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How important is the zoom function?
Also do these units come with soft cases?
I would compare having the bottom zoom to watching your TV in your living room, to without bottom zoom sitting 40 yards away from your TV.
You might have to pay a little more but I would consider the Hummingbird Ice 45. I have an Ice 55 and purchased an Ice 45 for my son. We love them. Lets put it this way, I would fish with a hook on a string and no rod and reel, before I'd fish without my bird!