Came down to Lowrance and Garmin for me. I compared the 2 for about a month, and it came down to money for me. If I bought the Garmin I would have ended up spending a lot more to upgrade to the Panoptix.
I really like the Lowrance and the Active Imaging looks great, I have a buddy that has it on his boat and it is awesome, also I could read the Hook I took off pretty well and had good luck while using it. The FishReveal is also a neat feature that I look forward to playing with.