needing a new fishfinder. ive been looking hard at the humminbird 597ci hd di. does anyone have any experience with the down imaging?, or recommended another unit… just looking for opinions before i spend my money. think the msrp is around 650, thats about all i want to spend.
had a 797 (I think that is the model no.) on my old boat.
DI/Side Scan works as advertised. The only down side to it is the huge transducer required.
I have the 597ci hd di.
Great little unit. Sonar is super, Down imaging is great on a calm day, but would go ahead and spend a little more money and spring for the side imaging instead of DI.
Down imaging is the “stuff” on a calm day. If its a little bumpy the image will be wavy. Side imaging takes a lot of the wavy out of the image on choppy days.
The transducer is not as big on the DI units as it is on the Side Imaging units.