As many of your videos…excellent overview…honest without the bashing. Absolutely love your approach! This helped me a lot as I upgrade my electronics.

Thank you sir for sharing and taking the time out to do so!!!!

Great content John.Thanks for your time.

I love that your videos are so informational. Keep the videos coming @john crews!

John, You do a great job with your videos, keep up the good work!

Great info and review on all three. 👍🏻

Wow. Super helpful even from two years ago. I’ll be subscribing to your channel just bc this was so good!

Enjoyed the video. Thanks for the info.

This video was probably the best video I’ve seen so far explaining the differences between the two as far as mapping and side and down scan goes

Awesome job my brother. They each have their pros and cons for sure. Can be a great video for those thinking about running multiple units also. For the average guy, a lot of information about narrowing down to one unit also. Would have liked to have seen a comparison on all 3 units Side Scan, but loved how honest you were about everything. Bottom line, great job!! Too bad the companies can't see how important what you did this year was. Bet all 3 sell more units because of this video!!

Thanks for doing this as a pro and putting possible sponsorship opportunities on the line to deliver a real comparison video for the regular guys that just want to know which product does what best/better.

Shopping for our first Bass Cat largely based on your videos man, love it!

Everyone has promised this review and you delivered it 👏

This is phenomenal content! We weekend worriers always want to know this information! Thank you for this video!

good video man...i also run birds and garmin on my Basscat for 360 and livescope and its truly amazing together...now id be lost without it haha

Don't be afraid to donate those to me when you finish the 2021 season!!! Great video, thanks for your time with these Tutorials!!

Love the new electronics!!!! Can't afford any of them but man they've come a long way!!! Was a Hummingbird fan in the 80s & 90s. Had 2 on my Tracker TF 1800 & loved them to death!!! Help me win a couple of tournaments. Now,.... it's a whole new ball game . I don't blame you for comparing them side by side 👌👍👍. Great video JC 👊👊

Really great video after watching this I wish all the bass tournaments would ban electronics that used to be some of my favorite fishing to watch is the old guys fishing with their instincts and where they think is best!! the best would be the ones with instinct and put more time even though this stuff is so cool and I’m going to get one I feel like all these lakes are just getting hammered by people that would never catch these fish before without these tools!!!

Great comparison video on these units. I can't wait to see your video for settings for livescope. Biggest issue i have with it is seeing my lure dropping further out from boat lets say 40-50 ft away. Other than that i see the fish and structure fine. Thanks

Good video.

Great attention to detail brother. Really great information on what all units can do an benefit you in certain situations. I'm so sorry I sent a Wake your way trying to follow Ike on Eagle Mountain Lake Memorial Tournament back in 08. I had a 200, yall had a 250. I felt horrible about that bro..

Hope you finish well in all the up coming tournaments. Wish we could have had time to visit at West Bay Marina back then. You seem super cold. Sorry about the Wake..

Great video I would like to see another one on the hummingbird set up for down and side scan

Great vid. New subscriber

Quite helpful! Had a Garmin in the last boat I sold, but I didn't use it to its potential. Now looking to outfit a kayak with a FF/GPS, primarily for saving waypoints, depth, and fish in deep water. Did you try waypoints on the Garmin or Humminbird, or just stick to the Lowrance since you knew that feature on that brand? Video seems to indicate you think that feature is superior by a good bit on the Lowrance. Thanks again for a great video!

Great content sir. I can’t blame you for exploring all the major brands for yourself. Now you know, at least until everything changes again! 😊 Thanks for the 360 silicone tip - I’m heading to the shop to apply some. Do you really think the precision sonar brace for the 360 transducer is a necessity?

rad, well said crews... im looking to put the 360 on my boat as i think finding cover is more important to me than watching the fish react like livescope, im hoping the 360 live from bird is super rad. ill be mentioning to my boys w 360 to bust out the ol caulk gun...

Oh heck yeah! Let’s see the outcome Awesome. Man thanks for doing This. I have been anticipating for someone to do this waiting. I’m currently a Garmin owner and the panoptix has me questioning 🤨 “is it worth it?”

