the only problem is that if you use the little tanks on each side…you will buy a lot in a ice fishing season..but other than that….i love it…i use it every day!!

what do you all think about these machines??? let me know!!

i just got one at gander mountain last night….$40….cant wait to try it out…..next weekend for sure!!

I email them and they said that they do not sell the pads seperatly….thats bull…why not?? thats all i want is the pads for my plastic seats…i have the modular seats with no pads…thats dumb they do not sell them seperatly.

if they call you back…let me know what they have to say…as them if they will ever have the pads available seperatly??

i build a ice shack last year…it wasnt one like you want, but it is a pretty easy shack and is very nice. it folds down and all…it can also fit 4 people in it…thats all i know haha….

ya…thats what i heard…if it isnt a good gps, then i dont think im gonna put the extra money in it…i have a garmin etrex summit that i got last year…i use that for hunting and what not…i was just gonna get this so i could have a picture of the lake i was on and where i was on the lake….but i go to canada every spring..and i want the lakes that i fish on it as well..so idk?

i have a quick question scott, have you used the m68 ice machine?? i was just thinking, if i am gonna own the lowrance ice machine, why not put in the extra $100 and get a gps with it?? just wondering if you have used it and if the gps is worth it?? and if you have, do you need different cards to get different lakes, b.c i go to canada and i was wondering if some of the lakes were on it?? thanks

i guess you could say im not a “great icefisherman”, and i really dont know to much about it. i dont buy things because of what a couple of people think, or buy if one person used it and didnt like it. i buy it all b/c i like the way it works and what not. im not saying that the vex and MarCum are junk…if i could, i would own one of those too….but i know 4 people who own them, the fl-18 and MarCum lx3 and they have them on thier boats, they dont even work b/c of the interference. and i was on the boats that have them and they were right, they didnt work, so if i wanted to use them in the summer, what do i do?? by getting this unit, i killed 2 birds with 1 stone. if i could use them on the ice, maybe it would change my mind, but i dont get the chance to do that, so i go with what i think is best for me…..i will come back on here after this ice season and let you know how i liked the unit….if i didnt like it, i will move on the the next unit until i find the one for me

well just yesterday, i went to Scheels and bought the Lowrance x67c ice machine. very nice machine. i know alot of people say they suck, but hey you cant beat it. it has 5 different modes of viewing. you have flasher and sonar. very easy to use if you read the book and watch the movie…i caught on fast and this is the first flasher/sonar i have ever used. the great thing is that i can now put it on my boat and use it in the summer!! and i dont have to just keep it on the flasher, i can change it to sonar on the ice as well, so if you jsut dont like looking at a flasher all day, i would get this machine, the best of both worlds!!