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Vexilar FL-20 or Hummingbird Ice 55?

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Pooh Experienced

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i watched a couple of vidoes on net on the ice55 and am wondering if the screen flashes n blinks as bad in real life as the vidoes make it look. my old fl8 doenst even flash as bad as the ice 55 if it really does blink like that.

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fishwater Mentor

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i watched a couple of vidoes on net on the ice55 and am wondering if the screen flashes n blinks as bad in real life as the vidoes make it look. my old fl8 doenst even flash as bad as the ice 55 if it really does blink like that.

They don't blink like that when viewing live in person. The flashers are blinking in the videos because the flasher's refresh is syncing with the video frame exposure. Human vision isn't recorded discretely, we have a hysteresis in our picture formation.

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Jason_Halfen Apprentice

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I wouldn't be caught without my ICE 55....through the ice or for open water winter fishing. I could go on and on about its features....digital depth display, dual beam capabilities, industry's only 6 color palette....but the best part about it is that it just plain works.

Here's what the ICE 55 did for me this past week at Red Wing. $55 rebate until the 1st of the year!

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riverwalker Rookie

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Personally I'd save a few bucks and go with the ice 45. Unless $$ isn't a problem and you want the couple extra bells whistle and 6 colors... I love my 45 and "had" been a vexhead for a long time. Just my opinion...Have also been at tourneys along with fishing next to every other flasher around and have yet to get ANY interference...

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SFC Mentor

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I bought a ice 45 love the digital depth reading. Glad I moved up from the 35 to the 45, cant comment on the other flashers,havent used them. So far this year I know my flasher has caughten me fish, I was also using hooks. grin

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I bought the Humminbird Ice 45 last winter. The unit gives me interference next to every make, the digital display will often read 1.2 feet deep when I am in deep water, and at times the digital display will tell me the depth is where my jig is. I sent it in at the end of last season and they sent it back and said it was fixed. Been out this year and having the same issues. It kinda made me wonder if they even did anything to it or tested it before they sent it back. I like the birds features but with the issues I've had I am bummed I didn't drop the extra doe and go with the FL-20.

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bigbad401 Rising Star

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how do you guys feel about the ice 35? Its a lot cheaper and seems like a good entry level option. Its between those and the showdown troller for me.

I used to have an FL-8 but I upgraded to the ICE35. I am sure glad I did too. Having the zoom and the dual beam transducer on an entry level flasher is awesome.

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Question for you guys that own the diff. brands, what would be the better one for me to use as its hard for me to see the color as I'm color blind. I grew up with Fl8 and Lowrance flashers and graphs in my dads boats over the years and I use a H-bird Piranhamax 150 in my boat. But when I use my friends fl8 its hard to tell what the colors are and it makes it hard to fish productively. Any brands out there that are easier to tell between the colors? If not I'll stay with my camera at least on that I can see the fish.

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Ed Carlson Grand Master

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I also deal with color perception concerns and gratefully Vexilar has an answer for this issue.

One can get nearly all* FL Series Vexilar units converted by the Vexilar shop to a new scheme of lighting called the "Cool Blue" conversion system. This conversion process changes the colors in the display so it is Color Blindness friendly.

The bright red color stays the same, but green and orange are replaced with vibrate Blue and Purple. I often see a shade or two of Pink mixed in there somewhere too at times, but that me.

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The change is significant and you will intermediately be able to see the contrasts and use the Vexilar flasher as other can with top efficiency. If you live with CB issues, I highly recommend it.

You can call Vexilar and speak with a Vex tech on the system, and what your options are to get one. You can get a new Vexilar fitted with it, or get a reconditioned one from them also fitted with the "Cool Blue" at a very reasonable cost.

CB Conversion cost is $59.00, plus $10.00 S/H.

Included in this fee is the conversion and a complete unit check-up. They will look your entire system over to find any potential problems like worn brushes, circuit problems, or a weak transducer. If anything looks to be a problem, they will contact you to see if you want to take care of the problem now at the shop. Purchasing a new conversion unit from them as or a reconditioned unit the only shipping would be would be the shipping fee to you.

The "Cool Blue" Blue Light Conversion is available for these Vexilar FL Series models...

* FL-8*

* FL-8SLT

* FL-8se

* FL-12

* FL-18

* FL-20

* FL-22HD

*Blue Light Conversion is only compatible with older Vexilar FL-8s with serial numbers of 800000 or higher.

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greenhead Newbie

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I have had the Lowrance X67c and the Marcum LX3-tc and so far my new Ice-55 is far superior. It seems to be more consistant in reading my jig. The target seperation seems to be pretty good. I would say just as good if not better than my Marcum. Unit is nice and quiet and the battery seems to last pretty long. I have used it for 8 hours and it still showed 75% battery left. Its more fun to look at and you dont have to squint to see the targets.The night backlighting is awsome.My brother in law has a LX5 and he says he might switch to hummingbird.

All in all a great unit.

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