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nooneuno
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04/10/2022 05:36PM  
The post about the Garmin striker and other portables made me want to post what I use. I have tried vexilar flashers, graphs, gps units and cant stand the bulk, the wires, and the transducer so about 3 years ago I switched to a marcum LX I. It shoots right thru the hull of a kevlar boat, gives accurate depth readings, marks fish, has an internal battery that will last a month, and comes in a case with a belt clip for easy portaging. Its designed to shoot thru the ice and is the size of a flashlight, completely waterproof and if you drop it overboard it floats.
 
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schweady
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04/10/2022 06:44PM  
I have one and there's a guy in our group who will always ask me if I'd bring it for him to use. Serves as a backup that way, too. Simple, compact, lightweight, forever battery life. Best part is the top-mounted display, vs the side view on a similar device from Vexilar. I do get annoyed by how loud it is - transducer ticking seems much louder than others, and there's a depth and/or fish alarm that doesn't seem to have a way to silence. Turns itself off a little too quickly, also. Yours looks like a newer model; maybe those behaviors have been improved upon.

Here, I show it shooting through a ziploc-type sandwich bag filled with a little water and no air bubbles. Looks like I propped it up a bit with a day pack to keep it upright along the edge of the hull to avoid the floatation foam.

 
cyclones30
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04/11/2022 07:42PM  
I was going to ask how you get it to stand up straight
 
schweady
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04/12/2022 09:37AM  
cyclones30: "I was going to ask how you get it to stand up straight "

It's heavy enough and weighted mostly toward the transducer end to stay quite stable in most conditions. 2 lbs?
 
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