Cabela's VXR flasher

[2044Mustang]

Looks like a nice unit and is made by Marcum and at a very reasonable price. Just wondering if anyone has purchased one and or has any comments good/bad about the unit?

[CNY Tim]

I know a couple of guys that have the Gander GSX and love it. They both purchased the MarCum DCS 100 fully automatic charger instead of the standard charger that comes with the unit. They both like the float and the 5' zoom window. From what I heard on both the VXR and GSX there a great little flasher with zoom at a non-zoom price. There should be Gander sales soon so keep an eye out for a good deal, you can also check Cabela's as well. For a budget conscious fisherman you can't go wrong, great price and value to boot.

[2044Mustang]

Thanks for the reply Tim, Cabelas has them for $249 right now. Kind of hard to pass that up, but I wanted to know how the unit was working for the guys that have purchased this already before I bought one.

[eyepatrol]

If you go back to what is now page 13 of this forum, last response on 1/11/06, you'll find a lot of good discussion in regards to the VXR. I just bought one this year and it's the first time I've ever purchased and used a flasher unit. It's definitely a nice unit for starting out. I haven't probably learned to use it to it's fullest potential yet, but I'm getting the hang of how to adjust the sensitivity, use the bottom zoom, tell the difference between hard and soft bottom, etc. I really wanted to get the 3tc, but a certain someone in my household didn't think it was necessary. I'd prefer to have the 3tc or the 5 for that finer line definition and to be able to have multi-level zoom ranges. The VXR gets a little cluttered when your bait/lure gets close to the bottom I've found, and I think the 3tc or the 5 would do a better job at cleaning that up with better definition. I've fiddled with the sensitivity in these instances and used the zoom, but it just seems to connect lines on the screen when you get close (if anyone has suggestions on this, please chime in). I'd also prefer to have the swing arm for the transducer cable rather than the float, but again, it's not that big of a deal.

I'd say all in all it's a very good unit for those that are just starting out or get out occassionally. Not that I don't like the unit or anything, but next year I plan to sell mine and upgrade to what I want, which would be the 3tc.

Oh by the way....$249 is a pretty good price. I bought mine early on in the ice fishing season when it was $300.

[zepman]

I purchased the Gander GSX earlier this year and have been more than happy with this unit. Does everything I need it to do and the bottom lock feature is great. I would recommend this flasher to any of my friends.

[TheIceFishingKid]

I bought the Gander GS-X around Christmas and I love it. Its a great price for the unit it is the same thing as the LX-2. I was at Gander earlier this week and they had them as well for $249. I Like the Gander one better the soft pack is better and the Cabelas one has a big yellow float when all you need is the rubber stop that the GS-X has.