Vexilar Comparisons

[DirtyMike]

Save yourself some money and get a Marcum lx5i
flat screen
adjustable zoom anywhere in the water column
dual beam ducer

:;:stirthepot

for reals tho

we need to talk

 

[deleted_account]

uh no

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That's like ordering a whiskey 7up, and the barmaid says we have bubble up, its sorta the same thing...;:;barf

if we had a thumbs down feature. id use it now

 

[all4eyes]

Have 2 18's, just don't see spending the extra coin for what does exactly the same thing. Buy the 18 and use the extra cash for a handheld GPS and chip. Use the GPS to mark spots in the summer to go back to in the winter. Best bang for the buck in my opinion.

 

[Buckshot-]

I hate my proview transducer. what a mistake... on me by buying one, on vexilar for building it

What is the major issue with the proview? I like reading this when i have a brand new one at home in the box :;:rockit

 

[lunkerslayer]

Have 2 18's, just don't see spending the extra coin for what does exactly the same thing. Buy the 18 and use the extra cash for a handheld GPS and chip. Use the GPS to mark spots in the summer to go back to in the winter. Best bang for the buck in my opinion.

Thumbs Up

 

[Putz ND]

I have a 28 and you can see the minnow head fall off the spoon in 25 feet of water. Target separation is amazing. I agree though - the transducer where you can't select cone angle is a bunch of BS. Otherwise its been a good unit.

 

[Enslow]

They aren't bad compared to no electronics! It just major sucks not having any sort of zoom.

They ARE pretty bad if you fish deeper than 30 ft. Even 20-30 is getting lame. The marks become tiny and difficult to use.

Anything shallower than 20 feet and they're pretty much as good as others IMO.

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You'd have to fish with zoom to appreciate not having it.

Zoom is nice in deep water. In under 30 feet though the fl8 will suite u just fine.

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I have an 18, I only use it with the bottom zoom. I cant imagine fishing without it.

My buddy has the 20 and 28, the instant digital depth on the 28 is neat, but I don't think it is $200+ more in cost neat.
it gets the 3 on the neatness scale.

Using the word neat for everything isnt all that "neat". Use more powerful verbage for a change... Strive to really punch your point home once in a while haha. Dont you thirst for more than just "neat" things and "neat" boring stuff all the time? #neatisboring

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Neat is uncle steve boring... Just sayin

 

[lunkerslayer]

I have a 28 and you can see the minnow head fall off the spoon in 25 feet of water. Target separation is amazing. I agree though - the transducer where you can't select cone angle is a bunch of BS. Otherwise its been a good unit.

:;:thumbsup

 

[johnr]

Zoom is nice in deep water. In under 30 feet though the fl8 will suite u just fine.

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Using the word neat for everything isnt all that "neat". Use more powerful verbage for a change... Strive to really punch your point home once in a while haha. Dont you thirst for more than just "neat" things and "neat" boring stuff all the time? #neatisboring

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Neat is uncle steve boring... Just sayin

Neat is like the f word, it's placement through out my described statements is fucking neat....haha

Once you grasp it, you too will be neat

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Jon Galt is a faggot. That answer your month long question lunker

 

[SDMF]

Marcum units rock!!!! Especially in deep water, they ensure your's is the only flasher that's accurate. Get a Marcum within 1/2 mi of a Vex and the Vex user instantly becomes 2x greater risk of a stroke.

 

[guywhofishes]

What is the major issue with the proview? I like reading this when i have a brand new one at home in the box :;:rockit

you can't choose a narrow cone. If on a slope/edge with a wide cone your bait and even fish are "below" the bottom. Blinding you. Honest truth. Dumbest idea ever. Sometimes a wide cone is needed (to see your dead stick for instance) and you can't choose that either. You are at the mercy of idiotic Proview. What a stupid name BTW. Grrrr!!

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Watch the goofy pro at Vexilar's video, he'll explain how Proview works. Not. Ha ha ha ha. It leaves you asking "what????".

 

[DirtyMike]

Fished right next to a marcum vx-1p a couple weeks ago and never had an issue.

 

[johnr]

Maybe you could duct tape the outer edges, narrow the view right down

 

[Kickemup]

Maybe you could duct tape the outer edges, narrow the view right down

That is some redneck ingenuity. I almost got the proview glad I went with a tri beam.

 

[guywhofishes]

That is some redneck ingenuity. I almost got the provide glad I went with a tribe am.

Say what?

 

[DirtyMike]

Say what?

Someone is riding the keystone pipeline

 

[johnr]

I think he meant my statements are neat

 

[lunkerslayer]

More like drunken boozer which is sad ;:;boozer

 

[Kickemup]

That was a lot of auto correct going on that was not supposed to should of proof read that.

 

[johnr]

Haha, maybe? Or maybe just like tape

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It suckered. The message that says it all