Side by side the Garmin is better to use and clearer screen, despite the technical deficit of pixels. But in terms of the sonar, what do you reckon. The Garmin has bottom lock, the Lowrance does not. They are both 400w RMS and both dual freq, same frequency.

Any thoughts on sounder ability between the 2?

Cheers all.

PS. A lot of personalities (TV) use Lowrance and the fishing prog on today was sponsored by same, but the guys I have spoken to who sell both say that Lowrance give the things to the pros and thats where a lot of that comes from. Its amazing how much the subtle and not so subtle advertising makes people think things must be good and then spread talk about that without first hand knowledge and first hand comparrisions.