I agree...for 5 bills either of those lowrance units would be great. I like the lowrance/eagle stuff myself...others the humminbird.

If you want to play with the lowrance eagle stuff you can download emulators of whatever your looking at and actually see what you would be getting....its alot like the simulator function on each of the units but you can play with them on your computer. Then you can compare to the functionabilty and options of what YOU need compared to what you want to spend. Humminbird does not have these but they are neat to play with and will give you a better idea than just screen shots...kind of a try before you buy deal.

Eagle:

Product Emulators | Eagle


Lowrance:

Product Emulators | Lowrance


just download the ones you want to check out...then play with them to your hearts content...change settings, push buttons...look at color vs. b/w...anything you want. Hope this helps...I know how hard it can be sometimes...I just did what you talked about with a washing machine....I will research something to death...lol. good luck!