Lx7 First Impressions...

[aczr2k]

Instead of adding to the "when are they shipping post" I thought I would created a new post and see what everyones first impressions were:

I tried mine out saturday up on LOW. First thoughts...C'mon Marcum for $700 at least you can print a manual and include it in the box, its only 18 pages??? I also had troube with the auto range I was in 18 fow and it kept flashing between 18 and 38, manually set it to 20 then it was fine, kinda defeats the purpose though. After reading the manual I still don't understand target size either, it seems to do almost the same as the sensitivity setting?

The carrying cradle is pretty poor I can see these units easily being dropped with gloved hands, again something so simple? Your going to want to have a microfiber towel with to wipe off the plastic screen protector when the fish flop water around. But it should do a good job of protecting the screen and was a nice addition.

I really like the big clear display and it was easy to look at all day, nice and bright. Did any one elses display flicker on and off? It happens so fast but it is noticeable and it was constant all day.

After 10 hrs of use, battery life did seem good also. Haven't found a good mounting location for the lure lightning light yet either.

Overall fairly happy just will take some getting used to. Is it better than the Lx5? I don't have enough time on it yet to decide.

[Ice_Ice_Baby]

I want one but might wait a while for the price to drop. Good old LX-5 will have to be my primary unit for now.

Tony

[stumper]

I didnt notice any flickers in the screen on mine. I agree the handle isnt great. I plan on taking 2 short pieces of hose, split them so I can get them over the webbing of the handle and then a little black tape to keep it in place. This should hold the handle up above the unit and make it much easier to handle.

After about 5 hrs of use, my battery gauge dint show any changes. Side by side with my LX5 , no interference issues at all.

So far I am VERY happy with it!!

[JSK76]

Mine did the same as aczr's, flickering would come and go and today I didn't see it flicker at all, also same issue with the auto depth. Mine would read 3 feet less if used in flasher only mode. If you had one other thing running with it, it would read correct. I'm not sure the charger is working either I was reading 11.5 volts after using it today and tried to charge it and the green light never turned red so I put my marcum dcs 100 charger and it said it was at 0% and I have 2 dcs 100 and both read the same. You could tell it needed charging because when I turned it on the LX7 Logo was shaky.

I'm right with aczr on his review, it's like he wrote exactly what I was thinking!

[Jimmy from Cottage Grove]

Yeah I don't get what the target does either. I couldn't find it described in the manual. I didn't notice really anything when I adjusted it from zero to ten.

[JSK76]

I think it's like the SFL (single fine line) button on the lx5 making the the bait and fish marks smaller but it does seem to work. I can tell the difference between 1 and 10 setting.

[Hardyboy]

I think it's like the SFL (single fine line) button on the lx5 making the the bait and fish marks smaller but it does seem to work. I can tell the difference between 1 and 10 setting.

Its exactly that! It either magnifies or minimizes your target size. I would imagine in a tight zoom situation or deep water this would be very handy.

[aczr2k]

Funny you mention the charger...Mine was plugged in for at least 36 hours and the green light never did turn on. I'll leave it plugged in all week and see what happens. As of now my biggest concern is the screen on/off flicker.

[gquist]

Mine worked well, I didn't have any of the flickering screen or the auto depth changing around, the charger works good, I am having trouble figuring out the sensitivity and target adjust button's, The manual (online) talks about the "Gain" but there is no Gain button, The way I read it the sensitivity buttton controls at the return signal from the transducer, is the "Target Adjust" button the power being sent out of the transducer?

Other then that It is a great unit, The only wish list item for me would be to have the ability to manual set the Range in 2' increments, I was in 23 fow and could only set the depth at the 40' range, so it basicly wasted 1\2 the flasher screen.