Quote Originally Posted by bluethunder View Post
I was under the impression that the Lowrance updates were free on the down imaging units but not the si units. If not that will play a pretty big part in my decision. One thing that I am looking at is the TM transducer for a HB is $167 and the Lowrance transducer is $65.

You can go to the Lowrance download site and down load all updates for any unit and you do not have to register your unit to do so. Free.

I don't know where this charge (fee) for updates started, but it is bull.