Lowrance Hds 5 Or Elite 5 Gps

[stratos]

looking at these two units looking for everybody's opinion on the two. thanks

[Dutch]

My suggestion is take a look at the units and see what they can do as stand alone and decide for positive if or not you will be wanting to add something or network in the future.

As far as I know the elite is a stand alone unit and can not be networked to anything else. The really good thing is it has the down scan which is the way of the future.

I have down scan and use it instead of 2d sonar most of the time. However, I like to have both so I can see what differences there are in the screens.

He hds unit is a 2d sonar with gps and has to have an lss1 unit added to it to make down scan but then you also get 2d sonar and side scan when the lss1 is added.

I opted for the hds unit and saved my bones for the lss1 that way I feel I have the best of both worlds.

Either will be a good unit it is just a matter of what you want to end up with and how much you want to spend. I recommend you think this thing through as I see so many guys who jump into a unit fish with it a few months and decide they made a mistake so the sell theirs for a considerable loss and go off to another one.

[Sore Thumbs]

I would get the HDS 5 just in case you decide to buy the side imaging unit later.

[stratos]

Thanks everyone went with the hds 5