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<blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 310289" data-attributes="member: 1056">years back when marcum was stepping in to the flasher world for icefishing ,the business owned by vexliar,not sure how marcum didn't get sued for copy rights? I TOOK A lx-5 for a test drive,nothing new or exciting compared to the vex,othar than 5 color flasher display(so what),push button rather than dial tweaking,later found out marcum's poor customer service,but after one day on the ice Iput the marcum back in the box and brought out my vex.after researching and comparing spec's marcum vs vex I found out why its nearly impossible fishing near a marcum with a vex flasher,marcum lx-5 uses 2000 watts of power,vex uses 400 watts,however both vex and marcum use the same ice ducer 400 crystal power,further reseach claimed the 2000 watts in water less than 40 feet would spook the fish,as fish are senitive to this much like they (fish) pick up boat motor vibration in shallow water and foot traffic vibration walking along shoreline or a stream At the time vexliar fl-18 sold for $350,marcum lx-5 was $500,not sure how prices compare today?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snow, post: 310289, member: 1056"] years back when marcum was stepping in to the flasher world for icefishing ,the business owned by vexliar,not sure how marcum didn't get sued for copy rights? I TOOK A lx-5 for a test drive,nothing new or exciting compared to the vex,othar than 5 color flasher display(so what),push button rather than dial tweaking,later found out marcum's poor customer service,but after one day on the ice Iput the marcum back in the box and brought out my vex. after researching and comparing spec's marcum vs vex I found out why its nearly impossible fishing near a marcum with a vex flasher,marcum lx-5 uses 2000 watts of power,vex uses 400 watts,however both vex and marcum use the same ice ducer 400 crystal power,further reseach claimed the 2000 watts in water less than 40 feet would spook the fish,as fish are senitive to this much like they (fish) pick up boat motor vibration in shallow water and foot traffic vibration walking along shoreline or a stream At the time vexliar fl-18 sold for $350,marcum lx-5 was $500,not sure how prices compare today? [/QUOTE]

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