Quote Originally Posted by smokey View Post
I am looking at hummingbird for the first time . I can honestly say i have never been sea sick but sorting through whats on the market now is making me feel a little green. I really need some input on sidescan on the small screen. At this moment im leaning to the 778 i have a older garmin 180gps and if anyone can give advice on why i need gps in my finder i am all ears.In fact i am open to and will listen to any thoughts on any of the 500 and 700 series options and there actual values on the lake. so if anyone wanders in off the lake ... please share some thought
What do you want out of the unit...such as GPS or just a fishfinder? The 700 series are a great little unit, little pricier than the 500 series, but its still bang for the buck. I would recommend a 788 or 798, get something that has the down or side scan, its not a bad thing to have even on Lake Erie or other bodies of water. Hope that this helps, and check out lowrance.com or humminbird.com, both have similar units size wise and both have side/down imaging...it just comes down to price and what features you want.