Last year I went from the Eagle one that came on my Tracker to a Humminbird 596 CHDI. I was tempted by the color and the down imaging. Now I know the DI is something I almost never use and I would happily trade it for some chartplotting abilities. I'm starting to think about getting off my home water (Skinner) and visit Silverwood and DVL so it would be nice to have some built in maps so I can troll with some confidence that I won't run aground on some hidden high spots. Marking waypoints for hotspots I find would be great too.

Soooo for under a grand what make (HB, Lowrance, Garmin) ond model would you choose and why? Thanks guys!