Hi guys, I need some help deciding on buying new electronics. I’ve narrowed it down to 2 options,1.Lowrance x-26w/gps or 2. Lowrance x-107c with a Lowrance Global Map 3500c. I’m just wondering about the pros and cons of running two separate units or one combo unit. Any opinions would be appreciated! Thanks Brian Peterson 
i run 2 units. i have eagle 480’s. i have the gps rigged with a 12v plug and the anntena has velcro to hold it down, so i can run it in the boat, truck, snowmobile, or atv……..tom f
I run two units, my rational is this, if one unit goes down, you don’t lose both units. Not only that, but really like the Garmin GPS units, and don’t really care for their sonar units. So, I run a Lowrance X-102c, and a Garmin GPSMAP 162…this combination is on the helm. I also run two units at the kicker, a Vexilar Edge 507 and a Garmin GPS 126….I just feel more comfortable with seperate units. 
Yep, for the same reason TBO said.
Ron
Gotta better idea – spent the extra dough and get the big screen, LCX-110 or 111. You will not be disappointed.
Thanks guys, I think I’m gonna go with two units. If I had the $$$ I’d definately go with the x-111hd, I went to the boat show today to kill some time and got a chance to play around with it….AWESOME!! I’ll save about a grand with the 2 units. Thanks again. Brian Peterson
I alsop run two units. I personally like the bigger screens on each. 
Thanks, Bill
I run a LCX 26C HD (wide Screen) with gps, a LMS 332C with gps on the passenger console and a x107C DF on the bow. I have both wide and narrow angle transducers and switches allowing me to use either the narrow cone transducer for deeper water or the wide cone tranducers when fishing shallower water. It is a great set up. Thanks Wade!
Am I the only guy that runs a combo!???
If you have the room…hands down, go with two. I have limited space and am very happy with one…
If you haven’t already…check with Wade on prices…not only would you be supporting a site sponser…but I’m thinking you will be saving some coin.
Good Luck!
I take a Garmin 188 with the internal antenea and a 240 fish finder. I attach the two together using a small “L” bracket. I mount them on a Johnny Ray mount, and run dual power chord/transducer to the units in the back, and power and 1 transducer to the front. That way my “Unit” is mobile! I have the large screen 188 GPS and the 240 for depth and fish finding. The antenae is already attached to the unit, so it is truly portable around the boat! I run the Mille Lacs chip from Lakemaster, and can run up onto the reef/flat of my choice…unplug, re-plug, and I am fishing off the bow mount!
Works sweet!
Brian—Experience has taught the value of redundancy in electronics. I run two boats. Both have Lowrance LCR’s on the dash and Vexilar flashers in the bow. My GPS is a separate unit…for at several reasons.
1.You can plug in waypoints when fishing out of somebody else’s boat
2. hand held unit can be used to find the same spots thru the ice
3. if your sonar/GPS goes down you’re not out of business.
Since I can only fish out of one boat at a time, if a unit in the boat I use goes down I still have a compatible backup and can be back at guiding/fishing the very next day at the latest.
Also, if a multi-function unit goes down it is generally tougher to trouble-shoot the problem because of complexity.
Regardless of what you decide to do, be sure to include a good marine compass as part of the package…and don’t forget to fuse your electronics close to the power source…with back-up fuses in the boat.
A couple more tips…
* use a quality fuse holder
* if you have a power problem, check the connection at the back of the unit, then at the battery…and then REMOVE the fuse and touch both ends of the fuse holder together. If you get power it is the fuse, if not it’s another problem.
Ted brings up a good point. Portability, I use my 188 on the wheeler for winter adventures. It mounts above the headlight, and with the internal antenae on the 188, I wire is so that I can plug it into the lighter outlet!
That way, I have the big screen, and the chip on board!
Tuck
Having a dedicated GPS and dedicated sonar is your best application. You maximize the use of both screens and your not constantly pushing buttons all day.
I will be running the new Vexilar Color Edge along side a Lowrance 3600c this summer.
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and then REMOVE the fuse and touch both ends of the fuse holder together. If you get power it is the fuse,
Being in electroic service a number of years…I wouldn’t recomment this…many people get by doing this or using a foil wrapped around the fuse. The fuse blew for a reason and it that reason is still there…you’re going to fry the unit….
My 2 pennies…. 
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