Well, after a two hour stop at cabelas, playing with both units and calling lowrance i figured out the difference. THE COLOR OF THE CASE!!! Well, there is one more thing. The Lowrance has a pinger feature so you can change the display to the old pinger style. Acording to lowrance, they assured me they are the exact same unit except for the previously discussed feature. Both are made from U.S components and assembled in Mexico and have the exact same power, display quality, and components. I asked why the lowrance was $30 more and the response was "the dial style dispaly option is worth that to some customers". What ever, still checking out some other options, just thought i would mention my findings.