Can you show the transducer mounts and the Bass Technologies mount. I run Lake Okeechobee a lot and in rough water in my Bass Cat Caracal. They get loose or even damage due to crashing through the waves.

I think the big difference between the side scan on the Lowrance and the Humminbird Mega is the frequency they operate at. With Lowrance working on either 455 or 800 mhz, I fell like you have the ability to see more at longer distances, especially using 455 mhz. It think the Humminbird will give better images at shorter ranges because it works in the higher frequency range (1050-1175 mhz). I agree with you 100% on they all have there own strengths and weaknesses. Thanks for sharing your honest opinions and hopefully it can help others make the decision on which brand, or brands, to go with. Can’t wait to see how you like the Active Target after spending a year using Garmin LiveScope.

For 2022 How will you mount your 360 transducer onto your Lowrance Ghost motor? Thank you

You never got any interference running all of those units at the same time ? And did you have both a lowrance puck and a hummingbird puck? If so where did you mount both of them at ? Thanks and great video. I’m hoping I can get some answers for got my boat I am wanting to do something similar but don’t want to have interference.

Would love to see how you have your settings dialed in on the Humminbird units.

Lowrance is using Humminbird’s side imaging and Humminbird is using lowrance down imaging per the lawsuit settlement from several years ago

Hey John, what do you feel about the pedal being so close to the nose, and with all those graphs being so close to the nose, have you had any water come over the bow and get your graphs? I'm about to buy either a P2 or a phoenix and those were somethings I was concerned about. Thanks

Hey John, great stuff! How would you, or did you, compare 2D/Downscan/Side on the Garmin as compared to the others? Or is it safe to say that since you didn’t have it in your dash the other two were better?

This is as good of a "Practical Modern Electronics: 101" that I have seen, and I don't THINK I've missed too many. Really good to see honest head to head comparisons without the usual sponsor plug pressure. Very UNLIKE the usual "3 Legends" style of "education" (advertising) which, unfortunately, is still prevalent to this day. You could really turn this into a very valuable electronics series if you so desired.

I had the Bass Cat Pantera 3 picked out at the Dallas Boat Show, an my friend talked me into the Charger. Worst mistake I ever made, but still a great boat in rough water.

Really great video, looking to upgrade at the moment, cant decide between 360 or AT/Livescope, I can only afford one, and cant decide, any advice?

looked through your comments just got my new Triton, I have 3 Lowrance HDS 12 Live and 1 Garmin 12 with Livescope. I seen you had the new active target as well as the Garmin. You didnt really mention what you seen between the two but curious if you're going to keep the Garmin or use the active target? debating on selling my garmin for a lowrance and use active target so i can have them all linked together.

Great video! How are your electronics rigged? Do you have a Sea Clear harness or Sonar Pros or something? Soooo clear!

I installed my hummingbird/lowrance transducers as flush mount and jack plate on Bass Cat Eyra but when running both on side scan I have interference. You don’t seem to have that on yours. Did you ever get interference with the transducer setup?

Great video John!! Was wondering why the elites haven’t gone back to smith mountain lake in a long time seems like a good lake and nobody would know that answer better than you? Would also like to here your dream schedule always interested in what you guys have to say about that. Thanks!!

Hi John, thank you for the video. Most of us don't have the $$ for 5 units. If you had to pick just one for the front of the boat, which one would it be?

What do you do with the equipment you take off, like the Ultrex? Sell it return it trade it in?

Do you have the Humminbird units linked up as well?

Hey John. You mention the silicone tip on the 360 with no reason as to why. What issue did you experience to make you want to add extra sealant to the the 360?

How do the multiple units, transducers, wires, etc not interfere with each others image?

Do u ever just go fishing and just leave the electronics off? Got my first boat last summer and thought I needed all new graphs and found out I can catch fish without them and I’m not starring at a screen all day. Going off the top of the dome. I did spend some cash on a new trolling motor. Spot lock is my biggest game changer.

Does the 360 work while drifting or does it get distortion?

You can only have one, 360 or livescope/AT? Which one you taking?

