Humminbird MEGA Live 2 is BETTER than Garmin Livescope?! -Live Footage on the Water

[@kirkreusch5704]

Love the unsolicited reviews! Keep them coming.

[@Margot_est_douce.]

Honestly, you’re so creative. Keep sharing more!

[@crappienaterfishing1198]

His creativity is why they sent him one for free, create a narrative and keep saying it. Keep saying it and people will believe it, except for those of us who have mega live 1.

[@markhamblin8195]

Lol ..these guys can't fish hardly without it FFS.....keep telling urselves you are a good fisherman without it... 😂 Clowns

[@curterygoodwin441]

So is she real …? Or a bot 🤣

[@MJ_Bass]

@@curterygoodwin441she’s my girlfriend, totally real. You wouldn’t know her she goes to a school out of town 😂

[@MrHabitat009]

@@MJ_Basslol😂

[@mattfleming86]

To be frank.. i'm not a tourney guy just a fun fisherman.. but I love seeing this hit the market. More and more used early gen units will be hitting the market and I may be able to afford it soon.

[@jason6325]

That's what I'm hoping as well lol

[@trentinsanderson4158]

Good and bad more people using the worse lakes will get

[@ShaneJMcNair]

Thanks, Ben, for a GREAT review Humminbird review. Humminbird has definitely gotten my attention back with the MEGA LIVE 2. I love the 360 & SI mapping technology they're superior with. 🍺🎣

[@danielmeganhauger2414]

They definitely stepped their game up 😮

[@HellaBass]

Watching fish not eat your minner makes me feel better about my day 2 on Lake St Clair Bassmaster Open, much appreciated

[@XxJAXON13xX]

Different type of lake with different types of fish that forage on different types of baitfish. Do better

[@derickstufflebeam1624]

Don’t have and never used electronics when fishing, mine issue not against it, and I think that looks amazing. Crazy the detail you can see.

[@ValentinaRosas-i4q]

So glad I found this, absolutely worth watching!

[@markhamblin8195]

😂

[@spikecamden9860]

She must be on here fishin for a sugar daddy 😂❤❤

[@1MoreFish]

As usual, great content, Ben. I had Mega Live when I first ordered my '24 Puma STS. I quickly went with the Garmin LVS34, but this new HB Mega Live looks much better. I'm glad to see HB finally got it right, because I'm a fan of most of their products. By the way, your "causal" casts are deadly accurate!

[@mikewelter180]

I watched a review that Tyler Berger just put out on the Mega Live 2. He used his in the Doppler mode and all of his baits were extremely clear. Looks like Humminbird did a pretty nice job on this upgrade.

[@56igadget]

I can't seem find that video

[@mikewelter180]

Look for BassFishingHQ HUMMINBIRD Live 2. It will be the first one that pops up.

[@CAN43715]

His baits were extremely clear because of the size jig head and jig in general that he was using. The fair comparison would be to use that same bait side to side with Garmin.

[@CAN43715]

Hummingbird is one of Tyler's sponsors, take that into consideration as the bias will be hard to ignore.

[@mikewelter180]

I really don’t care about that. I’m going by what I watched. In the Doppler Pallet that Tyler preferred all of his baits were extremely clean.

[@DLPfishing]

So cool, I can’t wait until all the new Hummingbirds units drop I’m all in with this upgrade

[@astrophysicistguy]

Hey Ben, mega live has a feature where it shows you on the screen the area you transducer is covering so you always know where it's looking. You need to be using an external gps sensor but it works great. It's a little icon in the cornor of the screen showing a gods eye view of the coverage. Setup depends on which graph you have but it's pretty easy ...

[@CN-df8gg]

Impressed for sure. But since they’ve always been a leader… It was a long time coming. And who knows how fast Garmin and lowrance will come out with one better, and stay ahead of the curve.

