I am a humminbird guy, but this is some great information. Thank you for your time in this video.

Thank you Johnny, I've been debating on these very two units I'll say it again, you're the hardest working guy in the business.

You didn't cover the "Fish Reveal" function on the Lowrance Elite, It incorporates a selectable pallet "overlay" from the standard sonar onto the image on the down imaging view, making it easier to see that something around a rock, or tree or brush pile is actually a fish in the down imaging view. I personally do like the detail of the bottom that the Elite gives over the Helix @ 6:19 you can easily see some streaks on the bottom on the Elite screen that I don't think the Helix is revealing, even discounting the graininess from the capture changing the image. And @ 13:39, I do like the fact that the Elite indicates the bottom with a brown color, while the Helix blends the brushpile into a yellow blob with the bottom. I was looking at a new unit for my boat, and I think that from your info, and for my experience, the Elite is a better choice.

Hey Johnny! I've seen pretty much all of your videos for the past year or so. Since I started tournament fishing. About 2 months ago I was doing an open. I was beating bank and just coming up short. I had my side scan on and as i was moving saw a rock pile in about 15 foot. I back out and casted a 4.3 keitech and creeped it over those rocks. Long short short. I won that tournament. And got a podium finish in the next, and last, tournament of the year. Doing exactly what you preach. Graph! I recently practiced at popular lake here which hold many tournaments and decided to throw a jig. Again in rock pile that I graphed. I killed. Basically, when I was on the water I knew what I needed to do based on what I've seen in your videos. But I never practiced it. But lately I feel like a completely different angler. Thank you! I just picked up some of your jigs from jewel. Excited to throw them. What I was hoping, can you spend some time talking about AZ lakes? Our lakes are al extremely deep. 45° banks that drop to 50/60 foot quick. I just dont know what to do from a practical perspective. Thanks man. And always keep it reel. Dont sell out. Be you. That's what we love.

Now that is a excellent, honest, in-depth comparison of the units. I've used Lowrance more over the years but have had Zercom, Hummingbird and Garmin also. If my boat sells I was considering Hummingbird on my new boat because of the mapping. However I am on the east coast so I appreciate the tips on the mapping. Great job.

Great info. For the Humminbird, I found that if select a single 2D frequency i get better target separation, similar to your Lowrance picture of the brush pile. Some of the humminbirds are set up to run two frequencies when using 2D which gives you two separate cone angles simultaneously and those images are combined on the display. By trial and error I found that this does make things look more Blobby. For bass fishing I always pick the frequency that gives me the widest sonar cone. Interestingly, on some units you can set it up to display one 2D frequency on the left and the another 2D frequency on the right. If you run them both together they get Blended together and will give you pictures like you have shown.

Great comparison. I haven’t owned/used a newer lowrance unit, but have used Hummingbird and liked it. Currently have a Garmin sv93 and it’s all I need. I don’t get paid to fish. Just me and my son fishing on the weekends.

Finally, one proper review. Great job. Keep it up!

Good honest comparison.

Outstanding video.. very in-depth, great info

Fantastic as always Jonny! Yes, I'm a true fan and watched to the end. 😂 A big consideration for me is that as far as I can find, the Hummingbird has a water level compensation setting which here in the west is a huge deal. It's difficult to navigate a lake that is 180ft low without it. As far as I can tell, Lowrance doesn't have this feature. If you have a different opinion or knowledge on this I would love to hear your input. Thanks again for the great content.

Excellent information. Thank you

It would also be nice to see comparison of higher end models with higher screen resolutions. Like solix, hds live & echomap ultra. No one has ever done a spot on spot side by comparison of them like that

This was really helpful

this is a nice video. thanks.

I own Humminbird 10 Mega SI+ G3N because of better imaging for SI and DI. Better resolution.

Just got a Lowrance hds 9 live on sale for 1,000 super excited to use it

Thank you, we are beginners and have the Lowrance!! I appreciate the video. How can we get the lake list?

Great video

From the images I see from you, I like the Lowrance images better !

I know that everyone says Humminbird is the best image but I ran 12” Helix Gen 4’s and Lowrance HDS12’s literally side by side on the dash and bow for 6 months and the Lowrance was easily better for me. The Humminbird was a pain to fine tune. I went back to Garmin because with the GT56 and even GT54 in some cases I can fine tune them to beat both in down and side image. That being said they are all the same for the most part and it’s all what your comfortable with it’s like apple vs android… For the best bang for your buck and phenomenal customer service Garmin hands down!!

