FURUNO, RAYMARINE, OR GARMIN FF

[papacoolbreeze]

i have narrowed my search down to these last fishfinders furuno LS4100TM AND LS6100; garmin 340C AND 400C; raymarine DS400X AND DS500X. im leaning toward the LS6100 but am not sure. the RM DS500X is a little to expensive for what i want but maybe find a cheap one.all but one is under 400 dollars so you see my desired price range. but the furuno LS6100 will probably come out to be 400 dollars with the transducers. i am fishing in freshwater that goes up to 120 maybe if that.

any advice would be helpful from you guys with experiences with these ff.

thanks

[eyyeball]

I would get one of the color Garmin's before I would back down to a mono like the 6100.

[DriveJohnson]

I just purchased the 340c so I can't tell you how well it works yet. However, I can tell you Airborne is selling one on THT for a pretty reasonable price. I picked one up on Ebay (Dual Frequency) for $305...I think for a quality FF, you can't go wrong with that price. I am upgrading from a Garmin 240 Blue...

JJ

[papacoolbreeze]

thanks guys any advise on the raymarine or furuno

[eyyeball]

Go talk to Jim from BOE, he'll steer you were you need to be.

[timing]

papacoolbreeze - 12/28/2007 10:54 PMi have narrowed my search down to these last fishfinders furuno LS4100TM AND LS6100; garmin 340C AND 400C; raymarine DS400X AND DS500X. im leaning toward the LS6100 but am not sure. the RM DS500X is a little to expensive for what i want but maybe find a cheap one.all but one is under 400 dollars so you see my desired price range. but the furuno LS6100 will probably come out to be 400 dollars with the transducers. i am fishing in freshwater that goes up to 120 maybe if that. any advice would be helpful from you guys with experiences with these ff. thanks

Within that budget, might also want to consider a used Furuno FCV-600L.
That's what I did and overall very satisfied with it's performance.
There's one listed on THT trading dock at this time -
http://www.thehulltruth.com/forums/t...6&posts=15