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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?
if you ever try color you'll never go back. JMO.
What he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by wannabe fisherman
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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.
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Originally Posted by 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.Quote:
Originally Posted by csurp
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
Color is soooooo much easier to see on bright sunny days. I know I'll never go back to a monochrome unit.
Color is like night and day a big difference.
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 .
Color all the way,i have both but the b/w on gps is real hard to see whereas on color you can mark spots in red or green and make them stand out.on my b/w i have to put eye close to screen at times to see and go to that spot. As far as sonar having used b/w so long can interpret near about as good as color but again on sunny days still hard to see. I want to upgrade to another color someday.ofcoarse i have 2 color units if you count my 798 also but i like to keep it on si most of the time. Another thing with b/w gps is while riding down lake andlooking at gps for some of your way points is hard to spot whereas they will jump out on color by being a different color
If you fish new lakes often it's probally a good thing . I mainly fish two lakes that i have a lot of waypoints marked (hand held) that i can go to 80 % without a gps . I jig fish untill the middle of may . I will upgrade every 5yrs. Or so . This way i am paying about 50 % of what these units sell for . If you fish tournaments it's also an advantage to find fish faster . Finding fish is half the fun of fishing , so it's an individual thing i guess .Half the people that i know can't use a cheap ff properly . my partner is afraid of a computer/gps ect. his wife gave him a 1500 dollar depth finder for christmas and he has it for sell now . does not trust it because he want learn to use it .