Vexilar FL 8 VS Humminbird Helix 5 CHIRP GPS G2
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- Опубліковано 13 лют 2018
- VEXILAR vs HUMMINBIRD HELIX 5 DI-CHIRP-GPS
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This is a comparison video with the Vexilar FL-8 and the Humminbird Helix 5
Let me know if I missed anything or if you guys want to see another video with these units!
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Glad to be your 926th! You're almost there! Great luck my friend, and great channel. I am itching to go fishing, but it's warmed up enough here in Iowa to make the ice a bit sketchy, but not open yet. My least favorite time of the year!
Yea ice fishing can be a little sketchy at times lol. thanks for stopping by man! Appreciate it
Very good demo Rush! I really like my new fish finder that has the lake maps. Man was that sweet knowing where to expect the depth changes so I could stay in the "zone" I wanted to fish.
+Casual Carolina Fishing what fish finder do you use ?
I've only used it once so far Rush, but it's a Lowrance Hook2-7 Tripleshot (Inland). I posted a video of the install recently.
+Casual Carolina Fishing Okay cool I'll have to check it out! Yea ive seen a couple people using the hook series on the ice. pretty cheap little unit for the $.
Killing it Rush! The quality of your channel is ridiculous! Keep up the great work 👍🏼
Ian Quinn much respect man 👍👍👊
We bought the deeper.. haven't had a chance to use it on the ice. Didn't realize how critical these were. Nice comparison. Thanks for supporting our Channel!
+WILKINS' OUTDOOR ADVENTURES The deeper is a great little unit , but has it's downfalls. I might do a video using it through the ice.
How did the deeper work out. I read it doesn't work well with thick ice . Probably better for summer time or early ice
Awesome vid!💯💪👊LET'S GO!!!
+ELITE BASS STICK You know it!!
Nice video, I can't wait to get my helix 5 out on the ice this year! good luck!
Thanks for watching man! Should be a fun year on the hardwater!
I just love the lights on the Vexilar. Looks like lights on an old pinball machine.
Absolutely man! The vex is always a good go to unit!
Boy you got the goods for ice fishing! Great info on both units!! 👍👍👍
ELITE TEAM OKC Thanks man!! Good equipment pays off in the end 👍👍👍 . I want them slabs
Good job Rush! I tried to see the stuff you were talking about I just couldn't visualize it... the lights were pretty though! 👍😉 those dang things confuse me...
yea It's a different world when you step onto the ice! haha Its a riot! Thanks for watching man
Nice job my man!
Great comparison!
+Interp66 Thanks for watching man!
Great review. I saw your name on professional student's list. I support you.
Thanks man!
I happen to have both units. The bird isn't set up for ice, but I'm going to start using it with the open water transducer after watching this. Thanks.
Its worth it to spend the 150$ and get the whole ice kit! Comes with a travel case and transducer! Worth it
Nice breakdown I don't ice fish but those look pretty cool
+Fishing With Vance Thanks for stopping by Vance!! I would recommend getting on the ice at least once! Its a riot!
Rush Voorhis Outdoors me on ice. Hmmm.. crack crack crack. JA PLOOSH.
Love my humminbird switch from the boat to the ice season best of both worlds 🖒
ohhhh yea!! Thanks for watching man, I appreciate it!
Thanks for the review. I think I'm going to pick up a vexilar fl-8 tomorrow.
It's a great reliable unit! I would recommend upgrading to the fl18 if you have the extra $ , just food for thought! Worth it man, the zoom feature is a must.
Thanks for tip. My budget is so low this year and I found one of the fl-8s on sale...we'll see when I get to the store, I might just pay up :)
Something to think about! When you have that walleye @ 30ft you'll be wishing you had a zoom feature 🤣 good luck with whatever you pick man! I know you'll love either one, I know I did!
Ugh! You're killing me! It's $250 vs $330...
80$ now , fish of a lifetime later.... priceless 🤣🤣 I'll support whatever choice you make
New sub..great review of both units..I own a FLX 18 and im getting a hummingbird helix 7 for my boat thanks for the tips
Gonna love the dual threat!!! Good luck man
Flx 18 isn’t a thing
Awesomeness bro
+4 DA KIDZ Fishing where at? ill go check it out!
Cool video!
+The Bass is Fat Thanks man!
Awesome video as always
Thanks buddy!
Great video!
Thanks man!
I own both of these but havent used the helix 5 on ice yet. Super excited to try it. I am super comfortable with a flasher style during winter. I love the maps feature on my humminbird. I do hear that the humminbirds eat batteries pretty fast though so I may have to purchase another and keep em charged before I go out. Actually selling my fl-8 and upgrading and still want another vexilar. I fucking love these units, grew up on em and they havent failed me yet. I just want the zoom feature after trying my buddies marcum. Good fish finders are worth it and ill respect anybodies decision. Tight lines folks!
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Pretty impressed so far with it
Appreciate the comment man👍
Great video! Nice job! I subscribed 👍 Greetings
Thanks man! I'll check you out!
