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I really dont see why they should add all the bells and whistles that another brand has, when what they've been making has been and will be as reliable a unit as ever. They dont need to keep up with the Joneses to keep their buisness profitable. Some people will always love their products no matter what. If people want bells and whistles on their locator, they can always pay the price of them with other brands. No problem. But vex is always a reliable choice for anyone that can afford them.
Bee, this year the type of fishing we had to do, yes it put more on the ice than most others around us....As for Vex catching up, I won't hold my breath, still haven't bested the LX-5....
I have found the graph helps me put more fish on the ice when I am doing other things such as helping kids get set up or drilling holes. Every once in a while I check the history and many times have caught fish I would have missed. Works good for A.D.D. types like me! As far as a standard flasher goes, my old bird 55 was miles ahead of my fl20 and the lx7 in flasher mode as well. The main reason I still own the lx7 over the bird is because of the "history" on the graph. I also own a humminbird 597 and if it had a bigger screen, in my opinion it kicks the holy crap out of "marcum technology"! For the price, the screen sharpness and size are hard to beat on an lx7. Just an opinion from a fat guy....
Why would anyone want to watch 4 lines? I get pissed when my flasher picks up my buddies line. If you cant catch a fish with one then somethings not right.
How does the history catch fish you would have missed? If it is history that means the fish that was there was history as well correct? I dont understand as you cant go back and catch a fish that was there but is now gone?[/quote The history is less than thirty seconds old. If a fish swam through and I missed him, many times I have gone to his level and jigged a little bit and wham! I like that I have the ability to be a little lazy instead of always being afraid that I will miss some action if I am not On my A game always looking at a circle. Hope this helps...
Hmm this is interesting. I suppose a fish may be hanging in the area for a minute or so and jigging at the depth he went through would be more effective than jiggin above or below. I am not out with kids and am generally focused on the flasher but if I were to be away this may be helpful.
Yes many do have zoom but the vertical zoom on the 7 is alot better than the 1/2 screen zoom on the dial flashers, I can't stand more than 1 rod on my LX-5 but running 4 on the 7 is so simple a caveman can do it....Everyone whos sat and fished in my shack with the 7 so far loves it and wants one no matter what brand they currently own....
Seperation is what the rest lack....You don't notice it untill you use one with better seperation, 1/2" or 3/4" is alot better than 2.5" or 2.68", argue all you want it doesn't matter but only after you use a unit with 1/2-3/4" seperation....Allows you to seperate fish in a school, picks up bottom huggers better so in essence it will increase your catch due to you seeing more fish....Units with 2.5" seperation will miss fish that are tight or almost tight to the bottom, have seen it many times....We use these units side by side in gin clear water allowing us to see for a fact what swims by and what unit picks them up and what doesn't...Would you be surprised your unit will miss a 3 pound eye swimming directly below you? You should be since 9 times out of 10 it won't mark them, the LX5-7 9 out of 10 will.....
i think the lx 7 is a little to fragile. my buddy dropped his from a foor into the ice and now it wont turn on. but his fl 20 has fallen of buckets and sleds and been nocked around in the back of the truck and still works like it is new. dont fix it if it aint broken, vrx has a great product and i see a new flasher within a year or 2.
allows you to seperate fish in a school? seriously? you were one of the guys saying their unit lost bottom when a school came through now you can pick out the biggest fish right? even when the screen is all red for 5 feet from the bottom?so lets do some math..in your infinite wisdom, we only see one out of ten fish with a vex, when we catch 30 walleyes in the morning , we must have missed a few or had a few that didn't bite, so if we only see one out of ten, that means we had 300+ fish come through? with 5 guys, thats pretty easily 350 fish. you'd think a marcum guy would have come along and caught our limits for us, or maybe since we were able to sight them to tell when the marked fish was a northern, we'd have noticed our units only marked one out of ten fish, and then we could have smashed them with a hammer and raced off to Iowa for an education...no, your not biased, not one bit... lol
... Also not saying you miss 9 out of 10 fish, but 9 times out of 10 a fish cruising on the bottom or even 2" off bottom other units miss that fish 9 out of 10 times, read slower next time and put down your beer and think about that your reading instead of twisting what was written in your foggy brain......