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I have never cared about what every one else is using, I just look for the what will work for me the best. I found the Garmin 300C Fish Finder (not the Echo) to have all the features that I was looking for; Color with a high pixel count, a gain that lets me see tiny jigs in 40+ feet of water, a split screen with ZOOM, a flasher screen if I want it, but best of all, all for about $200.00. It does not come or have available from Garmin an “Ice Transducer”, but Ice Shanty is full of ways to get around that. Now that I have used it for a couple season, I can say that it performed very well. On both ice and open water, fresh and saltwater. There is NO lag time what so ever. I use 2 rechargeable 6 volt batteries ($20 total) in series for a total of 9 amps (cheaper than 1, 7 amp 12 volt battery). I tested the batteries for about 18 hour in two days and still had not gotten the batteries below 11.5 volts (unit works down to 10 volts). The dual beam is great and helpful split screen zoom!It would not be the right unit for every one, but it has almost all the features of units selling for twice the money and will work even better for open water use.Specs;Display size, WxH: 2.1" x 2.8", 3.5" diagonalDisplay resolution, WxH: 240 x 320 pixelsDisplay type: QVGAWeight: 9.6 oz (272 g)Waterproof: yes (IPX7)Features and Benefits:Audible alarms: yesDual-beam sonar capable : yesSplit-screen zoom: yesUltrascroll® (displays fish targets at higher boat speeds): yesFish Symbol ID (helps identify fish targets): yesAutoGain Technology (minimizes clutter, maximizes targets): yesWhiteline (indicates hard or soft bottom): yesAdjustable depth line (measures depth of underwater objects): yesBottom lock (shows return from the bottom up): yesWater temperature log and graph: yesWater temperature sensor included: yesWater speed capable (displays speed on water): yesFrequency: 80/200 kHz (dual beam)Transmit power: Dual Beam, 150 W (RMS), 1,200 Watts (peak to peak)Voltage range: 10-20 VDCMaximum depth: 900 ft (dual beam)Cone angle: 45° or 15° (dual beam)
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Marcum showdown! It's a vitlrtical display and the best target seperation. It's really really simple. Also one of the cheaper ones. Just look at the top of this page you will see the Marcum logo click it and see for yourself
I'm glad I found this thread. I've been going nuts trying to compare different flashers. I think I'm leaning toward the humminbird ice-35.. is there any solid reason that I should not? Thanks in advance
Anybody out there using Lowrance electronics on the ice? I don't see them get mentioned very often... I have a Lowrance Gen3 on my boat and I would like to be able to take the sd card out of it and put it into a portable unit. Are there any units out there that I can do this with? Thx
Hi guys, thanks for all the info her. I’m looking at getting a marcum lx6s but from the photos I’ve seen the ducer hangs from a little arm off the unit. I would like to put the flasher up on a little table in the tent so we can all see it. Is there any way to do this with the marcum units? It looks like It would be easy with the vexilar floating transducer, any help from marcum users would be greatly appreciated thanks