Love my new MarCum LX3 three color flasher.

I am more then pleased with my new MarCum three color flasher. I will share some observations after using it a couple of times. I will not compare it with Vexilar. I will not bad mouth or bash Vexilar, as it is a mighty fine flasher and those who have them, have an excellent flasher.
Rather will just make some observations about my MarCum.
It is crystal clear, the lines are sharp and very easy to read. There is no milky signals. I could easily see my size 12 Ratso at 24 feet with the gain set at only 2 1/2. I could see it constantly and did not have to fiddle around with the gain to try and keep locating it. If the fish swiped my waxworm, I could detect it because the signal got a bit weaker. Like the 20 foot depth ranges, easier to hone in on deeper fish. Have yet to play with the zoom feature, that should prove interesting as I can zoom into a five foot window ANYWHERE in the water column from top to bottom. I am not an electronical engineer and don’t begin to understand some of those specs. The MarCum has 1500 watts of power peak to peak. I have heard some argue that much power can cause problems? Regardless what flasher you choose, all will agree that sensitivity is upmost important in order to see the fish and especially your jig. Well my humble and uneducated opinion is this. Where does sensitivity get it’s backbone and strenght. My way of thinking is the 1500 watts of power. I maybe wrong. All I can say is I very much like what I can see with this MarCum. Clear, great signal seperation and CAN SEE my tiny jigs at any depth. Mike/HOF and I went together and he used his flasher. We were pretty close to each other and of course we jammed each other with interference. I clicked my interference rejection bottom only twice and completely wiped out any and all interference.
Bottom line, can you tell I love my new MarCum. Oh yes I do.

Glad to hear. I am getting one in the next few days one way or another. Havn’t decided yet on the Vex or Marcum yet. I am scared of the marcum cause of my old Color point. However I really shouldn’t insult the Marcums like that. Just cause they look like them on the outside doesn’t mean they are anything like them on the inside. I am thinking the lx3tc since the lx5 is a bit out of my price range, but we will see. If I get enough money from the wife than maybe just maybe I can spring for the lx5. I asked for the Vex for xmas if she doesn’t get that though I may just jump ship and get the marcum. Afterall I bought the color point because I liked it better than the Vexilar. The marcum should blow it away then huh?

I am glad to hear that the both of you like or are leading towards the marcum units. I also like the professionalism about not bashing another units, because you are right they are all good units! Except a few people are begining to realize exactly how good Marcum has become lately!!
I know I have!!! I am also glad that I made the switch!!

I think you’re getting a lot of people worng, I don’t really see bad mouthing of vexs, just a lot of people happier with the marcum’s, what a huge change from people’s opinions from this year to last, it seems most people now have had a chance to try them, I love my LX3, but I was never unhappy with my fl-18.

I think you’re right MRR…last year Marcum picked up some steam…heck a few years ago when you talked flash for ice…it was Vex.

PS My LX-3 that’s one year old is for sale.

Best offer by 12/30….5 pm takes it.

PM’s only…

I’ll be a LX-5 owner soon!

RHW…that is what it is all about right there All I have been asking is before someone come on the site and say one is better then the other..they actually try them. Once you do, eveyone seems to be coming up with the same conclusion

You know if someone told me, Ron you are stuck with using a Vexilar for the rest of your life, I would not be one bit unhappy and would continue to fish with confidence. I have my 8 year old FL8 and it is still in mint condition. It was a great fishing buddy for years. Even with my new purchase, I will never get rid of the FL8. It is polished and the battery gets a charge from time to time to keep it up to speed. Never know when a friend comes to town and wants to go fishing and doesn’t have a flasher. Now both of us can have one. I may just let him use the MarCum to see the expression on his face. That and I continue to have confidence in my old FL8. Why did I switch? I have read several articles and talked to many other users. All indicate that MarCum is a serious competitor and wants to
get in the game.

Thanks for the update report Ron. Been anxiously waiting for a report on how you like it. Great to see you have been getting out on the ice with it as I know how excited you were to use it.
Thanks, Bill

Ron, my 5 came in the mail today!

How’s the ice in our honey hole holding up…?

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How’s the ice in our honey hole holding up…?

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Tried it out there today…….ice was still there ……didn’t find any spots to worry about.

Fishing was sloooooow again for us……4 sunnies and a perch is all we could come up with……..but again, no purple ratzo’s or fandangled marcums …….I became un-intrested in a hurry, so I built a snowman to occupy the time between bites…..the new snow was in perfect balling condition