woodsy13 wrote: have recently been through this myself. my preference was down to furuno 1870 vs Garmin. Ended up going Garmin Echomap 720dv. Awesome unit this, charts are great, sounder is awesome (downvu is something else!) and has chirp capability too. touchscreen is the biggest revelation for me. so easy and so much quicker to use. will never go back. Also has good usability on the PC with copying maps into Garmin software, inputting waypoints and making routes from the computer. pretty choice. anyway, my 2c. cheers. |
mmmm... wrote: The gp1870 has 1kw max output for a 1kw transducer. Should be good for deep water. Any reason it wouldn't be as good as a furuno fcv 587? Seems to have same features plus you get gps. |
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