MyFishFinder.com Just like iceshanty but warmer
Ended up purchasing a marcum m1 at an awesome price from a retailer. Looks like at has a zoom function and reviews appear great. Looking forward to receiving the unit and testing it out. Thank you all for the assistance.
If having the ability to block out interference from others fishing near by is a bell and whistle, yes you need some bell and whistles.
The Vexilar units seem to have the best reliability record
This gets mentioned a lot. What makes Vexilar more reliable than Marcum? I currently own a Humminbird, so not that familiar with either brand. If I decide to upgrade to Marcum at some point in the future is reliability that much of a concern to avoid the product altogether? Just curious as to why Marcum reliability record appears to be less than Vexilar. Been eyeing the M brushless series by Marcum. These like mighty tempting.
Any thought to the Marcum Showdown duel beam? Pretty much gives you everything..zoom, duel beam transducer for both shallow and deep water, verticle display so more realistic.
I have to agree with many of the above....for me starting out....I would go with Vexilar fl8. Simple and works perfectly every time. Mine is over 20 years old and still finding fish.