I have a lowrance elite 5 ti. I use the side imaging and the chart,/ mapping. When moving from place to place I have the chart up and running. The lakes here get drawn down for winter. With the chart I can stay in the channel away from the skinny water. I am running by sight and marker bouys. The chart helps me keep it in the deepest part of the channel. It does help to look under docks and see if they are any fish there. If down imaging is something you want it can be had as a separate unit. I had down imaging up front mounted to the trolling motor
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