Lowrance X67C Ice Machine – Lowrance Fish finders

  • wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    November 20, 2003 at 3:27 am #1232352

    Lowrance X67C Ice Machine

    There’s another new Lowrance product on the market. We finally got a few in stock. If anyone is interested give me a holler. See the link below.

    Lowrance X67C Ice Machine

    tgif
    Posts: 180
    November 22, 2003 at 1:06 am #282799

    Tell me what you think of the flasher performance in comparison to a Vexilar FL-18? The graph doesn’t appeal to me and I would rather carry my handheld Lowrance GPS than a whole ice fishing depth finder unit. It’s a good idea, but…it’s not the green box.
    TGIF

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    November 22, 2003 at 2:09 am #282812

    It’s definately not the green box.

    Right now, I would probably go with the Vexilar FL-18 but I’m hoping that we get to hear some feedback on these Lowrance units over the next year. It’s tough to say how it will perform when it’s such a new unit. Does anyone else have a thought on this???

    One thing we do know, the Vexilar is tried and true!

    Thanks,

    Wade

    ryan-hale
    NW Ia
    Posts: 1548
    November 30, 2003 at 3:32 pm #283453

    Wade I played around with the ice machine yesterday.It is a neat looking unit but the transducer arm is junk.Very cheap plastic that looks like it will break very easy.I can’t imagine it holding up very long in the cold.Marcom has a great arm for their transducer.I still like the Vexilar with no arm.
    Ryan Hale

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    November 30, 2003 at 7:13 pm #283469

    That’s good information Ryan. Maybe that’s an issue Lowrance will address. From what I’ve been hearing and reading, it sounds like the Vexilar FL-18 might still be the best way to go. We still have a good stock of the FL-18 Pro Pack and the FL-18 Ultra Pack. Both are all set up for ice fishing, including battery and charger.

    Besides the arm, what did you think of the Lowrance? Did it perform well? Or were you not on the water?

    Thanks for the feedback.

    Wade

    ryan-hale
    NW Ia
    Posts: 1548
    November 30, 2003 at 8:23 pm #283471

    Wade,I thought the unit was neat.I used it on simulater mode.The arm is not good and wonder if moisture will form on the screen during ice season?To me the Vexilar is a way better unit.
    Ryan Hale

    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    November 30, 2003 at 11:26 pm #283482

    I don’t know Ryan. We’ll have to wait and see. Gary Roach helped design the Lowrance Ice Machines so maybe they’ve addressed some of these concerns. I hope we’ll be able to find some reviews in a month or two.

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