marcum lx3 or lx5?

[cupcake]

what are the advantages to lx5 over the lx3 and is it worth the extra money?

thanks

darrin

[IcemanMN]

LX-5 has 2,000 watts power

LX-3tc has 1500 watts power

The lx-5 has a dual beam transducer and super fine line mode.

I have an lx-5 and the dual beam is nice, if you have alot of weeds and cover it can help cut the clutter and in deep water situations. Super fine line mode I've used to help seperate targets alittle more in bigger schools or fish on the bottom even.

With a price difference of only $80 I would defiently go with the LX-5, it won't

[BIG DS]

If you fish deeper waters, especially with a lot of bottom structure, get the LX-5. The dual beam will will give you a lot better "picture" of whats down there in the deeper waters when you switch it to the narrower cone angle. For example, if you are fishing in say 30 fow and using a 9 degree 'ducer the targets will be only a few inches to a foot from your lure. On a 20 degree 'ducer that same target could be several feet from your lure. If you are in large schools of fish like a school of Crappies feeding in and around a large school of bait fish, it may show up as a blob, if you switch to the fine line, you will be able to see more seperation on the targets. That way you can spend more time jiggin' on the game fish a less time teasin' the forage.

[DzNuts]

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LX-5 has 2,000 watts power

LX-3tc has 1500 watts power

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Darrin, as stated here, if you plan of ever fishing with another person in your house who owns a fishing locator make sure you out power him. I made the mistake of lossing that battle.

[TurnUpTheFishing]

If both units are Marcums you can cut the clutter down to minimum with the IR button.

[Matt Johnson]

In my opinion its the Dual Beam feature that caused me to upgrade to the LX-5. I use the dual beam a lot more than I thought I would. It serves several purposes really...

One...

It allows you to focus on the strikezone in deeper water. Now instead of covering a large area across the bottom of the lake with a 19 or 20 degree cone, you can now cover the more immediate area by switching the the narrow beam.

Two...

It cuts down on interference. The narrower the cone angle, the less likely you are at picking up or crossing someone else's cone. So, when fishing in large groups you can dramatically cut down your interference when using the narrow beam.

And three...

It helps a ton when fishing in the weeds. The narrower the cone the less surrounding weeds you pick up on your flasher, which in turn allows you to see your jigs a lot easier... which eventually equates to more fish in my mind.

So, whether you run a Vexilar or a MarCum, I would personally consider the dual beam feature. All the Vexilar models can become a dual beam model...

[Deitz Dittrich]

For me.. its all about the Dual Beam... ANd yes its worth more to me... I fish a lot of shallow water, being able to see my lure better with the narrow beam is worth its weight in gold to me.

[trapperdirk]

I own both and yes it's worth the extra bucks to go dual beam when situations arise that others have stated .

TD