opinions on dedicated DI units

Gents,
I think most agree that lowrance has the down image edge on units that have dedicated di vs humminbirds use of combining side scan to create a down scan view.
But who has the best purely dedicated down scan? I refer to units that do not have side image capabilities. ie lowrance elite 5 or 7 vs humminbird
858 ci or 788, 597 hd ci?

Ford v/s Chevy again. I have a bird DI unit and it works nicely for me. If Low would have had the new 7 inch di units when I was looking I would have given them a really good look.

I had an Elite 5 and was not impressed, I have seen some very good images from the Elite 7 though.

Lowrance!

elaborate !

There are many reasons in my opinion, but to make it simple. Do a search, read all the issues everyone besides a select few are having with the HB's.. Then see how many problems you find about the Lowrance. I had HB on my boats for years, from low to mid level graphs. Got tired of not getting what I wanted out of them, switched to Lowrance and wish I'd had done many dollars ago.

you get dual beam 2d as well as DI with the HB DI units.

If I were to get a dedicated DI unit I would seriously consider the 858 and use the DI wide transducer. That way you would still have the 83/200 2D.

If anyone has one set up like this I would like to hear some feedback about how you like it.

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Originally Posted by BobB

you get dual beam 2d as well as DI with the HB DI units.

If I were to get a dedicated DI unit I would seriously consider the 858 and use the DI wide transducer. That way you would still have the 83/200 2D.

If anyone has one set up like this I would like to hear some feedback about how you like it.

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I have the XTM 9 WIDE DI 20 T on my 1197c SI Combo...(but that's another story)...

:biggrin

Like Bob said...I would also agree...and suggest one use the DI xducer that has the 83/200kHz Dual Beam with a 858 DI or larger..

I still don't understand why HB put such "wimpy" small 2d cone angles in the XNT 9 DI T ...:dono

Rickie

http://i826.photobucket.com/albums/z...ps9732c0e0.jpg humminbird 597 hd/Di .If you can get some people to post pictures from comparable Lawrence units I've got many more 597 pictures to compare.(i also like to see those hds pictures pop up from Kentucky lake.i like comparing my 998 si to them

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Originally Posted by Locator79

There are many reasons in my opinion, but to make it simple. Do a search, read all the issues everyone besides a select few are having with the HB's.. Then see how many problems you find about the Lowrance. I had HB on my boats for years, from low to mid level graphs. Got tired of not getting what I wanted out of them, switched to Lowrance and wish I'd had done many dollars ago.

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