The hummingbird is a cool unit. I've always been a vex guy. But there's getting to be some good alternatives to a conventional flasher. I know alot of guys love marcum but it's not a unit I will ever recommend
+Ralph Barton Love my vex....But this humminbird is just badass. what issues have you seen with marcum units?
Rush Voorhis Outdoors I bought a marcum vx-1 as as a second unit. It's just over 2yrs old and the motor is shot. My.buddy has a marcum also. It's been sent back to be fixed for the same issue as mine 3 times in just a couple years. I found a forum online where people have all had the same issues with the motor as well.. I bought a vexilar fl8, must be 10 years ago and it's still on the same battery. Never an issue
+Ralph Barton weird! Thats the first complaint that I've heard about the Marcum units. That's pretty s***** though I'm not going to lie! Yeah you really can't go wrong with a Vexilar unit. It sure does seem bulletproof to me.
I have always been a vex guy but my next is between the new Garmin unit or Helix and give the vex to the wife :)
Came over from 4 Da Kidz Fishing to help you out. Great looking channel. You're getting close, I'd appreciate some help back my friend.
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Nice
+nottheexpert88 Thanks for watching man!
i never under stood the vexlar but liked the humminbird
+gary lutsky Yea i never did untill this year lol. Really great little unit tho! The humminbird is badass tho, Thanks for watching !
Nice impromptu song 😂 Great comparison, this should be a useful video to a lot of folks!!!
+The Fishing Hobby 😂😂😂 thanks man, i tried to match the harmony but didn't work out so well lol. Thanks for watching man! I really appreciate it!
Awesome video
+JakeTheSnake Thanks Jake!
Awesome breakdown! How do you think the Helix would compare to a higher end Vexilar like an FL20? Sent ya some support 👊
That's a great question man!! The fl-20 has some serious bells and whistles on it, but when it comes down to it it's still just one thing ...a flasher. That being said, a unit such as the Helix with the 2D sonar the GPS is just a whole nother level. Once I started using the 2D sonar I didn't switch back to the Flasher all season. It just gives you so much more depth and details of the underwater picture it's not even funny. I can clearly pick out if there's three or four fish, whereas with the Flasher it just appears to be one giant red bar off the bottom because it just can't give you the separation of the fish off the bottom regardless if you're in Zoom or not. Granted flashers are really simple and really easy to use, but in my opinion it just doesn't beat a 2D sonar screen with GPS. thanks for watching man, tight lines!
Rush Voorhis Outdoors Those are some good points! I only ask because I use an FL20 and have sat next to my buddies using a Helix but wanted some different opinions. I think the biggest edge of a flasher over the graph is the real time display which can be key on finicky fish. That being said the graph excels when you want to track the fish's behaviour like chasing lakers and whities. But that's just my two cents. Tight lines bud!
Blair Fish Project yea flashers are 100% real time, I haven't used the helix 5 ICE version tho, I've herd it's as "real time" as a flasher. My helix is just milliseconds behind but I can tell the difference. Flashers are a little more durable too in my opinion.
Blair Fish Project there's legitimately too many options to actually choose if I could I would have a flasher/2d sonar/ underwater cam all set up 😂😂 they all have their perks!
Rush Voorhis Outdoors that would be the dream! 😂
Came from a list somewhere. I can mow ice fish to the max
Nice dude!
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Funny.....the Lowrance Ice Machine did all the stuff this Helix 5 does. Except Lowrance did it 10+ years ago🤷♂️
Have you used a new lowrance on the ice?? It’s garbage 🗑
@@zimks I agree they are garbage.....too much interference with other flashers.
Just meant this isn't new technology or ways of fishing.....others have had this for awhile.
Paul Lundgren neither of these units are new or “game-changing” but they are improvement from past technology. IMO the Garmin units are vastly superior to both of these units
Yea, kinda funny how technology runs in a circle
Hey Rush. This is off topic but I didn’t know how else to ask you a question. and since you fish elmo a lot I was wondering if younhave used a underwater camera out there for perch fishing through the ice. My kiddo wants one. He loooves perch fishing at Elmo . Anyway I was wondering if the water clarity at Elmo is good enough to make a Aqua view type camera useful? What’s your thoughts?
hey man! thanks for the comment!
The clarity @elmo is HORRIBLE fyi....but somwhere like the bozeman lakes have much better water clarity . i've used my underwater camera at elmo and it's just hard to see anything with all the silt in that dirt pond. so no, not a good idea at elmo, but somewhere like Daily, or Hylight would work great! hope this helps!
Did u buy the helix as an ice fishing unit or did u take it from the boat an buy everything else for it. I have one on my boat took it off I can just about get everything besides the shuttle. So i was thinking buy the power cable the transducer an the mount it to a plastic ammo box.
I bought the head unit separate then bought the ice fishing package . The camo box would work, anything creative would work too. Good luck man, tight lines
Can someone please explain why you would want to use a scrolling sonar like the Helix vs a flasher when your transducer is not moving (like when you're ice fishing)? I guess you get a history of what happened, but the screen looks like a mess compared to a flasher especially if there are multiple fish moving around with your jig (imo). It's hard to tell what's what. And, its not like your're mapping the bottom (because you're not moving). I think I would be putting the Helix in some sort of flasher mode...
