After numerous emails and no reply and about 12 phone calls before I got an answer they told me I could either mail it in and wait up to three weeks for it to be fixed, or bring it in and drop it off with the same turn around. I wasnt happy.
I took the unit back to the retailer and switched it for a Vexilar Fl22 and had a great rest of the year with an awesome unit!
Now fast forward to September when I posted the entry about the LX7 from the thorne bros Portable mod GTG. Right away I was intrigued by the unit and spent a good amount of time ogling it. I did however had doubts due to the rough start I had with Marcum. Well after hearing about a few of the issues the original release units had with jumpy bottoms, inaccurate depth readings and no dynamic depth as originally promised. Of course I sat on the ice staring at my Vexilar smirking.....About a week ago I stumbled onto a forum that was boasting the v2.9 software upgrade that was available for them. Well After reading up on the update and seeing a few videos about it I decided to take a leap of faith and sell one of my Vexilars to pick up the LX7.
Monday I picked up my unit from a buddy and got home and played with it for a few hours in the kitchen Its so adjustable its almost too easy to make it what you want it to be. Tuesday Night I got out on some local water and was able to get it wet. All I can say is AMAZING.....the target id, and dynamic depth are the best features I found, but being able to run a full flasher dial with no dead space, an open water graphing mode, and a zoom window all in one on the 8 inch screen gives me an all around field of view of what the fish are doing below me.
IF you havent checked out a post upgrade LX7. I suggest you do.
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