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| ttrap - 1/12/2015 5:39 PM
No way Lowarnce has more accurate maps. Its about half a dozen either way depending on the lakes you fish or your location. Lakemaster is now for humminbird only i believe which from my research is worlds above navionics chips for the same maps. Ive never had any problems with any of the chips I have used. The touch 9 would be what I would go with if you want lowrance. Shop around cause there are lots of places online that sell way cheaper than any stores I have seen.
Most of the mapping done initially is not proprietary data so you actually see the same data on multiple "brands" of chips.
For Lowrance you have navionics branded chips (several different options), Lowrance lake Insight and that built in Insight that most units come preloaded with.
I have the 2010 LakeMaster Chip (believe this is the last one to work in Lowrance), the Lowrance Insight Pro and Navionics Platinum chips for my Lowrance units. The Lowrance chip and the LakeMaster are identical with the exception there are actually MORE lakes on Lowrance than LakeMaster, example lake of the woods/rainy is on the one chip with lowrance, where its a separate chip for lakemaster.
I have noticed that for some lakes Navionics is better while others the Lowrance/Lakemaster Chips are better. Hence the reason I have them all. |