Anyway, other than maybe saving some $'s by having a dual use unit, I really don't get it. Thanks for any help/opinions!
Better target separation, GPS + maps. You can save waypoints, have multiple views, zoom x8 feature. And chirp sonar to get a better idea of what is actually down there. For instance, when you fish 20 feet with a vexilar you only get 1 zoom option , with the helix I can be in the bottom foot of the water column vs the bottom 5 feet. Lots of perks it's all personal preference tho! Thanks for stopping by man!
And the way the scrolling screen works you can see how the fish came in hi/lo left / right. With the vex you have no idea.
@@RushVoorhisOutdoors Thanks for the reply! I did some further research and came to the same conclusion. Ended up getting a Garmin Echomap 9" and the Garmin ice kit. It has all the good stuff (SI/DI/Chirp, etc), so will go on the boat in the summer. Was looking at the 7" Humminbird Helix ice kits, but wanted something larger for the summer, and only Garmin seemed like the best all-around dual use system (plus mind blowing panoptix at some point!)
How does the helix work when fishing outside in below 0 temps?
No issues man!
If you have a boat get the helix 5 and use it year round
Yeah I have the Helix 5 Side Imaging on my boat I love it
I will stick to my vexilar. Watching this video I am just not impressed with this hummingbird. I really can't tell what is the jig or a fish. Maybe a better explanation of the what you are showing would help. I'm guessing the solid line off the bottom is your jig?
I love everything about the humminbird....zoom x 8 , split screens, gps, mapping, it's got everything
I thought it was vexilAr not vexilEr
I think it is
nice video :)
Thanks!
Is the Garmin striker plus 5cv better than the helix 5 anyone know?
Would be an interesting comparison!!!! Might have to hop on that
Great video man. Humminbird looks sweet. Difficult to set up with the ice transducer?
+Kyle Armstrong It takes some messing around with to figure out the settings. Once you get it dialed it its not to bad. But, i dont have the CHIRP transducer so that doesn't make it any easier haha. Like i said once you get past that its cake! I've had some issues with the unit finding the correct depth , but give it a minute amd it figures it out. It also takes a minute for the GPS to find it's location as well. That's the one thing I love about the vexilar is that it's just so simple to use. Thanks for watching and I appreciate it!
I know this is an old comment, but since you do not have the chirp transducer is it just acting like a typical sonar?
I am just curious as to if going with the chirp model versus the sonar is worth the extra coin. I would use it predominantly on the ice.
a tree would be stationary on a flasher so you wouldn't be confused for long.
🤣🤣 thanks for watching man
if you would actually compare price point to price point then it would be a fare test !
Entry level for both brands, and I didn't own the fl28 hahaha
But yea, that would be the best possible test 100%
Yeah my father has the fl28 and I love it. It has zoom and I think it has good separation between the fish and your jig
Any zoom is better than no zoom. The x8 zoom on the helix is crazy
Where in Montana?
Was this filmed?
Was this filmed?
A town in china
Are you able to mark your fishing spot on this with the gps, also are you able to look at drop offs and contours? And this has a flasher setting on this unit right? Sorry for all the questions 😂
Yes, yes, and yes! In order to record anything with the autograph or Mark waypoints you have to have an SD card inserted into the unit so it has something to save to. You can also buy a lakemaster chip from Humminbird and get the all the contour lines in topographic maps you could ever want
Let me know if you wanna review my Marcum, it'll make you famous!
+Jameson Nygaard Oohhhhhhhh maybe man!!! I've never used the marcum before, but looks like a badass unit!! Tyler just picked up the FL-18 and that's very similar to the M1. How are you liking the marcum?
Rush Voorhis Outdoors I'm really liking it. I love how quiet it is and the sensitivity is killer. The zoom is lovely also!
+Jameson Nygaard Nice man!! Would be fun to try it out!!
Elmo?
You know it man!!
Ywah
Yeeyee
1: There is no g in Humminbird. 2: Its not pronounced vexler. Its a V E X I L A R. 3: My OCD twitching bad.
😅🤷♂️
Helix all day long
You know it! Especially with the new update
Rush Voorhis Outdoors what did the new updates do?
@@WebBasedPayroll whole new unit man, complete ICE update. With basemaps. Gotta get it
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Thank you so much man! Means a lot!
#Humminbird hAd me mail a ice 35 unit and usps lost the package so Humminbird told me to Kick Rocks. i would love to see them go out of buisness. terrible people. multi million dolar buisness couldnt just send me a new one. and not only that but the unit i sent to them was brand new out of the box and it didnt work. this would have never happened if the unit was checked out first before being sold. BEWARE OF ANYTHING HUMMINBIRD and i will spead this word for the rest of my life
That's kinda crazy man! Super unfortunate 😑
I've had decent customer service!
@@RushVoorhisOutdoors dont get a broken one
Okay, pretend we are all dummies and have NEVER used or seen one of these devices, which I haven't, lol. I had NO idea where your jig was or where the fish were. You should take a pointer and point that out to us. You were talking about the jig and seeing fish, and I saw absolutely nothing. Just saying...
Sounds good, Bill 👍