[@BEtheFish]

huge improvement from ML1, love the review man

[@davidheine2782]

competition between these companies is good for the consumer 👍

[@carloswillis2918]

Hummingbird has stepped it up definitely

[@bradfordallen2784]

Thanks Ben I just got the HB. Live this was really helpful

[@Loomis_Fishin]

Awesome video. I enjoy the back and forth with showing the live also you’re probably the only one I’ve watched that actually interacts with the viewer while using live. Keep doing you bro.

[@dustinwalker8152]

Ben, thank you for posting the process of working through all the settings and shit. *edit: also Ben, you should rock dreadlocks for the next tour season.

[@stevethedude8740]

Something tells us you bank fish LOL

[@dustinwalker8152]

@ sometimes, but rarely. Mostly fish out of my skeeter or xpress.

[@TmarkHigg-br4kw]

We enjoy your instructional videos. Your great at it.

[@IFish118]

Yeah well that will do me, I’ve been waiting for a decent review on this. I was pretty happy to see you doing it. I live in Australia, I fish for giants in rivers and the occasional perch. I already have a Solix G3 for the clearly better DI/SI images. It will save me a tonne and keep the wife off my back 😂

[@tomstenbeck8265]

thanks Ben love the unbiased review and it looks pretty good for an alternative to Garmin plus no black box.

[@patdarling2036]

Looks good dude hope all is well keep pushing forward bud

[@TheFishinMagician20]

The bot comments go CRAZY 😭😭

[@Natureboy1607]

Excellent video Ben !

[@easttexasfishermanwithstev5108]

I grew up fishing the lake you're on. Still one of the best lakes in East Texas.

[@BTD-FG]

Honestly surprised it looks pretty good love when bird makes a new transducer

[@frantyf]

What an awesome honest video bro!! Would be awesome if only you could run both at the same time in order to check if there would have any beam interference between them. Regards from Spain.

[@petecook1611]

Wanna see more w this ML2!! I Haven't bought yet but I run all birds so keep them coming. Maybe some glides wanna see how they look once u get it dialed

[@huntertaylor2747]

Let’s see side by side comparison to the garmin!

[@jeffmatura3957]

Amen, he has a garmin in the boat and never turned it on... smh

[@rileyhagwood3923]

@@jeffmatura3957there would be interference with the two

[@ericporterfield8492]

Love the content Ben and support ya 100% 👍🐟

[@rickshipley7232]

Great video it was very informative. I have mega live 1. Have been semi satisfied. Now I need 4k to upgrade.

[@Mr69ERacing]

Does look way better than original one they came out with

[@jonathandavis6635]

Thanks Ben . Good video.

[@williamtennill6744]

Thanks.. I like that landscape myself

[@KissmyBasss]

Looks good, thanks for the review.

[@keithl6885]

Awesome review Ben, i hate i just got setup with my ML1 a few months ago, guess I'll be saving up for a solix or apex to where i can get the ML2.

[@ramunasjuodeska1475]

Good job, thanks. I have ML1 and had doubts to buy new ML2. 70ft forward to see the bait is enough for pike fishing. I probably go with with new ML2.

[@GaryLyson]

Merry christmas to you and your family.

[@Glock-1]

Good video Ben!

[@jonmartinez1855]

Thanks for the video, I enjoyed watching it.

[@Cbartlettbo]

Glad to see this real time test! Solidifies my decision to stick to the Garmin for sure!

[@keenanmoore264]

Really hopping this unit pans out and makes the market a little more competitive. I'm hoping to get one in the next couple years and this could help bring the price down.

[@501Bassin_SWarb]

Lmao “that guy doesn’t agree. He says I’m not eating it, he doesn’t care what livescope I’m throwing”! Tell em Ben!

[@markbowers9579]

I have a mega live one and that definitely looks a lot better

[@frankscalish8711]

Great video 👍👍👍

[@lmramos44]

Great honest review. Thanks.

[@benibarra23]

What did the whole set up run with the screen? Did you have to add another battery or is it ran off your 24v?

