Had an Ice-45 and loved it until saw the Helix units. Helix 7 is now my favorite. Love the split screens with the zoom.
Have a Lowrance Hook that my kid uses. Very simple to setup and identifies fish well. Would put that up against anything.
Have also used the Marcum LX7 and enjoyed it. It does well hole hopping as easily adjusts display for bottom.
I lean towards the graph display more then the flasher display and think most of them out there do the trick.