LOWRANCE
Each has an advantage: the Bird wins on side imaging, but Lowrance's down imaging is far superior. I prefer Lowrance personally though and will be going with their Gen 3s here soon.
what are the pro and cons for both
I am a Humminbird guy. Much easier to use. You don't have to push four different tabs just to go from mapping to side imaging etc. I think both work great. As bass guys we don't really use the units as demanding as saltwater guys. Much shallower depths. Humminbird customer service beats Lowrance hands down. I had a Lowrance before I bought my Birds and the negative interaction with their customer service department made me switch. I vowed to never use Lowrance again. Humminbird also has a program called Humminbird select if you buy the bigger units that provides a special customer service number that is very easy to get ahold of a real person. Humminbird also had a a transducer trade in service when you buy new. If the tranducer provided is not the one you need, i.e. transom mount comes in box and want puck, they will send you the right one for free and you send the other one back to them. Plus Humminbird has 360. A fantastic upgrade and my next purchase. The new Helix are a good choice.
Each has an advantage: the Bird wins on side imaging
I am a Humminbird guy. Much easier to use. You don't have to push four different tabs just to go from mapping to side imaging etc. I think both work great. As bass guys we don't really use the units as demanding as saltwater guys. Much shallower depths. Humminbird customer service beats Lowrance hands down. I had a Lowrance before I bought my Birds and the negative interaction with their customer service department made me switch. I vowed to never use Lowrance again. Humminbird also has a program called Humminbird select if you buy the bigger units that provides a special customer service number that is very easy to get ahold of a real person. Humminbird also had a a transducer trade in service when you buy new. If the tranducer provided is not the one you need, i.e. transom mount comes in box and want puck, they will send you the right one for free and you send the other one back to them. Plus Humminbird has 360. A fantastic upgrade and my next purchase. The new Helix are a good choice.
I have had both and each do some things better than the other. Humminbird IMO has a better sidescan than lowrance. I first owned a 898 and would drive around sammamish just scanning for hard bottom and when I bought a hds 8 I did the same thing and many places I had marked with the humminbird looked way less defined. As far as 2d the humminbird has suitable 2d sonar, but lowrance just looks alot crisper. I mean you can still see a drop shot fall to 60ft on each one, but the lowrance just looks cleaner to me. Both now have heading sensor GPS pucks and the ability to link together like Ron said which is essential if you use side imaging to mark waypoints while idling. With all of that said I run 1198 and 1158 humminbirds on my boat now and have been happy with the way they perform. Not sure if lowrance has them but humminbird has preset quick page buttons which I absolutely love. I did alot of research before I went back to humminbird and one thing is for sure all brands will underperform unless they are installed correctly.
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