The Humminbird Solix is the unit that competes with the Lowrance HDS live. To compare the Humminbird Helix to the best of Lowrance, is a massive plus for Humminbird. Humminbird goes even better with the new Apex range. I have fished on boats with Humminbird Helix g4n and Lowrance HDS Live. The Humminbird units are hands down better on down and side scan.

Assuming there isn't a way to "network" all the vendors together and have waypoints sync?

Is it true that you are adding a big screen TV to the left side of the deck to even it out? Just kidding awesome setup, thanks for the info.

I have two Helix 9's, chirp, si, GPS gen2 at the console an just chirp, gps, gen2 at the Ultrex.. basically that's all I could afford and I felt like with the money that I had to play with that was the best I could do.. this is a prime example of the argument that keeps going back and forth about how much money it takes to compete.. I feel like if you and I were put on the same body of water that neither one of us had ever fished before, you're going to come out in front every time.. I mean just look, you could play fortnite or fish at the same time at the front of your boat.. there's no way I've got that option with the budget I had.. I'll plan on doing some upgrades eventually.. but I feel like each time I get ready to upgrade I'll be behind the curb because I can't work three jobs just to have each brand at the front of my boat and I feel like that's what it takes is a job for each brand for what things cost!! Now at the same time there's a guy that fishes in my club that doesn't even run a graph on the front of his boat he just runs maps and 2D sonar at the console and the dude is a stick.. and he's extremely hard to compete with.. not much older than me, doesn't really have that much of an advantage on me as far as motor and boat and gear.. but when it comes to the guys that have $100,000 under their ass at any given moment while they're fishing.. you got to admit that's extremely hard to compete with and there's no chance that I would ever make it to the elites unless I've got some extra budget behind me pushing me.. and I'm not taking anything away from you or the hard work that you put into getting the setup that you have. Obviously running all three you're paying out of pocket, but I would be scared to be honest with you to have that much glass sitting in front of me flipping pitching fishing.... I don't know I'm all in my head after seeing this because there's just a substantial difference and what guys like me will ever be able to do or wear the ceiling is for us when there's no chance of us being able to sit behind all that and driving straight past everything that you can see that I can't!!! Who knows maybe one of these scratch offs will pay one day 😂😂🕺🕺.. not hating, please understand that! I just wish I had a chance to compete against the best of the best just to see exactly where I stand and I know there's thousands and thousands and thousands of guys across the country that think the same thing. But there's just no way even WITH the chance we would be able to compete against THIS!!!!! Keep on keepin on, stay safe and tight lines brother.

I'm not a hummingbird guy and I can clearly see the ultra fine definition of the hummingbird is better

It is probably not a fair comparison if the frequency is not set at the same or at least a similar frequency. Mega imaging with a higher frequency does not reach as far as a lower frequency setting as in Lowrance.

So... Crews ,If you only had the money to buy 1 unit,what would it be?

Hey Mr. Crews. There's a new crankbait that I think you should try out. It's Ichikawa Rick Clunn RC King Kong Shad Crankbait. Test it out and see what you think of it. (^__^)

I have two Lowrance units on my Ranger. If I had all of your electronics I would never get any fishing done. I'm not that good with my electronics so I mess around with my units alot. So if I would have all your units I would be playing around all day and never fish.

18:50 kinda like how utah politicians outlawed game camera's because they said it would guarantee a elk kill, which is absolutely not true! Do they help , maybe a little bit but definitely wasn't worthy of outlawing them, same thing with livescope at least as far as bass fishing goes their not a big if help as people think. Now as far as crappie goes, yes their deadly, but even then if you throw small crappie back into the water they will shut the pile down and all crappie will stop biting! I've seen it numerous times myself, you must wait until you get ready to leave before throwing small crappie back in the water. But crappie are prolific spawners and I don't think the population will be hurt as long as limit's are followed. I say this because old timers still catch limit's without livescope and do it regularly!

Also I think electronics are really taking a lot of the fishing brain out of fishing and making it like a video game. Plus it's SO EXPENSIVE and too expensive for the average angler to afford that stuff.

Damn interesting info, but you need 5 graphs to feel competitive everyone needs to learn to fish instead of relying on electronics. Tournament organizations should allow only 2 graphs