Marcum LX-6 and LX-7 Questions

[iceman_phil]

I have a Marcum LX-5 and love it.  I am thinking of getting another unit and have a couple of questions.  One thing I wish the LX-5 had is a 0-10 foot scale.  And the Super Fine Line (SFL) is the Bees Knees on the LX-5.

So....

1.  Do the LX-6 and LX-7 have a 0-10 foot scale/range?
2.  Do the LX-6 and LX-7 have a Super Fine Line feature?

I assume that since the 6 is smaller than the 7, the "dial" on the display is also smaller on the 6 than it would be on the 7?  How does the "dial" size compare to the LX-5?

Also, in general, is there a delay or lag on the screen with these LCD units when you jig?

Thanks,

Phil

[chris steel]

Phil check your inbox and call me

[hamms]

I have the lx5 also and i'm planning on a 7 to go with it for next year. The 7 has 0-10 scale and no lag on the screen when jigging.  More then a 0-10 ft scale on the 5 I would like a 0-30. movable zoom makes up for it though. Love the 5.

[twodogs02]

I have the LX-5 and LX-7.  The 7 has the scale you want and if Marcum figures out dynamic depth (it is better with the latest upgrade but not perfect IMO) you won't need to set depth ranges.  No delays in jigging, and I have fished with the LX-5 for a long time so I would recognize that easily.  SFL is target adjustment on the LX-7 and it has gotten a lot better with the latest upgrade.

I didn't get much use out of the LX-7 last year because of the bugs it had until v2.9 was released and at release time, our season was almost over.   We have not had much ice so far this year to really go through the latest upgrade v3.17 but starting Friday I am going to be out all weekend.  One final thing, Marcum has improved the LX-7 through software updates; when I purchased the unit last year, you could hardly fish with it until v2.9 came out.  With each upgrade, Marcum continues to fine tune the features and I suspect, will add new bells and whistles along the way.  The LX-7 is a very good unit now, I am happy to have both units in my sled.

Page five of this document will answer all your questions on LX-7's ranging:
http://marcumtech.com/~marcum/media/pdfs/LX7.pdf

[hamms]

You have best of both worlds there!