Hi all,
Got a couple of questions from guys when I was out on Holter the other day about my ball fish finder I use. They had heard of them, but hadn't ever seen them before, so thought I'd give some pros and cons of them compared to traditional flashers, hopefully to inform some new folks on them, since knowledge appears to be lacking on the topic.I use it for ice fishing and out of the kayak, of course only on non-windy days where I don't have to worry about dumping over. The ones I've had have been FishHunter brand. Their Military Grade bluetooth one, and Pro version wifi connected one. I just use a couple phones to connect them to.
Pros- More mobile than a traditional flasher, take up less space, about 1/2 the price, have both a flasher and raw data function that can be used simultaneously, read jigs pretty well (on the pro one, even down to 60 ft), even micro jigs (down to about 35 ft).
Cons- Not as durable as a traditional flasher, not as easy to read a phone screen as a flasher display, battery life (about 6-8 hours off a full charge) is shorter than a flasher, if phone batteries get cold they die quickly and you lose your display, connectivity issues to the phone (sometimes phones drop the signal, or if you accidentally walk out of range with your phone in your pocket).
Anyone else out there that uses one of these?
