Quote Originally Posted by crappie_dan View Post
Well, I just found an hds-7 insight bundle with structure scan for $1410 plus lowrance is still offering a $200 rebate on that unit. Thats prob going to be about $700 cheaper than the 8. Is an inch of screen worth 700 bucks?
Well that is up to you to decide. To me it was and I have no regrets. I think the actual for a 7 is 6.4" vs an 8 which is 8". I'm not that good at math but isn't that like 25% bigger or is that 20% bigger. Size does matter.

I just turned 60 so I figured this is probably my last big switch (I said that last time too) so why not get the bigger unit. My eyes aren't getting any younger and I won't be able to stretch the screen later. There are a lot of guys on here who later upgraded smaller units for larger screens. (Both brands)

There's more to it than just the 1.6" of screen size. My eyes are getting older so bigger is better in that respect. Remember there are the soft key's for adjustments too those are nice. You also have the option of 4 screens vs 2 if that's important to you.

I got to say, I went through all this when I was looking too. Virtually everyone I talked to said the same thing "buy the biggest screen you can afford" I figured since everyone said it, it would be cheaper in the long run than buying 2 units...but I did that anyway.