[@davidlannom4355]

Thanks nice video man. I’m thinking of buying one, this helps

[@tobyneill21]

Can you do some more landscape mode please. In around that 6-15ft depth range.

[@TxCole]

The Ozzie is now available on Tackle Warehouse, but not on 6th sense website. Merry Christmas!

[@cw4973]

Good solid review, Ive had the gen 1 and this one looks better and more comparable to the Garmin for sure! 😎🤘

[@ericbiro1537]

Great video MFer. Never seen you go long without a bite. Do you think it's from a different noise ? I fish out of a Kayak in northern AZ. Catch Bass in a clear Northern AZ lake with no graph. But you are definitely teaching others how to fish with awesome technology.

[@JonR35]

Weird you can run full Sens, does this mean the garmin has more gain or does contrast play into that as well. Can you see behind you as well? Also compare both if able.

[@scottjacopian3191]

Great vid! Yeah, the FFS haters Think it's like using Dupont spinners.😅😅

[@bakervinci163]

The graph image looks good early in the video

[@stephanebedard7033]

Good job ben😊

[@gjbacorn]

Garmin switches between forward, down and perspective automatically too!

[@brianrobinson9979]

They may have been in 3rd for live but Mega360 is an amazing concept that no one else is doing

[@droutdoors1991]

All the forward facing in landscape/prospective view are the 360 but just live, without having to wait 30 seconds for an area to be updated

[@cathronaconroy3366]

What do you use to record the screen

[@LeGin1337]

Do you use Garmin? There’s an auto orientation feature you can turn on.

[@stephenritter586]

I’m impressed. Im gonna have to try it out. Thanks for the review.

[@mmancino1982]

Looks promising. Does this one require a separate computer/box or is it still a single unit in the transducer?

[@justinmccarthy8043]

Please do more of these

[@edwardjones2748]

Love the tech stuff

[@JanoyCresva]

So play a computer game.

[@CAN43715]

@@JanoyCresva If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, it probably is a duck!

[@vabassman3237]

Milliken can you do a AT2 video the same way for us?

[@kyledunsmore321]

And pretty quick Garmin will likely introduce the LVS 36 transducer lol! None of these manufacturers will be outdone, they always wait on each other to play their cards!!

[@mattressesunderwater]

Dude that would benefit elite anglers especially with the rule of one transducer! They could switch back and forth landscape easily

[@Bmannichols1970]

I think it would be Cool if you could get Zona in the boat with you to go over the features and make a show of it.

[@FishOutLoud]

I'd pay to watch the comedy.

[@edwardmarshall8795]

I didn’t know that thank you Ben

[@nottomgreen]

How did you zoom in at 3:53 on that message?! Or was that a screenshot?

[@Bogeypro256]

Looks like a screen shot of a text and he pinched and zoomed into it.

[@bakervinci163]

Do they still not have a black box? Might explain the reverb

[@greenpighunter6930]

Nice. Thanks Ben

[@robertandrews5656]

Love this review stuff

[@BrianBrown-wn5kx]

I don't know if they changed it but the transducer is always on when it's out of the water, it gets really warm to the touch ,and i'm sure it will burn out if left on for a long period of time.I shut off my battery every time i'm done using it for the day . That is the weirdest part of the whole thing , i think it should shut off when you shut off your graph.what do you think or know ?

[@IFish118]

From what I have seen on other channels, the new ML2 transducer automatically senses the water and turns itself on and off; it also automatically senses the transducer angle, so you don't need to make that adjustment on your graph.

[@astrophysicistguy]

Been running Humminbird for years ... Doppler is clearly the best palette by far ....

[@haroldrogers6566]

Thanks Ben. Going to be upgrading the front of the boat this year. Needed to see this. But we all know that Garmin has stuff that would blow your mind. They are just not going to bring it and leave that slow upgrade money on the table.

[@sargentt6003]

BIRD IS STILL THE WORD!

