Depth finder reccomendations...

[CRANKSTER]

Hey fellas, I'm looking for reccomendations on a good depth finder.  It will be going on my 14' project jon boat.  I really don't need anything fancy, and I've got around $200 to spend on one. just wandering what you fellas would reccomend. 

[Goose52]

I've been studying up, reading reviews, and am getting ready to order a $200 price range unit myself. My choice looks like it's going to be the Humminbird 570 - big screen, dual beam (20/60deg), and highest vertical resolution in it's class. Not a lot of reviews available on the 570 unit, but it's a follow-on to the Humminbird 565 and the 565 seemed to have good reviews and some recommendations by folks on this board.

[burleytog]

Humminbird 570 offers more resolution than any other graph at that price point.

[donmac]

For $109 on clearance I think the Eagle 320 is the best bang for the buck right now. I just bought one for the bow of a project boat I'm working on.

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0075359016155a&navCount=2&podId=0075359&parentId=cat21448&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=cat601812_feat&catalogCode=OG&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat21448&hasJS=true

[CRANKSTER]

I hate making decisions lol.  Have any of you know about the Garmin 160C?  It's on sale at wally world for $164.   Looks cool with the color display.

[Wayne P.]

You will give up a lot of screen resolution for that "cool" color screen. It only has 128 vertical pixels. 

The Eagle 320 has 320 vertical pixels and the HB 570 has 640 vertical pixels.

[CRANKSTER]

Thanks for pointing that out.  I didn't even notice that.