I have always been a Lowrance man and did own a Garmin 682 several years ago that worked fine. I update to the Lowrance 527 two years ago and loved it. However, I recently installed a new Lowrance in my dad's boat and I must say, they screwed up a good thing. Functions and ease of use are not the same. The screen is nicer, but the actual running of the device to me is not as easy.
Now, while we are talking about it. I went out on a 31' Contender a few weeks ago and it was tricked out with a huge Garmin system. It will surely be the way I go in the future. This thing had a display the size of a small TV and everything was incorporated to the one screen - GPS, Sounder, Radar, Sirius Radio, and weather overlay. Very fine electronics package!
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