Thread: H.B. Greg

ezgo,
I will not post anything about the Lowrance unit as I do not have one, I have not run one and I just don’t get into the whole us versus them thing (though I will post to correct mis-information about our products). From what I heard though; the 597ci HD DI has additional sonar in the form of two conventional (or 2D) sonar beams and a higher resolution display. We have a great bunch of folks in our Customer Resources department. There are several of us that try and help with answering questions as well when we can.

Sorry but I gotta cut this short as I have a meeting in 3 minutes!

Originally Posted by Humminbird_Greg

ezgo,
I will not post anything about the Lowrance unit as I do not have one, I have not run one and I just don’t get into the whole us versus them thing (though I will post to correct mis-information about our products). From what I heard though; the 597ci HD DI has additional sonar in the form of two conventional (or 2D) sonar beams and a higher resolution display. We have a great bunch of folks in our Customer Resources department. There are several of us that try and help with answering questions as well when we can.

Sorry but I gotta cut this short as I have a meeting in 3 minutes!

Thanks for the info I get where your coming from with the us vs them thing, I am just trying to find a answer on what is a good fit to me. My post sounds harsh but I dont mean it that way. I am leaning real hard on the 597ci HD DI.

Hi Ezgo, The Humminbird 597 has sonar, GPS and Down Imaging. The comparable Lowrance Elite only has 2 of the 3. ie DI and mapping, sonar and Gps but not Sonar, GPS and Down imaging like the 597 unit you mentioned..

You also mentioned Customer Service as a point. Do a google search on both Humminbird Customer Service and Lowrance Customer Service and go from there. Not to mention you got Joby and Greg on here. Doug and myself pop in here as well to help however possible. If I can be of any help with questions or concerns shoot me a pm or email.

Mike

Originally Posted by ezgo

I want to ask a question, dont take it like I am bashing H.Bird or Lowrance. Now with all this talk on gps issues (the donut) with H.B. can you tell me why I should spend my money with H.B. and get 597ci HD DI instead of going with lowrances HDS series or ther Elite series with there DSI. I posted in the donut post how I am on the fence. I like the H.B. with DI but there is a voice in the back of my head saying stick with what you have which is Lowrance on my boat but neither has gps. What holds me back alot on the Lowrance is the complaining of the customer service. Like I said I am not bashing either company I am looking for help trying to pick a unit out. This is alot of money for me to spend on myself rather than my family. Thanks

Remember that the "Donut" is an easy fix by HB..it's simply a programming item...

HB will eventually fix the "Donut"...

HB is like any other big corporation....they have to know that their investment (paying programmers to write the correct code to eliminate the " Donut") will be offset by enough profits to make the investment change feasible...

That is why it is SO important to keep "Project HB Donut" alive and moving....

We are making noise that "the powers that be" at HB will hear and realize that HB is losing money to the competition because of a simple software fix...

Rickie (an almost satisfied HB owner)...

I did not take your post that way ezgo.
You should try and figure out what unit would work better for you. It would be best if you could spend on-water time doing this but that is not always possible. All you can do at this point is to try and understand how each units works given the information you can find and than decide which would work best for you.

I started the decision post. I think this post may have closed the deal for me on the 597 ci hd di combo. I'm going to give HB a shot.

Good sale Tmike! You are the man!

Dont feel bad, Jason has his moments...