[@ryanvarner6520]

Yep, this Humminbird Live 2 is an improvement for them. It now is more comparable to my Lowrance Active Target 2.

[@travelingman1983]

Can you turn both on so we can see the difference real time

[@kentuckytrapper780]

Catch'um up Ben!!!!

[@alabamafishing1013]

Can’t get Zark Mona out of my head 😂

[@GR8smallie_angler]

I wonder if humminbird will make it less costly, to try and get their customers to return from garmin?? A side by side would have been interesting since you are running both units. Also, is it really worth buying a humminbird and selling the garmin when garmin is still producing great unit with great results.

[@bakervinci163]

I fished on a boat with a quest. That thing was huge and heavy. It’s bigger and heavier than the Force and 3 times heavier than the Move.

[@Haziesonly]

Great video, I think a different color palette might provide better results. Based on how yours looks, I still think my LVS34 looks better in forward mode. Perspective mode isn’t something I use much since I have 360 but I would agree that it does look good on the ML2. ML2 is a huge improvement but I’m not impressed especially with running the sensitivity at maximum. Great video though

[@edwardmarshall8795]

Please show us both at the same time

[@repairking1990]

Hard to do. Can’t run both transducers at the same time aiming the same direction. It causes interference on both units. Would have to graph a route with 1 then turn around and re graph the same route with the other ducer & 50% of what will be on screen will change in that gap of time

[@edwardmarshall8795]

@ Just wanted to see a comparison between the two of them

[@PureCor]

Nice! Almost as good as Garmin livescope plus

[@ryanflynn4766]

Is this the G4N?

[@56igadget]

No

[@caseysaunders2137]

One cool feature that Humminbird has and the others don't is lake offset. You can adjust the entire chart (map) for the actual lake level which is super helpful.

[@dasimcoes]

You can do that with Garmin as well.

[@Cbartlettbo]

@@dasimcoes I’ve been struggling to get it to work on my echomaps. Any tips on getting there? I go to layers and water and offset isn’t where it’s supposed to be.

[@dasimcoes]

@ kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6mtZKuaZbqGga8si=d1uvTYLwP6iXK2LH. Hopefully this helps. I’m pretty sure it only works on ultra maps though, I could be wrong.

[@JonR35]

Yeah garmin has this the 73 and 93 don't have it.

[@BamaBassCatcher99]

@@Cbartlettboworks fine. You have to be on the actual lake for it to show in settings.

[@JoeW-g9s]

Looks comparable to the lvs32 but might be a bit more clear further out.

[@edwardmarshall8795]

Mark Zona has a great fishing show

[@kasenisfishing]

I was getting super bright tall streak returns on big fish and would throw at them with a glide and it would be like they didnt even see it but then i would get the same fish to where they were less “hot” and they would see it and come up and crush it. It only happens on fish that are like 5+ which is weird. Ever experienced this? I use garmin Lvs 34

[@danielsleep3522]

Great video thank you Ben have been looking to get a forward facing sonar

[@JustMe3104]

IMO not as good as the lvs34. Great video, thanks!

[@tomsouther7292]

Hey look Dad the new fishing video game is out. It's's called "I spent all my money and still can't fish"

[@bannedagain1483]

Sorry you are poor, nothing we can do about it though. It's a you problem.

[@56igadget]

Don't like it don't use it

[@bradheun3383]

You can’t fish without it

[@bannedagain1483]

@bradheun3383 I fished for 30 years without it. You are just a silly Billy.

[@peteross2293]

I'm still happy with my mega live, I don't need the upgraded one

[@JThompsonFishing]

I have the megalive1 and it’s honestly not as bad as people say it is, but the new version looks a heck of a lot better!

[@WFOChevrolet30]

Definitely looks better than megalive gen 1.

[@bassmasterbrewski7392]

Any word on garmin releasing a new transducer?

[@neilljb]

Man can I take the transducer once you are done with it!