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Says the man who's shows all his equipment in his signature. As I recall you were looking to purchase an FLX28 with all the bells and whistles. Why? Upgrading to an LX9 would be awesome. But I already have a Camera. If you have the screen estate to show your zoom, full water column, and chart graph all on one screen to assist you in catching more fish why wouldnt you? Instead of looking at a round dial with a split screen you at least get your displays separately on screen. The point again was to use the features to your advantage depending on the situation or presentation. Setup the screen displays that best fit what your going after.Sure I can pick up the FL8 and be fine with just the standard round dial screen. Guess you didnt read what I said earlier that sometimes simplicity more then does the job. But that's not the point here. You drive a luxury sedan or ferarri. So why drive it like a and old gramps? If I wanted that i'd buy the Geo Metro instead.
I'm not the die hard type that will refuse to fish with someone that uses marcum or humminbird for that matter lol.
I have had both the Vexilar FL-20 and the MarCum Lx-6.... Here is my opinion. I like vex's easiness to use (you won't find another unit where you just drop in the ducer' and are good to go like the vex's), the battery on the vex will last for a week, and you get the classic durability of the vex. I once dropped my 20 out of my truck on to the concrete and everything was just fine. I also like having the packs to chose from (Genz, Propack II or Ultra) and the options you can add to them such as the flexlight, neoprene cover, and tackle boxes.Now for my lx-6. I like having the 4 main features on the unit (flasher, graph, vertical view, and vertical zoom) as you can customize the unit to whatever you are fishing for. I originally thought I would like the software upgrading idea, but as I started to use it last season I never took the time to do any of the upgrades (because I have a mac and you need a PC, and that it was just inconvenient to do). The battery life on my 6 was pretty good and could fish for a good day before recharging. I do not think the 6 is nearly as durable as the vex but I keep very good care of my gear so it wasn't much of a problem.Result: I am in the middle of selling my lx6 and am switching back to vex. Going to get the flx28!! Just can't resist that old school vex even though brands around it are "revolutionary" I just like everything a vex unit is build for. CATCHING FISH AND LASTING FOREVER!!! If it ain't broke don't fix it!!