humminbird or lowrance

[cohoho]

Got me looking at Hummingbird also.  I only had the Elite-5 DSI due to having my older Garmin ripped off.  Now that I had the DSI, I want it or something similar again as regular Sonar is basic for me for what I would utilize the DSI stuff for.  Might be going to play with both sets here in a few days and see what would suit me best.  I do like the option of upgrading but doubt I'd ever do that, but maybe-- right...

[C-Money]

Both are great.....I like humminbird. Even the cheaper ones are excellent!

[trippledigitss]

I pretty much had my mind made up on a Lowrance DSI 5 Elite and now after reading this I'm thinking I should look at the Humminbird's a bit more.... I want to upgrade from my current Lowrance FishMark 320 to a better unit with GPS but stay under the 7hun range.

[PolarBear]

In all honesty, both are great units from great companies.  Just go to a store, play with both and whichever jumps out at you buy it.

[Wacenturion]

In all honesty, both are great units from great companies.  Just go to a store, play with both and whichever jumps out at you buy it.

Agree to a point...both are great units.  Becomes a personal choice as far as features, looks etc.  However if the unit stops working, then customer service is paramount.  Again that's where Lowrance falls down.

I took the following off another board that I remembered from a couple months ago.  Notice all three support numbers for customer service are the same.  Navico is an off shore company that bought out Lowrance.  That's about when their customer service went even further south.  The following information would be enough to make me avoid buying anything from Lowrance.  For what it's worth.

From another forum...............
Navico is Lowrance Simrad. and Northstar. All the same support.
Crappy. And garmin in no better. Stay with Furuno.
I googled each brand. and looked up thier support number
here is what I found.
Simrad 1-800-628-4487
Lowrance 1-800-628-4487
Northstar 1-800-628-4487.