03-17-2003, 07:40 AM
[shocked]
I had an X-40 (1500 watts peak to peak) and I was very disappointed with it. I took it back to the dealer that I bought it from, and traded it in for the X-50. Maybe they're better now, but I wanted more power. Then when the X-60 came along, I sold the X-50 and bought the X-60. I didn't upgrade to the X-70 or X-70 A. I bought the X-85 and had the X-60 for a spare for a while. When my brother bounced his around in a boat, I gave him mine to replace his brokedn one.
You are right about the higher powered unit having the tendency to overpower the weaker units. Since I've got the higher powered one, I'm not complaining. A friend of mine bought the X-55 which is the 1500 watt version of the X-85, and he has fished within 20 feet of me without any problems. For me the power is worth the extra bucks. But I have seen the screen on a weaker unit just go black when they are used close to mine. Kinda like having an old AM radio bleed over to the station whose antenna you're driving by.
The worst case of a fishfinder that wouldn't, was a Hummingbird unit that I watched down at Fish Lake. Three guys were catching Splake at about 35 feet. The finder wouldn't show their jig (1/2 oz) tipped with a 3 or 4 inch chub. They would put their jig by the hole, open the bail of their reel, and walk 35 feet away from the hole. Then they'd mark a spot on the ice, close the bail, walk back to the hole, and kick their jig back in the water. Then they had to get their line unhooked from all of the snow and ice around the hole. It sure looked like a pain to me. I just lower my jig to same depth as the fish echo. If my jig is in the center of the transducer cone, I can figure about how close the fish is to my jig. If I'm jigging, I can tell when a fish has taken my jig, even before I can feel him. Needless to say, I don't go icefishing without my graph.
Tight lines,
Fishrmn
I had an X-40 (1500 watts peak to peak) and I was very disappointed with it. I took it back to the dealer that I bought it from, and traded it in for the X-50. Maybe they're better now, but I wanted more power. Then when the X-60 came along, I sold the X-50 and bought the X-60. I didn't upgrade to the X-70 or X-70 A. I bought the X-85 and had the X-60 for a spare for a while. When my brother bounced his around in a boat, I gave him mine to replace his brokedn one.
You are right about the higher powered unit having the tendency to overpower the weaker units. Since I've got the higher powered one, I'm not complaining. A friend of mine bought the X-55 which is the 1500 watt version of the X-85, and he has fished within 20 feet of me without any problems. For me the power is worth the extra bucks. But I have seen the screen on a weaker unit just go black when they are used close to mine. Kinda like having an old AM radio bleed over to the station whose antenna you're driving by.
The worst case of a fishfinder that wouldn't, was a Hummingbird unit that I watched down at Fish Lake. Three guys were catching Splake at about 35 feet. The finder wouldn't show their jig (1/2 oz) tipped with a 3 or 4 inch chub. They would put their jig by the hole, open the bail of their reel, and walk 35 feet away from the hole. Then they'd mark a spot on the ice, close the bail, walk back to the hole, and kick their jig back in the water. Then they had to get their line unhooked from all of the snow and ice around the hole. It sure looked like a pain to me. I just lower my jig to same depth as the fish echo. If my jig is in the center of the transducer cone, I can figure about how close the fish is to my jig. If I'm jigging, I can tell when a fish has taken my jig, even before I can feel him. Needless to say, I don't go icefishing without my graph.
Tight lines,
Fishrmn