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Location: Kodiak, AK | I've got an X25 that came with my boat, and an X27 that I put on last year. I'm on the fence with alot of issues.
First of all the big Lowrance, or Brand X issue....I like Lowrance. I think you hear the most negative about them because more people use them than any other single brand out there. Humminbird is popular and I'd say Garmin brings up the rear by a long way. You've got way way more Lowrance on the water, you're going to hear way way more issues with them. And you're going to hear the negative stuff because that's what we like to talk about and troubleshoot and deal with. You won't hear a guy get on and say, "wow, my Lowrance stuff works great! Never had an issue and I love it!" That'd be a short thead! Me for example, in my two units I have yet to have the first issue...and I have yet to get on here or on BBC and talk about it. You hear the bad, not the good.
To the guy who every single person he knows who runs Lowrance has had issues...I must be the counter to that, because I don't know a person (personally) that's had an issue. I know guys who've had to call Lowrance and get help adjusting their ping speed or noise reduction to get a good picture, but I don't know anyone personally who's had a unit fail them or break. If making adjustments is what you call an issue, then that's just a part of life with marine electronics and is to be expected.....
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