Vexilar FL-18 question.

[Sinker]

It's August and we're talking ice fishing.I love it!!! Anyway, I've had an FL-8 for about four years now and love it.Now I wouldn't know what to do without it.But I keep hearing about the FL-18 and was wondering if I could get some opinions from some of you that have had an FL-8 and then went to the FL-18? Like what are some advantages that the FL-18 has over the FL-8?What fishing situations make it a better unit,etc? Any responses would be helpful.I'm trying to resist the urge to get one but I spend alot of time ice fishing so I could justify it if there is good reason. Thanks. Think Ice!!!

[merc]

All my fishing buddies have the FL-8. I bought the FL-18 two years ago and in my opinion it is very well worth the extra hundred bucks. The bottom feature is great if you are a perch or walleye fisherman but the greatest thing is the brightness of the display. I was outside hole jumping with these guys on a sunny day and they had a heck of a hard time seeing there screen. I could have sun shining directly on my screen and see it with no problem. If you put the two side by side you will see the FL-18 is worth the extra bucks just because of the brightness. If you only use it in a house your OK with what you have. But then agian the bottom feature is nice!!! Sell your unit to someone who doesn't have one, they will be happy, buy the 18 and you will be happy!! Good luck!!!

[Guest]

I would have said the same thing that merc said. The bottom feature is very nice and the brightness of the Fl-18 is also nice.
I saw that vexilar came out with a new Fl-8 SE, that had a brighter screen and enhanced interference rejection. The zoom feature on the Fl-18 is very, very nice for them fish that sit close to the bottom and nice b/c os the Low Power (LP) mode it has. Get the Fl-18.

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Fish ON!

[Sinker]

Merc and Pike eye, thanks for the responses.That is just what I was looking for.I think I'll seriously check it out.My daughters go with me ice fishing sometimes and they know how to use the Vex and it gets kind of old switching off all the time using it,not to mention boring for the person who isn't using it.It would be nice to have two.This past winter I dug out an old Lowrance "green box" flasher that someone picked up at a garage sale for me years ago.I rigged it up and we tried it.I realize they had their place years ago, but it didn't compare after using the Vex.Anyway,I'll definitely check out the FL-18.Thanks again.

[Guest]

Good Choice Sinker! I use to go ice fishing all the time too and wanted to borrow the vex from my partner. And that was getting to be pretty hard so I also looked into it and got a Fl-18 and I got the dual beam. I think it was definitely worth the money.

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