Lx-3tc Questions Cont.

[cybermuskie]

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That was one of the things that some MarCum and Vexilar switch over customers wanted was a narrower beam ducer for applications such as yours, not an overwhelming majority but a few. New customers waited for the dual beam LX-5 before making the move but what I wan't to know is this, "How did they know to wait? or "Did they just guess right?" Unfortunately it is a guessing game for Joe Q consumer, a roll of the dice to buy right now or hold off and stick with what you have and wait. Most of us do not have a crystal ball unfortunately.

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I just bought this unit like 3 weeks ago. I guess I should have stated that it was the LX-3tc. Like I said I could have gotten the 5 but the guy where I bought it said the 3 was all I needed. I will just go back and see if I can upgrade. I believe it is a good unit, but Maybe I just expected to much from the 3. My bad!

Thanks Tim

[CNY Tim]

The LX3TC is a great unit! Franky and Tuzzy are my buddies and own them, and they fish the same under 40' stuff I do., Panfish reign here in central new york for the most part. The best all in one package for 3 color flashers is the LX-5, it's just flat out sick!

Let me know when you have that 5 in your hands and you'll see the differences immediately.

I definitely agree with you about expectations and companies following through but you knew full well prior to your puchase that the MarCum LX-3 came standard with a 20 deg. transducer at least I hope you knew. Before the LX-5 came out if you asked me if you fished tight cover most of the time, steep drop off's, or over 160' of water I would have told you the 9 deg. that Vex offers would have been my choice.

The guy whom sold you your unit did not do his job and that's half the problem is that sales people are not educated enough to recommend anything and sales bias is everywhere. Especially at a local Gander Mountain here the guy whom run's it is so pro Vex it's sickening, the guy doesn't know jack about flasher's for instance he sold a friend of mine a defunct LX-3 and he promptly returned it and asked for another LX-3 and they didn't have anymore in stock and the only store in NY state that had it was the Watertown store 2 hours north of here. Thank God he didn't take his advice about settling for the FL-18, he knew what he wanted for his son and drove 2 hours north up to Watertown to get it! The kid loves his TC and fishes all the time on Delta and is a very good fisherman. This kid is 14 years old and he knew. MarCum did great for us out east with the LX-3 and continued it's march to excellence with the LX-5.

CM take it back to him and ask him what is the difference between the 20 and the 8 degree transducer? I'd be interested in his answer.

Get the LX-5 you'll thank me later...

[cybermuskie]

Tim,

To be honest....I guess I never really thought about the 20 degree cone. I guess I never read anything on here talking about not being able to see the bottom. I just figured that the 3 would be set up to cover the most water, and I wouldn't have to worry about it. I tried to read everybodies posts about Marcum on here I could find. Maybe I missed it, or it didn't "click" but whatever the case, the 3 was not for me. I spent more time trying to get it working right, and less time fishing.

Well, the baby is waking up....gotta go!

[CNY Tim]

Babies cryin ... Oh CM been there and done that with 4 of my own. It's very hard to know the in's and out's of flashers when you got little ones and honey do list's that compounds your research time to get the most complete and acurate information, but I sincerely think that Fishing Minnesota is revered as the #1 site on the web for flasher information. Some sites I won't mention don't want the truth because they can't handle it and will criticize the poster but not the facts. The truth is when it comes down to flasher's Fishing Minnesota has been ahead of the learning curve more so than any site on the web, over Ice Shanty and Ice Team. We have sonar experts here that grind em out, decipher the information in acccordance with Quality, Value and performance and even if MarCum was not a sponsor here the LX series of flashers would be our choice hands down.

CM - I just hope that you can get your situation taken care of quickly and if you run into any problems with the sales guy contact me personally, I'm here for you!

On a side note the FL-28 better impress me or I will hammer the heck out of people that promote them or pick them up as a sponsor.. I swear that! If I get kicked off that site than so be it but I wil never hide from the truth.

Stick with me you guys I have been on this thing with sonars for 3 years and Fishing Minnesota was the first to get it right!!!