which handheld gps?

i really appreciate all the help here. this is not an easy (or cheap)
issue. what i have now is a lowrance ifinder which is a non-avaition
unit. really, the more i use it the more i like it. it's kinda like
russian equipment. simple, solid . i'm sort of suprised here. i
started out thinking that garmin was the avaition best but now i
wonder.

is there any real utility (ifr??) in the garmin that's lacking in the
lowrance?? as lovely as the avmap is i just can't get past the power
issue. pda is still an open issue.

dan