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<blockquote data-quote="snow" data-source="post: 288374" data-attributes="member: 1056">The18 is really all ya need,great target seperation 3/4&quot; in zoom mode(bottom 6' for those bottom hugging eyes compared to the fl8 2.5&quot;s,other than a flat screen (which scratch easy) on the 20's on up no advantage for hard water,infact the old 8's /fl12's work just fine w/o zoom once ya figure them out.marcum lx5 I tested years ago when new had nothing over the vex except a 5 color screen,marcum uses the same or did use the same ice ducer with 400 crystals and a bunch more power(2000watts) they claim for mid water column zoom,you can see the same stuff on all vexilars no need for mid water column zoom imop.Also if your a run and gun type icefisherman that likes to hole hop consider gluing a 1&quot; or 2&quot; piece of styrafoam to your unit base,makes a better base hole hoping so your unit won't slide around but more importantly saves the battery life,cold draws the battery down twice as fast out in the open.Oh the 18 also has the L/P (low power)mode which marcum does not,comes in handy for shallow water fishing and fertile lakes with &quot;zoo plankon&quot; that will fill your screen at night with clutter.few thoughts</blockquote>

[QUOTE="snow, post: 288374, member: 1056"] The18 is really all ya need,great target seperation 3/4" in zoom mode(bottom 6' for those bottom hugging eyes compared to the fl8 2.5"s,other than a flat screen (which scratch easy) on the 20's on up no advantage for hard water,infact the old 8's /fl12's work just fine w/o zoom once ya figure them out.marcum lx5 I tested years ago when new had nothing over the vex except a 5 color screen,marcum uses the same or did use the same ice ducer with 400 crystals and a bunch more power(2000watts) they claim for mid water column zoom,you can see the same stuff on all vexilars no need for mid water column zoom imop. Also if your a run and gun type icefisherman that likes to hole hop consider gluing a 1" or 2" piece of styrafoam to your unit base,makes a better base hole hoping so your unit won't slide around but more importantly saves the battery life,cold draws the battery down twice as fast out in the open. Oh the 18 also has the L/P (low power)mode which marcum does not,comes in handy for shallow water fishing and fertile lakes with "zoo plankon" that will fill your screen at night with clutter. few thoughts [/QUOTE]

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