Mike, I have a Garmin 215 and a Garmin 176c and like them both, but this spring I picked up an X-19 to replace the old LMS 350a and can not say enough good about it so far.

I have had Lowrance products and have been through the pain of sending them in to be repaired etc. All I can say is I hope this one holds up, so far so good and it was a pleasure to use in the ocean, the depth finder worked great and the color chart work excellent and it was very easy to read.

I have not bought any charts for it yet, I have just downloaded from the disk, which was enough for me, since I already have all the charts on the Garmin units.

Check them out, you won't be dissapointed.

Steve