I’m not sure about easier for everybody, but it has perks. If you try to keep your ducer perfectly level, this allows you to pull it up above the bottom of the ice a hair to help with the line tangling after hookset. It also give a little adjustment to the placement when hopping hole to hole. I’m not one to remove all the slush from around the hole after drilling, so when I set my flasher down and its sitting on an angle I can adjust the ducer in and out. I’ve done both the float and the holder, I’d say they each have ups and downs.