Fish finder/ chart plotter recomendation.

[hhack]

Solix with SI

[PolarBear]

40+ years using every brand of sonar in fresh & salt, pleasure and commercial use and dozens of units. Lowrance is the only brand that NEVER let me down. Humminbird would be second choice. Garmin would farther down the line. Lowrance owns and developed most of the technology that the others use. 

[PolarBear]

Honestly all the major Brands are competitive. It comes down to what your comfortable with and price point..lowrance is good especially when you add in side scan features. Raymarine, Garmin are also just as good. For me personally I'm running simrad nss Evo series. I have a 12" at the helm linked to a 7" at the rear helm. I love the functionality and ease of use. But I also fish deep saltwater mostly and look for life in 300-600 ft of water. That's where the transducer plays just as big a role. I'm running airmar 150 chirp. I can pick apart fish from bait at crazy depths.

It all comes down to budget and how important a really good system is to you finding fish.

Myself and everyone I know have had nothing but problems with lowrance units. I feel mos reconsider them to be bottom of the barrel in quality.

 

[MADMAX]

Garmin
User friendly