Lowrance vs Hummingbird

[14gills]

Ok I have a huge question and need some serious experienced fishermens advice.

I am looking fo a fish finder sonar plotter down scan. I am stuck between lowrance 7 chirp and hummingbird 859c ds. I was at cabellas today looking at both and the down scan on the bird was way way better then the lowrance. I was shocked because the lowrance was the new chirp and the bird was not chirp.

This will be my first and prolly last finder I buy so I need serious feed back with which one to go with and why. Pleas tell me why go with one vs the other.
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[fsh4fun05]

They are both good finders and downscan/sidescan. I am more of a Lowrance guy because that is what I'm used to but Birds are up there as well. It's like asking who has the best football team or what is the best car.
Don't rely on what you see in the store, real world images are where it's at. You have to learn how to read them and then you can interpret them much better. The downscan on HDS' is incredible and it's not CHIRP, that really only helps in deeper water.
Good luck!
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