Who Would Purchase A New Mark1?

[The one 8,468]

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='The one' timestamp='1353336832' post='2907582']

I would and so would a lot of people if you look at the prices secondhand ones are selling on ebay for

 

So why would Deben not make them,as i said they could carry on making the mark.1

 

The problem Deben had was with component parts, these were old components fast being made obsolete. i guess the MOQ was far too high for them to carry on with the MK1 box/collar or simply the manufacturer moved onto newer component products. SCRAMBLE

 

Aye the components are becoming obsolete and getting harder to acquire so the guys that repair mk1 boxes are buying broken ones to get the parts

[ferretfatcamp 21]

prefer the mark 3 you leave the batteries in and less interfearance near electric wires

[Brimmer 220]

The mark 1 every day of the week, and i would pay a decent price for a new one as well. Also you can leave the batteries in the mk1 8ft collars screwed up taped up, good quality one's will last the best part of 3 months.

[Brimmer 220]

Is that it with this topic? Someone at least say they are going to make a new mk 1!

[The one 8,468]

If anybody was making a new mk1 ferret locator using new electronic capacitors i reckon there would be less interference as the new ones would surely be better than those produced in the seventy's

[PETEWINN 5]

Would definitely be interested in a new Mk1 finder. The price second hand ones sell for on EBay I'm sure people would paid £75 for a new one.

 

People blame the parts not being available but there must be modern equivalents around as it's only a few capacitors, resistors, transistors, potentiometers, cmos chips and an aerial.

[jambay5 191]

have had both did not get on with the mk3 at all, mk1 all the way

[theferreter 311]

i use both but prefer the mk3m

[trigger2 3,137]

mark 1 is a good locator and the depth is spot on. ive dug to a few with the mark 3s and the depth isnt what it says on the box luckily for me its always been less.

[Sirius 1,391]

Mk1 might be OK for the lads with shallower places to ferret but doing hedges and deep warrens the range of the MK3 is very useful even if just to resure you that the ferret's where abouts.

 

Deben will never remake a MK1 box, its simply not good business to do so if you think about it commercially, and IMO if the MK3m collars were better and more reliable it makes a far more useful piece of kit than the old grey knocker box Mk1.

[Halfinch 51]

No way! I think its only Nostalgia that makes the Mk1 so popular amongst the "old" fellas, A bit like people saying " You can't beat the old British Motorbikes" Err, Actually you can, on almost every level, but i digress.

 

I've used the Mk1, and to be fair its ok, and does the Job, but So does the Mk3 and too a greater depth.

 

I personally find the Mk3 easier to use too, Although that is probably because i learn't to use it before i used a Mk1

 

I'm not slateing the Mk1's, It's just that Modern Technology has moved on and the Mk3 is a perfectly good and capable finder, Can someone tell me what advantages the Mk1 would have over the Mk3? Because i couldn't find any.

[saintsman54 15]

No way! I think its only Nostalgia that makes the Mk1 so popular amongst the "old" fellas, A bit like people saying " You can't beat the old British Motorbikes" Err, Actually you can, on almost every level, but i digress.

 

I've used the Mk1, and to be fair its ok, and does the Job, but So does the Mk3 and too a greater depth.

 

I personally find the Mk3 easier to use too, Although that is probably because i learn't to use it before i used a Mk1

 

I'm not slateing the Mk1's, It's just that Modern Technology has moved on and the Mk3 is a perfectly good and capable finder, Can someone tell me what advantages the Mk1 would have over the Mk3? Because i couldn't find any.

They are cheaper, for people starting out it can be quite a lot to fork out 160 quid for the mk3 but you can pick up the mk1 about 60 quid.

[cameron_d96 0]

I've used both and mk3 is so much more complicated. Mk1 is all I use now

[Tug 168]

I've used both and mk3 is so much more complicated. Mk1 is all I use now

Complicated? Once you've mastered it, try opening a packet of biscuits for a real challenge.

[3175darren 1,100]

Absolutely I would, the noise of the new one,is at times intolerable

Edited November 30, 2012 by 3175darren