I am thinking of upgrading my plain old Lowrance locator and Garmin handheld GPS with one of the new combination units on my big boat. I've always used Lowrance products, with the exception of a ID-1 Humminbird I bought when LCDs first came out. But the horror stories I have heard about Lowrance service these days has me wondering if I shouldn't go a different direction. I've been reading up on the different products and also have read several reviews and to be hnest, it almost sounds like they all suck. The reviews typically are either five stars if the customer has never had any problems at all or they are one star if they've had to call anybody's customer service for anything at all.

Thought i'd ask the knowledgeable folks here what they thought. So my question is, what forum do those guys hang out in?

No seriously, let me know if you've had any experience with the newer products with Structure Scan, HD screens and so forth and if you had to do it again what you'd do differently.

BKB