Couple of questions for Panoptix Ice Fishing Bundle Owners

I’m really considering Panoptix to quickly get on fish the few times i’m able to get on the ice. I can’t find this info online, so can any owners help me with the following questions?

1) How tall and wide is the bundle when everything is loaded in the case and zipped up for travel? Hoping it will fit inside my ATV box.
2) Is a single 12v 10a Dakota Lithium battery enough to power it for 8 hours or so? I have a spare Dakota and hoping to eliminate alot of weight by replacing the stock battery.
3) Has Garmin fixed the software with the auto-switching from down to forward view issues i’ve seen in videos?
4) Is Garmin still supporting the original Panoptix with software updates or have they abandoned it and only focus on Livescope?
5) Is the advertised weight of 25 lbs (with stock battery) accurate?

JoeMX1825 wrote:

I’m really considering Panoptix to quickly get on fish the few times i’m able to get on the ice. I can’t find this info online, so can any owners help me with the following questions?

1) 20x18x12in, pulled that from Garmin’s website. From what I have seen with the large bag this should be accurate.
2) You would be cutting it close if you had to run your screen brightness above 50%. I would go with at least a 12ah. For reference the draw is about 1ah at 50% with all the nonessentials (GPS, WIFI) turned off. With screen brightness at 100% the draw is about 1.8ah with nonessentails turned off. This is for a 7inch echomap plus unit. I have heard its not much more with a 9 inch unit,.2 to .3ah difference.
3) No issues with this for me. I do stay current with updates though.
4) The last time panoptix specifically was called out in a software release was 8.3 (we are on version 11.2 now). That being said Livescope did not have a specific update either since then until this last release. Personally, I do not believe there is much to fix or change with panoptix right now hence the appearance of lacking support.
5) I thought it was just shy of 18 with the provided battery? Battery weighs about 9 pounds I believe.

thx for the info, I wasn’t sure if that bag posted was the same one the bundle used, much appreciated!