Need help choosing one of these finders!!

[rspd507]

Ok Guys,
Winthin the next few months im going to be purchasing a new fish finder. The one I have was a Eagle Fish easy 2. I never had much success using it and didnt like it due to not reading the bottom structure like I would like to see it. Im gonna be able to spend about $500.00 dollars and have narrowed my search down to these two models. First is the Lowrance x135 Power Pro sonar which has high peak power (4000)($399.00) but is black and white background. The second unit is the Lowrance x510 Color Sonar. This unit has less peak power (2400)($499.99) but has the color screen. Both of these are available at Bass Pro Shop and can be viewed on there website.

Now what id like some of you experts to do is please take a look at these units and compare them and let me know what you think of them and how they would work. What I am really looking for here is a unit that shows the bottom structure, making it more easy for me to determine what type of bottom im looking at and of course the best of the two for locating fish, preferably catfish. I realize it will take some getting used to with any unit to get familiar with how it reads but also im sure some types of units are easier to use than others.

Both the units ive mentioned has the same pixels 480x480 but the one has alot higher peak to peak power. Im not exactly sure what the difference is, so if one of you experts could explain this to a dumb cop, id sure appreciate it.

Thanks alot guys for taking the time to read my long winded post and ill sure appreciate any and all replies. Thanks, rspd507

[tspergin]

Ross check out this site,you may save some bucks and get free shipping and no tax,they have a good selection of all makes and have sales regulary too,hope this helps you out


http://www.boatersworld.com/fishfind...ps-electronics

[rspd507]

Come on guys, some more input here would be very helpful in making up my mind. rspd507

[dankitch]

Ross, you definatly want more power. You will get better bottom definition with more power. The 135 is a good unit, but like you said it's not color. I recently purchased a color unit and as far as I am concered I will never buy anything that's not color again. I bought a Lowrance 525c DF. It has 4000 watts peak to peak. And it came with a GPS. It was $599.00 (I believe)

[Patmansc]

Ross, I just got the X135 and at 4000 watts the bottom definition is much better than my old depth finder which only had 3200 watts. While I would have preferred color, I only had a black & white budget.