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Craig
I agree with Chris ..... Direct sunlight will wash them all out. Your T-top will help a lot. I don’t know much about the Lowrance (except that I have an old thermal recorder that was a good unit in its day) and have heard favorable of the newer stuff. I see mostly Furuno stuff up here ... Its the stuff the big boys use ... I'm Biased as I grew up using Furuno ....

Chris …we may need to discuss the Furuno / Lowrance thing over a beer !!! [img]/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

I will say that I have seen the 600 and the 582 running side by side in direct sunlight in Consumers showroom and the 582 did much better (I don’t know if the screen could have been adjusted to show more contrast) Grant you the 582 is almost twice as much as the 600 .... the x-18 color $800-900??

If you've got other questions or want other opinions I would call Consumer Marine .... several of the salesmen were/are boat Captains and seem to give every unit its due when appropriate … they have said stay away from this or I like that ....Plus with the boat shows running their already good prices are discounted even more... buy from them during the AC show or the Miami show (even over the phone ) Both in Feb. [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Wouldn’t hurt to see what kind of prices they are offering up ….. Good luck !!!