04-03-2003, 05:38 AM
BLM,
I'm a big fan of Lowrance, So here's my two cents. I'd recommend the Lowrance X-97. I am inclined to stay away from the X-15 LCR only because I use my GPS unit outside of my boat. I have a Lowrance x-85, and I'm saving up for a new X-97 myself. It has basically the same sonar capabilities as the X-15 LCR, without the ability to record to MMC cards, and no GPS option. It's going for about $399.00 at Sportsman's Warehouse now. I would have already bought one by now, but I raided the toy fund a couple of weeks ago for a new Lowrance iFinder GPS unit.
I've had Lowrance flashers, (LFP250 and LFG250) an X-15 paper graph, a sitex paper graph. a Lowrance X-40, an X-50, an X-60, and now the X-85. The X-40 didn't have enough power, and I traded it back in after only about 2 hours of use. The X-50 had about the same sonar as all of the others, but each upgrade has had more pixels, and more menu options.
A friend of mine has the Garmin 240 and likes it. But the high end Lowrance units have 320 vertical pixels instead of 240. That means 33 percent better resolution.
Whatever you get, make SURE to get one that has 3,000 watts of peak to peak power. Anything less is just a depthfinder in my experience. There are a few out there, but Lowrnce ( the guys who brought sonar to the masses ) questions the method of measurement on some of the other units. Kinda like rating horsepower. Do you rate it at a certain RPM, a certain torque value, a certain speed, at the clutch, at the axel, or what?
That's what I think, what do the rest of you guys think?
Fishrmn
I'm a big fan of Lowrance, So here's my two cents. I'd recommend the Lowrance X-97. I am inclined to stay away from the X-15 LCR only because I use my GPS unit outside of my boat. I have a Lowrance x-85, and I'm saving up for a new X-97 myself. It has basically the same sonar capabilities as the X-15 LCR, without the ability to record to MMC cards, and no GPS option. It's going for about $399.00 at Sportsman's Warehouse now. I would have already bought one by now, but I raided the toy fund a couple of weeks ago for a new Lowrance iFinder GPS unit.
I've had Lowrance flashers, (LFP250 and LFG250) an X-15 paper graph, a sitex paper graph. a Lowrance X-40, an X-50, an X-60, and now the X-85. The X-40 didn't have enough power, and I traded it back in after only about 2 hours of use. The X-50 had about the same sonar as all of the others, but each upgrade has had more pixels, and more menu options.
A friend of mine has the Garmin 240 and likes it. But the high end Lowrance units have 320 vertical pixels instead of 240. That means 33 percent better resolution.
Whatever you get, make SURE to get one that has 3,000 watts of peak to peak power. Anything less is just a depthfinder in my experience. There are a few out there, but Lowrnce ( the guys who brought sonar to the masses ) questions the method of measurement on some of the other units. Kinda like rating horsepower. Do you rate it at a certain RPM, a certain torque value, a certain speed, at the clutch, at the axel, or what?
That's what I think, what do the rest of you guys think?
Fishrmn