01-25-2013, 02:44 PM
I have a Marcum Showdown Ice Troller and it works great (most of the time), but I wouldn't buy another one. I'd like something a little better (as in color) and I could have gotten something better for about $50-$100 more. It would have been money well spent. 2 things on my showdown leave me wanting a better model. 1 is the lack of color and the other is the fact that I pick up a lot of interference that the nicer models don't seem to have trouble with. It has a way to tune out the interference, but then the flasher doesn't really work like it should. Perhaps mine is not working correctly.
If a showdown is all you can afford, it will serve you fine, but once you see the full color models in action with zoom, etc., you'll wish you had spent just a little more.
I personally wouldn't get one with the rotory display as the LCD's are much nicer IMHO and should give much longer batter life as well. The rotary displays are time proven however, so I find little fault with them and I'd be perfectly happy with one if that's what I had.
There's my 2 cents.
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If a showdown is all you can afford, it will serve you fine, but once you see the full color models in action with zoom, etc., you'll wish you had spent just a little more.
I personally wouldn't get one with the rotory display as the LCD's are much nicer IMHO and should give much longer batter life as well. The rotary displays are time proven however, so I find little fault with them and I'd be perfectly happy with one if that's what I had.
There's my 2 cents.
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