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Got to finally use my Marcum LX-5 today I just can't believe how much clearer it was to read than my FL-18.

Caught my limit of crappies as well. There was enough ice to take my ATV out to pull my house and gear. Great day on the ice for sure. I was the only one or should I say the first one out on this small lake but wasn't long before I had people fishing both sides of me. Fresh crappie for dinner tonight. grin.gif

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I am not familiar with the LX-5, what did you mean by "...clearer to read than my FL-18." Does it have a bigger display? Brighter?

I know they pump out more wattage than the Vexilars. Have you had it long enough to notice if that has any impact on battery life?

I know it has been a topic of discussion in another forum but I thought you might have a litte more insight having used both on the ice. I am just curious. grin.gif

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"This new three-color sonar flasher features MarCum's new patent pending TrueColor Display. TrueColor is the latest from MarCum Technologies improving color separation and resulting in an ultra crisp and highly visible display (even in bright sunlight)....."

I would like to see one of these in action.... surprised you got your hands on one. I am guessing they are hard to come by. I still have to send my lx-3 in to get it updated to the new true color.

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Fished with S.T. and his LX-5 today and it was very very crisp and bright. The 3 colors are awesome and having dual beam ducer and the zoom anyplace ya want it is great. Im also going to send my LX-3 in to get the upgrade after seeing the LX-5 and how vivid it was. WOW!

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators
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MarCum really kicked it up a notch with the LX5. Under full view you get 2.5" separation from targets and with zoom that separation goes down to 3/4" just like the LX3. Something new with the LX5 is the SuperFine Line (SFL) feature. Now you can that 3/4" separation with a touch of a button and still be in full view. The True Color, Yellow, Green, and Red are crisp and bright. Add the dual beam ducer and you can switch from 20 to 8 degree,thats something thats going to come in handy when your on steep breaks or fishing over large boulders. Then of coarse theres MarCums 12 level of Interference Reduction(IR) system thats second to none along with the Digital Charging System (DCS).

Someone asked about the battery life with the LX5. Current Draw is 350mA , same as the LX3 so your 7amp hr battery will last around 20 hours.

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Frank and Steve did you guys get any fish. Or should I say how many grin.gif

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I caught 1 15" eye and a few nice perch and a bunch of small northern. Frank and Steve caught a couple eyes. 1 was 25". They also caught a few northerns. Mr. Pike Fingers kept them. grin.gif

Nice to see Steve out in this neck of the woods again. Steve toss me some of those pics at [email protected] Im getting pics set for my future website.

  • 'we have more fun' FishingMN Creators
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Randy, It wasn't hot and heavy action but was a heck of a time and we did get a couple eyes and a few pike.

I'll let STF post along with some pics.

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