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Lynn] #14618779 02/03/23 02:48 AM
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,081 Frisco, TX. and Lake Fork Sinkey Tidy Scoop
Sinkey Tidy Scoop Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 7,081 Frisco, TX. and Lake Fork	Originally Posted by Lynn Sinkey, I've been in several people's boats with Ghost 360 and based on what I've seen and their comments, I wouldn't recommend. You can not use the 360 if the trolling motor is engaged (can't anchor or move the foot pedal, if you do, the 360 automatically pauses). Not sure if you knew that or not but wanted to make sure you knew before you purchased. The people that have gotten them that I've worked with did not know that tidbit of info. Lynn That’s what I heard Lynn. That’s what’s got me looking at the mega 360. I know it has great reviews. Just didn’t want to add another unit up front. But may do that and got to Lowrance AT on my existing unit now. www.mercurymarine.com www.lftlures.com

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Sinkey] #14618786 02/03/23 02:54 AM
Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,169 Fort Worth, TX Lynn Extreme Angler
Lynn Extreme Angler Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 1,169 Fort Worth, TX	Originally Posted by Sinkey Originally Posted by Lynn Sinkey, I've been in several people's boats with Ghost 360 and based on what I've seen and their comments, I wouldn't recommend. You can not use the 360 if the trolling motor is engaged (can't anchor or move the foot pedal, if you do, the 360 automatically pauses). Not sure if you knew that or not but wanted to make sure you knew before you purchased. The people that have gotten them that I've worked with did not know that tidbit of info. Lynn That’s what I heard Lynn. That’s what’s got me looking at the mega 360. I know it has great reviews. Just didn’t want to add another unit up front. But may do that and got to Lowrance AT on my existing unit now. In my opinion, Mega 360 with either AT 2 or LVS 34 is the way to go. Mega 360 to help find structure and cover, FFS to determine if there are fish on it. If you need help getting them tuned once they're installed, give me a shout.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: SteezMacQueen] #14618787 02/03/23 02:54 AM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne G grout-scout TFF Guru
grout-scout TFF Guru G Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne	Originally Posted by SteezMacQueen Originally Posted by Sinkey I will be adding either the bird mega 360 or Ghost 360. I’m running all Lowrance and ghost tm so still doing my research on the ghost 360. I just don’t want a lot of clutter up front. Been thinking of trading my Garmin in on an another Lowrance unit and running AT. But still questioning that even. I have the software update to do it. But it has to have the AT transducer in perspective mount/mode for it to work. Then you’d have to constantly be rearranging the mount back to forward to fish. Kinda gimmicky if that’s a good word for it. That’s something different Steez, this is using the ghost 3-1 nosecone to make 360 images. It uses side image for its picture. My graph won’t let me use the AT while in 360 scan mode, it’ll lock the graph up.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Russell Marine Products] #14618859 02/03/23 04:29 AM
Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,025 Sand hills 2 21elite Extreme Angler
21elite Extreme Angler 2 Joined: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,025 Sand hills	AT 2 all the way

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: grout-scout] #14619010 02/03/23 01:35 PM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,104 Southlake, Texas Happykamper TFF Guru
Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,104 Southlake, Texas	Originally Posted by grout-scout Originally Posted by Happykamper I must be blind or not know what i am looking at, I could not tell a nickels worth of difference in the two. Have you used your AT very much? (I think you have it, I might be thinking of someone else) I have not used it a lot, I was just referring to the video where they had them side by side, I am not trying to imply that AT is as good or better, just did not see much difference in the comparison.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Russell Marine Products] #14619160 02/03/23 03:22 PM
Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 27,664 Temple, TX. T Bird TFF Guru
T Bird TFF Guru Joined: Mar 2010 Posts: 27,664 Temple, TX.	My eyes see a much better picture on the 34 vs. the AT. Okie by birth, Texan by choice. USAF "Thunderbirds" Alumni 1985-1989

