Combo Plotter/Sounder units...

[AlexT]

I haven't seen the Lowrance for under $2k anywhere. The Furuno runs about $1.6k from what I have seen.

Granted, the Lowrance is probably the most modern, feature-packed unit, but I don't really need all that. As a fly fisherman sounders are of limited utility to me (don't fish deeper than 30' or so, and usually over/around obvious structure) so I don't want to pay for a bunch of functionality I'll never use.

While the Garmin unit looks good, I kinda like the horizontal screen of the Furuno; when you split the screen you have two vertical side by side areas instead of two horizontal stacked ones, which seems more useful and readable.