Showdown thread

[snotroket]

I am hoping to learn what people are finding out about the Showdown vertical graph. Has it been reliable? Better than some of the other flashers on the market? Thanks for any honest opinions, testimonials etc.

[Dan L]

I have Showdown and it has worked well. I was in a shack with a vexlar and with a push a button the interference was gone. It is easy to read and very quiet. It also shows your jig and fish without a problem.

[toomanyjigs]

i have had mine now for 3 plus years and love it i had it from when it first came out as the vpg 3.2 version there were some glitchs in the beginning but then it even worked good just had some interference from the other units that was all then i had it flashed in brainerd to the 5.2 version couple years ago when only there outfitters were testing the 5.2 and that allowed me to zoom in to the 1 foot increments wich made me like it even more it has a half inch target separation,1000 watts rms 8000 peak and as for what danl had written its true me and my buddy go out all the time and both have em running in the same shack and with the push of the button there is no more interferance you can turn your noise level block to 10 sensitivity to 25 zoom with it and its back lite not to mention the 3 day battery life i would like to get another one for the misses or just to have as i heard they quit production really cant say enough about it and it has NEVER let me down wich is what i was after i just think that i works just as well if not better than the vex's but you will not be dissapointed i can promise you that

[toomanyjigs]

i would like to add one more thing, i will not even go fishing without it seriously and in the summer same thing just drape it over the side the boat and your golden hope this helps-jigs

[JSK76]

I got one for my girlfriend to use and other people who fish with me that didn't have a flasher and also just for a just encase backup to my LX-5. Without getting into a ton of detail I can say I'm very happy with my LX-5 but found I used the Showdown 23 out of 27 times out they both work great I just seem to like the Showdown tish better then the lx-5, maybe because it's new and the newness hasn't wore off yet, we'll see what happens next year.

I can say if I had to replace my flashers with just one like if I lost them both or they got ripped off, I would hands down pick the Showdown because of cost if for nothing else I payed $550 for my LX-5 last year and got my Showdown for $250.00 on sale this year and they perform equally to me, other then the the showdown not having a dual beam transducer.

[DaSwede]

I've had mine since Xmas and am really impressed. To me it's every bit as good as a flasher. I like how quiet it is and how long the battery lasts. For me it was a no-brainer.

[magic_minnow]

hands down best flasher for the money. If you can afford a 55 or fl20, by all means get it. I have not had any problems with my showdown and just yesterday I custom rigged a small light to the side of my case. I even tried to rig up the marcum battery indicator, but I didn't like it. Great flasher, easy to read, no weird knobs to turn, and nice LCD display. I got the new software this year and I love it even more.

[snotroket]

I was wondering if the Showdown was technically still being produced or I had heard Aqua View was no longer and someone else bought out the company. Although the latest model does have the upgraded software. Maybe someone could shed light on that subject. Thanks

[maddowg1192000]

Versa Electronics is producing them and doing all the repairs and upgrades