Marcum M5 Question

Hello Everybody,

I have not owned any other brand of flasher besides a Marcum! I loved my lx5, but she finally took a dump after years of wear and tare! “Brushes went out”. I am thinking about sending it in to have Marcum having them fix it and have it be a great back up! I recently bought a M5 as a upgrade. Love the unit, but my question is this. Since they are a brushless motor arn’t they suppose to be quiet? When I turn the unit on, it’s louder then my old lx5, which was getting a high humming noise and vibrations since the brushes went out! It also seems like their is some vibrating going on. I have a feeling I have a faulty unit and quite discouraged about it. Or for the M5s is this normal?

Mine is quieter but does vibrate slightly but barely noticeable Way better than lx5

I’ve got an M1 that makes some noise and slight vibrations. Quieter than a brushed model, though.

There is a motor in there, so it’s not going to be completely silent nor vibration free, but if you think it’s excessive, I would contact Marcum for some reassurance.

My M5 seemed to “break in” and is less noisy now than when I first bought it. Still a little noise, but when compared to a Vexilar FL8, it’s silent.

How has the m5 treated you now?

Mine is dead silent,to me.Can’t hear that spectrum,even a Vex Fl8 is quiet to me…the M5 is a big upgrade from LX5,although I wish it had a dimming feature for night fishing.