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New Eskimo Outbreak 450i hub with full sized door! UNS is the only place that has it listed for sale so far. Perfect for us us farts with bad hips and knees!
What else do they need?
As already stated they haven't made the leap to digital, gps, ect while everyone else has. They are going to slowly become the equivalent of the flip phone if they don't do anything new.
It would be different if the digital units really “did” something that was above and beyond what the vex does.Sure an LX 7 allows a person to customize the display which is just different ways of showing the sonar reading. The “graph” shows some history which the vex doesn’t.....but any graph fish finder does that. GPS/lake maps on my phone for cheap....why do I need it on my sonar.....Unless prices come down, I doubt to many people care to spend $1000 on a sonar to ice fish.
I’m with you on this. My Vex flasher good enough for me. I downloaded the Navionics app on my phone for $19.99/yr. Some of those fancy Marcums are nice but they are expensive and from the people I know who have them not nearly as reliable.
I've found my FL-18 tribeam to catch just has many fish has my FL 20, FL22hd, and FLX28.
I disagree.. vexilar makes good reliable ice fishing flashers.gps and all the other features drive prices too high on other brand units.after all we are just pulling a fish thru a hole in the ice.how much tech is needed for that.its reliability im after not a bunch of stuff added that is not needed.jmo.i would like the panoptix for ice and boat but i cant justify the price just to catch fish.
Wow you have all of those??
Guess i triggered all the vex lovers. They work great but others are putting out products that do more. Why is it such a big deal to want to see them do something new. This is not a marcum vs vex thing, its a vex vs everyone thing. At some point even the stubborn loyal people will move on if the benefits become worth it just like you two moved up from a flip phone to a smart phone lol
New Eskimo Outbreak 450i hub with full sized door! UNS is the only place that has it listed for sale so far. Perfect for us old farts with bad hips and knees! https://www.upnorthsports.com/ice-fishing/ice-fishing-portable-houses/ice-fishing-pop-up-shelters/eskimo-outbreak-450i-pop-up-shelter-w-full-oversized-door-2019.htmlClam is now offering some thermal floors for a couple of hubs also. https://www.upnorthsports.com/ice-fishing/ice-fishing-portable-houses/ice-fishing-ice-house-accessories/clam-escape-ice-thermal-floor-2019.htmlhttps://www.upnorthsports.com/ice-fishing/ice-fishing-portable-houses/ice-fishing-ice-house-accessories/clam-escape-ice-thermal-floor-2019.htmlDN
I mean the panoptix showing the fish and tree is cool......but when I drop a camera I can see that and watch my bait.....can the panoptix do that with your bait.....I don’t know. It will be neat to see if it works like a guy hopes.
Looks like that same website has some info on new features for the Otter flip over shelters. Designated as "X-Over" now. Looks like the new features are side entry doors and something they call a "quick switch frame."Here is the link to the Pro Cabin: https://www.upnorthsports.com/ice-fishing/ice-fishing-portable-houses/ice-fishing-flip-over-shelters/otter-xt-pro-x-over-cabin-flip-over-shelter-2019.html. Looks like the new features are included with the Cottage, Cabin, Lodge, and Resort models.
To add to the more new stuff coming out, anyone seen the Glo-Ring Vexilar is coming out with? I am assuming its going to be a glow cup to light up your jigs and such but cant seem to find much info on it as of yet
That panoptix will be reduced in size and weight faster than we might think - it is pretty that garmin is hungry for market-share with the moves theyve made in the last couple of years.
Looks like Up North Sports had to pull back the new 2019 side entry Otter flips. You can still see them if you click on the link above and then just change the model name in the url address, but if you just go to UNS directly and look for Otter flip shanties, they've been hidden from view. Probably got into hot water with Otter for advertising them for sale too soon...before Otter had time to make their big product change announcement themselves. lol What does this mean to us you ask? Well, it means that all of the vendors who still have inventory of last years Otter shacks will now be clearancing them even sooner this year. No one will want to try and sell last year's Otters alongside this year's new side entry models. We will soon have some great sale prices on last year's Otters popping up. In consecutive years when models don't change much, it's not as big of a deal, but when a major change is made, the previous years models become unsaleable fast. Think automobiles in years when a major makeover takes place with a particular model. The old model (even if brand new) instantly get branded "old style."I will be scouting out the vendors that still have last year's models in stock and will keep a close eye on them for clearance sales. This should be a great opportunity to pick up an Otter flip at a big discount.DN DN
They can start with switching out the battery in their ice bundle to a lithium one. The current factory battery is a 12aH SLA beast! They already refined the ice bundle for this year by switching out the head unit from the Echomap Chirp 73cv to the Echomap Plus Chirp 73cv (which has a touchscreen).
yeah eskimos steel chair is ridiculously heavy..the inferno wide one shelter is heavy for its size.im no going eskimo brand.that evo looks like too much set up.