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Originally Posted by WiseGuy
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Hey Guy ......... sorry but they aren't the same. Simrad owns Lowrance and Lowrance owns Eagle. Simrad offers the top end DF/GPS/Radar that is used on the professional boats and ships, Lowrance is the next down in theri line and Eagle is the low end. Don't get me wrong, the Eagles are good units and I have had several of them but the Lowrance usually has double the power of the comparable Eagles and usually a higher pixel count and sometimes a larger screen. THe chart that you showed from Cabelas does not show the RMS or Peak to Peak power. THis is what gives you the accuracy and sensitivity. Eagles range from 1500 - 4000 Watts and pixel counts to 640x480, Lowrance is usually 2400-8000W and pixel count to 800x600 with a screen double the largest Eagle.
I've been out fishing before showing fish and my buddy wasn't showing anything. If I didn't have the Lowrance with more power, we wouldn't have been on fish ....... we would have passed right by.
With depthfinders everyone has their preference my only advice is to buy the best you can comfortably afford and learn how to use it because it will make the difference on those days where fish are hard to come by.