I still love 2d sonar, because it is super easy to read, and very reliable. I have been doing really well with side imaging and enjoy the benefits. It works really well for me. I am having a hard time, though, coming up with the settings for down imaging that reads fish very well. I can see weeds pretty well, but hard to make out fish. I have seen lots of really nice Lowrance downscan shots, I just cant seem to get my unit to duplicate.