Are you planning on making a Solix gen 3 sonar guide? I hope so.

You make some great videos. I own the Humminbird Helix and I didn’t find the settings that hard to sort out. I can definitely see the appeal to the Lowrance with the easy to use settings but I really don’t think the average person should be intimidated by the humminbird settings.

Excellent

I have a Gen 4 Helix hooked to my ultrex, and a 12 ,10, and 9 garmin, I definitely prefer Garmin over any other brand . Not to mention, Garmin customer service is extremely good along with their warranties. Lowrance is a beginner graph.

One more quick question Johnny if I upgrade my Garmin unit from the 93 SV would I be able to change lake levels on another unit cuz I do like the image quality of the Garmin and the price point

Could you compare this to the 106sv Garmin that has been on sale for black Fridays 2 years in a row for 999? You can even get another hundred off making it 899 if you decide to use the credit card from the place that sells it. The 106sv is 10 inch vs 9, as well. Thank you! Great work as usual.

Thx!

Its all about who has the best charts for your area.

Could use your expertise, I’m looking at purchasing a new trolling motor and add a bow mounted fish finder. I really like Lowrance ti and currently use it on my console. Also currently have an old Minn kota powerdrive. What would you recommend for a combo?

Quick question can you adjust the lake levels on the lowrance cmaps that is a big turn off for me on Garmin

What is the Garmin Echomap Ultra 126SV .? Would they be a good choice to setup Panoptix livescope LVS32 system?

I’ll be at table rock lake for a week in March any advice?

As an electronics newbie, what unit would be a good value for a weekend angler?

I have a question. I'm older and fish a small lake for bass and crappie so I won't need mapping. I only want to get one unit to help with locating fish. Can I just use one at the bow or would you rather have yours at the console?

I'm wanting to buy a unit but I'm lost as to what brand or which unit. I fish out of a Tracker Panfish 16 stick steer so I never leave the front seat so only one unit is needed. I'd like one that does it all including forward facing if that's possible? I'm not on a budget yet I don't wish to spend a huge amount on something that a system less expensive would be just as effective. I like a system that's user friendly, your help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

What about the Lowrance elite fs 7? Please give me advice.

Depth and side distance would be nice to know.

So overall the humming looks to be the best option

I auto chart a home lake. How do I get that information on the computer to review?

Do you ever use the fish reveal on you Lowrance??

Awesome comparison It would b cool see Garmin in this comparison. I'm in market for a 10"unit. It will be my first graph. I've been an avid kayak angler for 8yrs now. Finally ready to buy a unit. Are you going to compare Garmin to these units? Lowrance is about drop hds pro now their running 400 & 12-1200 instead of 800. So I'm curious to see what their images look like with new 3n1 transducer?

Do you hsve sonar settings document for livescope..

Do you run your electronics on a 12v or 16v battery? I've read that 16v provides a better clarity, any truth to that?

@fish the moment can we get a detailed video of humminbird's mega live settings and tweaks? not a lot of detailed videos out there. -certain points to make in the video should be about software update, cone settings, and different sensitivity and contrast settings with before and after would really help us regular guys out. we're all trying to make our screens look like the pros and could def use your help

A little bit more expensive? Isn’t the Humminbird 50% more? Lakemaster maps is a huge plus for Humminbird. Hopefully Lowrance steps up their side scan with the HDS Pro.

I like hummingbirds. Only regret is I didn’t learn the simple 2. D sonar 25 years ago.

Would you take humming bird over garmin?

Lowrance crushes hummingbird in being able to see fish specifically and humming bird throws wayyy too many shadows when looking for fish down here in Florida. Great video as always!

Currently I have a lowrance ti2 with a 3 in 1 transducer but I am very tempted by the mega 360 imaging to make my target casting more accurate/efficient. But you are giving me pause with this video that maybe I should stay in the lowrance ecosystem. Do you think 360 imaging is as powerful as I'm imagining it to be? I can use marker bouys and waypoints to hit my casts now but I was hoping 360 could eliminate some of that "prep" work when I pull up on a spot

I’m 100% a Lowrance guy. But that hummingbird is pretty dang clear. I do wish Lowrance would offer the lake level offset like hummingbird and Garmins do with the map card.

