Color Depthfinders

[petro]

I am looking at buying a new depthfinder for the boat this spring, and looking at getting a Lowrance unit, most likely either the X135 or the X102C. I was wondering if anyone has much experience with one of the color units. I have been reading the threads on the Lowrance H20C and how some people have had a tough time viewing the color screen in bright sunlight and wondered if it would affect a color depthfinder in the same way. I appreciate any advice on this topic.

[J Smith]

I have a lcx 25 and I can see it just fine in direct Sun.

Very easy to read.

J.

[gspman]

I have an H2Oc and an LMS-330c. There is no comparison. The Lowrance color depth finders are 100 times easier to read than the H2Oc. I think they did what they did in the H2Oc to save battery power. I will say I am extremely disappointed with the dim display on the H2Oc but the LMS-330c is awesome.

It's a no-brainer. Get the color graph.

[Cliff Wagenbach]

Petro,

I fished with a friend a couple of times last summer that had the X102c. A great graph!! Very easy to read, even from the back of the boat with the graph mounted on the dash!

Also great at showing fish and different bottom content changes!

I bought the exact unit last week at the Duluth Sports Show!

Can't wait for open water now!

Cliff

[bigdog]

I have a 332C in the back of the boat and have no trouble seeing it from the front, it's very bright.

[JohnMickish]

The problem I have with greyscale graphs is direct sun with polarized sunglasses. I can only see it at a almost direct angle. Do these color graphs help that issue out? Do other people have issues with the graphs and polarized sunglasses?

If so that alone would be the reason to go with color.

[Hookmaster]

I used my friend's 332C once last year and it worked great and no problems viewing it. That's why I thought the Ifinder H2OC would be a drop in the bucket. Boy, was I wrong.

[Hookmaster]

mnfishinguy,

I know what your talking about with the greyscale graphs. I think they have a polarized screen also, so when you don't look staight at it the polarized lines in your glasses cross with the polarized lines in the graph and you start to fade to black. This is how you can tell if a pair of glasses are polarized. Hold a pair of polarized sunglasses behind the test pair so you are looking through both lenses. Rotate the test pair 90 degrees. If they are polarized everything will go black and you won't be able to see through. When I used by friend's 332C, I was sitting straight in front of it so I don't know if it happens with the color units or not. I'll defer to others who have used them more.

[JohnMickish]

It's really a pain in the butt sometimes with those glasses but I'll purchase new electronics before I give up the polarized glasses.

[TSCTSC]

Very happy with my LMS 332C. NO way am I going back to black and white.