I am in the market for a decent fishfinder and chartplotter. I currently have a Furuno GP-1650WF built in over the wheel but when I had to get the software re-flashed to take a C-Map card I lost the sounder function. I am looking at the Garmin STRIKER Plus 9sv but am wondering would it make more sense to have 2 different units and place the fishfinder in an area where I can see it better when I am fishing.
I do like the practicality of having everything in one neat unit and a single wire to the battery. Grateful for any advise.