Black/White vs Color Fish Finders

[whitten1823]

I'm wondering what FF anglers think the advantages/disadvantages are of using both. I've learned about the color FF that the darker the red of the bottom means it's a harder bottom, such as clay. I have a 365i GPS?FF Combo Humminbird and the darker the grey/black means the harder bottom. Would it be an advantage to upgrade to a color FF?

[wannabe fisherman]

if you ever try color you'll never go back. JMO.

[crappie4me2]

if you ever try color you'll never go back. JMO.

What he said.

[panfish angler]

What he said X2

[crappiemax]

I don't know, I kind of skipped the whole color thing until I upgraded to a HDS unit.
If you already have a good grasp of what you're looking at w/ B&W, I don't think color would matter that much.

[csurp]

I don't know, I kind of skipped the whole color thing until I upgraded to a HDS unit.
If you already have a good grasp of what you're looking at w/ B&W, I don't think color would matter that much.

Have to disagree...a good grasp of B/W prepares you to take the next step into color...there is so much more there to learn...consider it graduate school.

[crappiemax]

Have to disagree...a good grasp of B/W prepares you to take the next step into color...there is so much more there to learn...consider it graduate school.

I dunno, I (and alot others) caught fish with flashers, then we caught fish w/B&W locators and now we catch fish with color, SI DI or whatever.
The units are just tools, 2 people using the same unit could get different results. A lot depends on the user. I'd rather have a good B&W than a cheap color.
Just sayin

[gabowman]

Color is soooooo much easier to see on bright sunny days. I know I'll never go back to a monochrome unit.

[fireman1501]

Color is like night and day a big difference.

[Tracy Swanson]

i have both on my boat up front i have the color and at the helm i have b/w. i also still have 5 lowrance blue water flashers 2 1510 paper grafts 3 1510 b 2 x15 1sitex and love the way they print. and all still work fine its getting harder to fine belts and paper for them although i have a lot for the lowrances the sitex almost inpossible like a dinosaur fossil if you find a roll of sitex paper its like winning the power ball lottery .man f/fers have come a long long ways sens 70s i was running the paper all the way up maybe 2005 and it was fun to pull to the dock after a day on the water and some one would ask me whats that big tv looking thing on your boat i would tell them its a paper graft and they would say never seen one is it some thing new yep where you get it basspro shopp got them and wal mart got them to .