Reviews?? Lowrance ice fishing pack

  • jeremy-liebig
    mpls
    Posts: 1455
    January 7, 2011 at 7:31 pm #1302139

    Thinking about purchasing one of these for use with my HDS 5. Anyone here try this thing out at all? I’ve never used anything besides my flasher for ice fishing and don’t really know how a “normal” depth finder would read for sitting on my butt fishing. Any pros….cons? Seems like the unit would be quite the battery drainer, but having the built in GPS of the unit sounds nice to me.

    gonzo50613
    Cedar Falls, Iowa
    Posts: 170
    January 7, 2011 at 8:17 pm #923864

    I’ve been looking at purchasing one as well. I have a 522c that I think has a flasher mode. I’ve heard that the units work pretty well but are not so easy on the battery. Do the HDS units have a flasher mode?

    mule170
    Bemidji
    Posts: 299
    January 7, 2011 at 8:34 pm #923874

    I have used my HDS5 for ice fishing for 2 years now. I love having gps and sonar in 1 unit. When I started using mine, you could not find the Lowrance kit. So I built my own kit with Lowrance and vexilar parts. I use a 9 amp battery and have had it last 8 hours.

    jeremy-liebig
    mpls
    Posts: 1455
    January 7, 2011 at 8:38 pm #923876

    The HDS does have a flasher mode although i’ve never bothered using it.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    January 7, 2011 at 9:25 pm #923891

    I’m not sure…unless you fish alone a lot maybe the new ones are better, but my 332, plain sucked.

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    January 7, 2011 at 9:27 pm #923894

    Couldn’t get said of the interference with a lx3 or fl-18.

    mnbassin
    Mpls, MN
    Posts: 106
    January 7, 2011 at 10:16 pm #923904

    I would not recommend it. I purchased one last year for my 522 and all I use it for now is the map. Too slow on flasher,not worth the money in my mind. If you wanna use it as a map, I would just buy a Genz blue box and mount it to that. Just my .02

    ggoody
    Mpls MN
    Posts: 2603
    January 7, 2011 at 10:41 pm #923910

    It takes a bit to fine tune but once your dialed in they work Fabulous.

    And you use Graph mode not flasher!

    bret_clark
    Sparta, WI
    Posts: 9362
    January 7, 2011 at 11:15 pm #923920

    Quote:

    It takes a bit to fine tune but once your dialed in they work Fabulous.

    And you use Graph mode not flasher!

    This is a true statement for all brands
    What ever it is you purchase you need to play around with all features to understand the best settings for whatever it is you are using

    mule170
    Bemidji
    Posts: 299
    January 7, 2011 at 11:55 pm #923931

    I have used the flasher mode and it is not any thing like a vex or marcum. The normal graph works great,Once you get the sensitivity set and get used to using it.

    mnbassin
    Mpls, MN
    Posts: 106
    January 7, 2011 at 11:58 pm #923934

    Quote:

    Quote:

    It takes a bit to fine tune but once your dialed in they work Fabulous.

    And you use Graph mode not flasher!

    Looks like I need to put down the marcum and play with the 522 a little bit. Thanks for the info Bret! Any settings you perfer?

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