Thread: Need help picking between two fish finders.

I would go with the Garmin

I am no expert by any stretch but my take is this. From what I have seen and herd the Garmin units have a much clearer picture on DI. Now the question is how much are you going to use mapping. Never used their mapping but looks cumbersome on the screen and have read that their maps are transferes from paper topo maps not lakes that have been mapped on the water. With the Helix you have the option of using the new Lakemaster which is out of site good if your lakes are on it. So it's kind of a trade off, depends on the features that are most important to you. By the way chirp is not really good for anything other than really deep water even though a bunch of the pro staff guys are touting it big time for target separation.

Just ordered a 10 si and the reason i didnt buy the 12 is because of the chirp. From what i found if u arent fishing deep water its not worth the extra money for the chirp. I would go with a 7 or 9 si.

I disagree with the deep water notion on Chirp. A true Chirp will excell in any depth as far as target separation. It's collecting as many returns in a few minutes as a traditional transducer would all day. They really excell at showing fish through brush, thermoclines, and current.

Save the extra few dollars and skip the KVD unless you just have to have his autograph and red trim