I am about to purchase a Lowrance Elite Ti2 unit.  I have been running the old HB 997C so I don't know much about the new Lowrance's yet.  I was wondering about the C MAP US Inland pre loaded maps.  Are they comparable to Navionics?  I would go to the store and try to play with the demo, but that doesn't really seem to be a good option right now.  Thanks 

I don't know about the pre-loaded maps, but the C-Map HD chips are great.  I came from Humminbird Lakemasters (which were MUCH better than Navionics for my lakes) but my new boat has Lowrance.  I bought a C-Map HD chip and it is as good as the Lakemasters were.  Both are much better than Navionics for the lakes I fish.

It depends. I have an HDS Live with c-maps preloaded and a Navionics hot maps plus chip. The navionics is better/more detailed, but some lakes are on c-maps that aren’t on navionics. I use the navionics 90% of the time.