Garmin units are still a good value - especially if Panoptix may interest you in the future ... Just don't consider the newer bundled package units ...

The newer bundled package units are the only Garmin products affected by the Navico lawsuit against Garmin ... Garmin had to remove the dedicated DI piezo from any xducer bundled with a head unit (thus the inclusion of the ClearVu xducer in the bundled packages which the ClearVu xducer cannot even be purchased separately) ...

Consider a Garmin head unit ... And buy the GT xducer separate and you will have the dedicated DI piezo that was removed from the CV xducers in the bundled package units ...

Or contact the dealer of your choice and make them open the bundle package and verify that specific bundle package is older stock that includes the GT xducer ...

Rickie