Man I have to say I love my lx5. Nabbed some char today along with rainbows and silvers as shallow as 6'.
I do however notice that there get's to be a progressively louder ticking noise. Much louder then the typical whirr sound after it starts up. Was fishing outside today for most of the day and some ice and snow did build up on the cable. Not sure what it is but it's definatly LOUD! (not normal!) Sometimes it's nothing more then the transducer touching the side of the hole. It doesn't happen immediatly, seems to come on slowly like a bad headache. Sometimes I can make an adjustment to the cable or arm and ducer but more often it just keeps on ticken.
Gonna bring a portable and heater with me tomorrow to see if I can alleviate this problem.
I do want to ask about the batterys though. How long can you get on a fully charged battery? Figure starting at 9 or so, if I leave by 6 my battery will be down to 40%. Is this common? We switched lakes for a little bit before dark and the short 20 mn drive in a heated truck brought the batteries up from 60% to 90%. We were sitting on the ice on the first lake for most of the trip.