Eagle 1000

[merseybluenose]

Looking to upgrade from my setup (humminbird 141 colour sounder and lowrance hand held gps) to a combo unit. A good friend of mine has recently upgraded his setup and has offered me first dibs on his eagle 1000 fish strike gps/sounder combo (colour 5" screen) for around $400. Although secondhand I'm sure of the electronics being sound just wanted to know some more details on whether this sounds like a good deal and whether the unit itself is worth going for or should I consider another unit (e.g. I've heard good things about the garmin 441s combo unit for around the same price)........over to you lads!

[merseybluenose]

From a further look online and judging by the lack of replies seems like a pretty old product.........point taken.

[tunaticer]

The Garmin 551 combo is regularly on special for the $700 mark....much better display and probably better specs number of waypoints storage etc. Lowrance Elite 5 series are about 100 dearer and good bits of kit from reports.