Marcum lx highspeed

[ZachD]

So I am torn I want to put a graph in my smaller boat..

I love my lx 6 flasher and am thinking about getting the high speed transducer for it and just going with that but I don't get why they charge $199 for it when bird and lowrance ducers are far less

 

I almost pulled the trigger on the lowrance hook 4 with down scan and chart plotter at gander for $179  I don't care about the chart plotter really as I have a big hand held gps that I use in that boat and that screen is larger than the hook 4 when you have it split plotter and graph

they only had the display model left and wouldn't go lower price so I passed

 

If I can find the hook 4 at another gander that doesn't have the chart plotter for cheaper I may go with that

 

Does any one have experience with the lx on open water I hear it is at par with an lowrance elite 5 I am kind of wanting to go with that but don't know

 

What would you do run the lx open water or go with hook 4 with down scan

 

[hayseed]

Probably not what your wanting to hear,  but I bit the bullet for an LX High speed transducer a couple years ago for my LX-6. Run it a couple times before removing it from my boat and going with a Lowrance. I found that on plane I frequently lost sonar and hard to see in bright sun. Hard to eliminate the excess noise as well. Ended up taking a real hard beating on getting rid of it also. Just my opinion, but I recommend checking out the Garmin Strikers or comparable Lowrance instead for the money. Love my LX for the ice, but it will remain my ice unit. 

[ZachD]

Nope that's exactly what I wanted to hear thank you probably will go to look at gander in forest lake to see if they have anything good left