Sold all my Lowrance and went Garmin..never looked back. Customer service with Lowrance was horrible

My boat came pre rigged with humminbird helix units, and after two years I finally dumped them. Couldn’t handle the laggy performance and frequent restarts needed. Plus the user interface is awful, and no touch screen is a huge downside. Not to mention the awful 2d on the humminbirds which is a big deal for me. The lowrance is far better for the price, but personally I went with garmins. If it wasn’t for mega 360 and lakemaster mapping, I have no idea why anyone would run birds.

I run both. H-Bird for mapping & minn-kota control only. Lowrance for all imaging. Mostly because I've had 3 of the last 4 H-bird ducers just fail. 2d, di, si. Like in the first year or so. I've never had Lowrance ducers go bad & I have the fancy ones. Nice images on H-bird...when you have them!

Humminbird. Just easier to work and move around unit

Garmin for me and never looked back

Get you the HUMMINBIRD Mega + It Will Smash Everyone Garmin Lowrance And Others unit device …No beating The HUMMINBIRD MEGA LOL 😆 💪

To compare apples to apples, you need the carbon on live units. FS is a budget minded graph

The million dollar question is, if factoring live sonar in, which brand do you go with?

HAHA me and gramps bought a hummingbird in like.... 1998? Ran on two lantern batteries or the boat battery. Downscan only. Would CONSTANTLY go off. Fish fish fish fish! All lies lol. You could put the transponder to your ear and hear the clicks. Technology has went leaps and bounds since then apparently (stopped fishing when he passed.... getting into again, passing it to kids).

How about garmin?

Any buddies i have running birds are always wondering how i have such great imaging on my HDS Live units. Bird menu/settings are a joke.

Humminbird has higher resolution. Humminbird - 1024H x 600V Lowrance - 800x480

The pictures, they look better in Humminbird

Garmin. You should buy garmin

Hummingbird is hands down better in shallow water. I get incredibly clear images with my hummingbirds in 2.5-3 foot deep. You just can’t do that with a Lowrance

You keep talking about setting so what were they? Show us because beside doing that you could be considered favorably one over the other.

Garmin

Im lmao because Garmin is hands down superior to both, especially now with Garmin s massive compatibility and simple user friendly touch screen. Lastly and more importantly is Garmin 9 inch echo SV units have a huge resolution advantage over both. Hummingbird just can't compete with Garmin anymore......I also hate....I really mean hate that Hummingbird doesn't include a protective cover.....that extra and extra for something you spend hundreds on is garbage.

How can you compare the school of crappie on one vs the other if you didn’t take them at the exact same moment? That is misleading IMHO

Humminbird is better and they honor their rebates. Ordered 2 lowrance units 2 years ago because of their so-called rebates. Rebates from lowrance didn't happen. Screw them

Garmin all day long.

Dollar for dollar, Garmin > all

And this video is clearly brought to you by hummingbird. Couldn't have been more biased.

I knew before I watched this clip that he would be anti Humminbird. He always has been. I bought a lowrance on a recommendation of a pro. Big mistake.

Hummingbird by a ping shot lowrance not even close to same image. Don’t waste ya money on lowrance.

I own lowrance and hummingbird but I like lowrance the best. Lots of guys want Garmin these days but I'll pass. I don't want live scope or spot lock either. I've sat side by side with guys that have it on several occasions and out caught them. Old fisherman from my day used their head first and their wallet second. Bait selection and presentation are more important when you find the fish. Personally, when I go fishing time is important and I don't want to be setting there tinkering around with settings. That's probably the number one reason I'll take Lowrance. The fish returns are excellent on Lowrance and that's why their sticker is on my old boat. My hummingbird is just a backup for the most part. I actually enjoy taking the older units and making a statement with them that you don't have to have all the bells and whistles to catch a pile of big fish. I like your channel for that reason. So much has changed over the last 5 decades. My boat is old and so am I but don't judge a book by it's cover. Learn your equipment and learn where to fish, what to fish, how to present the right bait properly and you'll catch those fish when others don't. I really enjoy your channel young man and want to say you're doing a fine job. Don't forget even the best fisherman tell tall stories.