12-17-2011, 09:41 PM
I've been a Vex owner for about 10 years or more. I currently have 3. All are FL8's. Battery life is exceptional. Never ran them down so I do not know for sure how much to expect. I have ran them for close to 20 hrs without charging and they still had life to go. I suspect 24 + hrs for the FL8.
We made a trip down to Fish Lake last year and spent 3 days. Most of the guys had the bigger Vex's. I saw no advantage in them. The dual beam the zoom etc. didn't catch anymore fish than my simple FL8. Have never figured out why Marcum thinks they need more wattage to run their units. I too hate being around them as they cause a lot of interfearance to everyone within several feet of them. I can place 2 vex's within 4 feet of each other and tune them out so there is no interfearance with each other. I have often wondered if the higher output of some of those units can be sensed by the fish. Anywho, vex gets my vote even though I haven't tried othe brands. Can't argue with success.
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We made a trip down to Fish Lake last year and spent 3 days. Most of the guys had the bigger Vex's. I saw no advantage in them. The dual beam the zoom etc. didn't catch anymore fish than my simple FL8. Have never figured out why Marcum thinks they need more wattage to run their units. I too hate being around them as they cause a lot of interfearance to everyone within several feet of them. I can place 2 vex's within 4 feet of each other and tune them out so there is no interfearance with each other. I have often wondered if the higher output of some of those units can be sensed by the fish. Anywho, vex gets my vote even though I haven't tried othe brands. Can't argue with success.
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