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X67 or the Aqua Vu VPG

Fast Ed

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R. Miller Proficient

R. Miller

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Ralph,

How easy is it to mount the x67 on the summer rig? I bought one from cabelas last winter and loved it for ice fishing...didn't use it this summer, mainly because I didn't have a real fishing boat. I just got an older lund with a nice 25 on it. The boat came with two older depth finders, and old lowrance and a decent eagle. Anyway, I really want to put the x67 on it this next spring.

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I just got off the lake with my VPG.. for the money.. a great unit!

Come on Dietz you can do a wee better than that blip I''m sure . LOL . It's more bucks in the the end than a VX-1 so lets hear your take on it . I think your hedging lad or is that a duck . LOL

TD

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Ralph Wiggum Grand Master

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Depends if you want to mount it permanently or not. When I used mine, I just kept it in the case and used it as is with a skimmer transducer (Thorne Bros gives you one when you by it). I used it mainly in a little 14' boat, so I just set the case with battery and graph in it on the bench next to me, hooked up the skimmer transducer, and I was good to go!

Now, if you wanted to mount it on a more permanent basis, I'll bet you could get an extra mounting bracket pretty cheaply, and then just run your wires and hook it to a big battery (if you've got one).

If you've already got a Lowrance and Eagle on the boat, you might not even have to wire it. The transducers and plugs might be compatible. grin.gif

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x67 is the choice. Color, graph or flasher, zoom and a great summer unit for the bow. I got the puck transducer for my trolling motor and a small RAM mount and that was all there was to it. Use the same 12volt batteries. The unit has worked fine in sub zero temps. Well though out unit except for the little arm and wire idea for holding the transducer in the hole. Throw them away and just dangle the transducer or get a Vex float.

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My honest review of it... I fished the Fish Lake event with it on Saturday.. there were a lot of other depthfinders out there. There was a bit of clutter on the screen, I did use the button to reduce this, but could not get rid of all the clutter... I was still able to use the VPG and really did like the display.

I had a better chance to use it last night. I was fishing alone for crappie. The display was crystal clear and ultra easy to read. I was able to shoot through 7" of clear ice and get a solid bottom reading and also mark suspended crappies before drilling holes. I was impresed with its ablility to tell the different colors of grey scale and note when fish was on the edge of the cone angle or directly beneath me. I was also able to tell size of fish(from small lines to thicker lines and how dark they were.) I liked that the unit was a little taller, as I hole hopped a lot and its not as far to bend down to pick up. There was zero, none, nada delay to the screen. When I moved the jig, the line on the screen moved. Granted, it was 35 degrees out.

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I love the digital bottom reading... that is a great feature.

The display is very easy to read.

easy to carry.

zoom worked very good

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when a ton(were talking 15 or so other depthfinders in a small area) I wasn't able to get rid of all the clutter(feedback).. in defence many of the vex units also had this same problem.. so this was not just a VPG problem.

I'm a little worried about hte area where the battery cables plug into the case. I havn't had a problem yet. but am going to keep my eye on it.

Overall... for $229 I think its a great unit... I dont think it will replace my LX-5 as my Go-To ice depthfinder. But thouse who know me, I like to have backups! And the VPG will go on a lot of fishing trips this year.

(Sorry TD, didn't have a ton of time last night to type something like this out!)

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