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: grout-scout] #14619487 02/03/23 07:48 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa... S SteezMacQueen TFF Guru
SteezMacQueen TFF Guru S Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa...	Originally Posted by grout-scout Originally Posted by SteezMacQueen Originally Posted by Sinkey I will be adding either the bird mega 360 or Ghost 360. I’m running all Lowrance and ghost tm so still doing my research on the ghost 360. I just don’t want a lot of clutter up front. Been thinking of trading my Garmin in on an another Lowrance unit and running AT. But still questioning that even. I have the software update to do it. But it has to have the AT transducer in perspective mount/mode for it to work. Then you’d have to constantly be rearranging the mount back to forward to fish. Kinda gimmicky if that’s a good word for it. That’s something different Steez, this is using the ghost 3-1 nosecone to make 360 images. It uses side image for its picture. My graph won’t let me use the AT while in 360 scan mode, it’ll lock the graph up. That might explain a lot. Eat. Sleep. Fish.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Russell Marine Products] #14619515 02/03/23 08:18 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa... S SteezMacQueen TFF Guru
SteezMacQueen TFF Guru S Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa...	Honest question. Why would you test them both at factory default settings? You should have adjusted each to the best picture/returns possible. That would be a better comparison. After all, each has adjustable settings for a reason. Why show one, the other, both possibly not in their best respective settings. It was more a comparison of which company got lucky and had the best default setting for the lake that day. Eat. Sleep. Fish.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Russell Marine Products] #14619612 02/03/23 10:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne G grout-scout TFF Guru
grout-scout TFF Guru G Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne	Yep, I agree, show the world the best they can make it. The AT doesn’t have much more to offer though.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: grout-scout] #14619617 02/03/23 10:56 PM
Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa... S SteezMacQueen TFF Guru
SteezMacQueen TFF Guru S Joined: Nov 2014 Posts: 25,768 Red Oak, Galveston, and Pagosa...	Originally Posted by grout-scout Yep, I agree, show the world the best they can make it. The AT doesn’t have much more to offer though. Then they should have made it an AT2 beat down! There has to be a winner in everything. The world ain’t that easy. Eat. Sleep. Fish.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: SteezMacQueen] #14619630 02/03/23 11:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne G grout-scout TFF Guru
grout-scout TFF Guru G Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 17,229 Boerne	Originally Posted by SteezMacQueen Originally Posted by grout-scout Yep, I agree, show the world the best they can make it. The AT doesn’t have much more to offer though. Then they should have made it an AT2 beat down! There has to be a winner in everything. The world ain’t that easy. But they are salesmen.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: Russell Marine Products] #14619646 02/04/23 12:02 AM
Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 1,038 Lemoore, California K KnotTexan Extreme Angler
KnotTexan Extreme Angler K Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 1,038 Lemoore, California	Just a guess, I think that AT and ML have so much filtering built into their systems that there isn’t a lot of adjustability built into them and that’s the reason for all the movement and delays on the screen? Where LS gives you more raw data and more ability to adjust the filtering? But when you add the layers of filtering to LS you end up with the same jerky delayed screen as the other brands?

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: grout-scout] #14619649 02/04/23 12:07 AM
Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 1,038 Lemoore, California K KnotTexan Extreme Angler
KnotTexan Extreme Angler K Joined: Jul 2021 Posts: 1,038 Lemoore, California	Originally Posted by grout-scout Originally Posted by SteezMacQueen Originally Posted by grout-scout Yep, I agree, show the world the best they can make it. The AT doesn’t have much more to offer though. Then they should have made it an AT2 beat down! There has to be a winner in everything. The world ain’t that easy. But they are salesmen. They learned their lesson when HB spanked their pee pee when ML first came out? Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.

Re: Lowrance Active Target2 vs. Garmin LVS34 Comparison!! [Re: KnotTexan] #14619692 02/04/23 01:21 AM
Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,104 Southlake, Texas Happykamper TFF Guru
Happykamper TFF Guru Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 15,104 Southlake, Texas	Well some how or another that JJ guy is catching unheard of numbers of giant bass with AT, I guess if he had LS he would surely catch the world record, I just do not see that much difference but my eyes are 63 years old. I have had both units and I still cannot catch em for what thats worth .

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