I've had the Ice45 for a couple years and love it. I've never had anything else so I can't compare, but I can't imagine anything could do much better than the 45. I've fished from 5 feet for perch down past 100ft for lake trout with it. I can still see my jigs past 100ft which seems pretty unbelievable. The target separation is great and when the jig and fish blend together and go "red" the fish is on.