B+F Boxes

[Guest Leveller]

Ok after much research, emails and phone conversations I've sourced a quality set up for £270

 

The Ortovox Patroller is £175

Technical data

Function: digital + analogue (three antennas)

Frequency: 457 kHz

Range: 70 m

Battery: 2 x AA LR6 Mignon 1,5 V

Transmitting: 300 h

Receiving: 40 h

Weight: 247 g

Size: 130 x x 25 mm

Warranty: 5

Features: Digital display with search direction arrow

 

 

The Dog Transmitter is £73

 

Technical data

Frequency: 457 kHz

Battery: 1,5 Volt Batterie LR01

Transmitting: 250 h

Weight: 40 g

Size: 50 x 42 x 19 mm

 

 

The collar is £7 but the Jury is out on that it looks a bit feeble to me but for £7 it's worth buying and if it isn't any good you'll need to source a sturdier collar

 

 

Post and Packaging from Germany is £15 and delivery is around 7 days. The total is £270 to your door The B & F kit is £328 I don't know if that includes postage either if it does then that's a saving of £58. There are cheaper trancievers but the Patroller looks a good piece of kit.

[erik 71]

the collars are no good , better make your own

[Guest SHOT]

erik do you have to run any tape around the ortovox dog transmitter im just looking at the switch on the top it looks a bit exposed,cheers

[erik 71]

no i do not tape them . they are water proof ..

2 weeks ago i used them a hole day in the water and they where all still dry

[Bryan 1,362]

Selwyn,

 

Ortovox do an off the shelf ,complete kit for £225 kit ,but you can get a better box for a few pound more

 

http://www.jagdhunde.de/shop/index.php?cPa...cec4b50ba25201c

 

thats a fair saving or an extra collar or 2 for the same price as a B+F.

 

the ortovox collar is simple to attach to a nylon collar just thread it through a loop on the back or else it's easy to stick to any collar with cable ties.

 

Compared to the B+F in the Field.

 

range ortovox 45 yards, B+F 70 yards

both waterproof

ortovox- mechanical switch, B+F -magnetic

battery life similar

size -ortovox is half the size

both are as accurate to dig to, if anything the ortovox is more sensitive to pinpoint

 

 

for me the B+F collar is better in most aspects, except size. and a £10 in cost which isn't worth talking about.

 

but if you can have a digital system with 2 locater collars for the same price as a digital system and one collar?

Bryan

[F.R. 2]

I'd love to know for sure and not just "I heard...". Is it a sales ploy by B&F or not? How do we find out for sure? We own a set already and love it, I just don't like the confusion on the matter?

There's a Pieps self test that tells you the software version. You hold down the two bottom buttons while turning it on I believe. It would make sense that if it was bought from B&F they would all be the same if it has special software.

[Guest SHOT]

A great thread lads untill this week i thought we were over a barrel with deben and bellman and skint but its nice to know there lots of options out there open to us

[macster 1]

any use lads know of any links to get a barryvox pulse box .

tryed to buy one of a site showen at the start of this post but were sold out an they were at a great price

they were 170 $ i can find them but ther price is 450$ on another site

[jaykay 2]

Here is where i bought my barryvox pulse. Got it for £190 on special offer. I took Matulkah's word that it was good and he was dead right. My friend has b&f and he prefers mine. Its easy to use from the very start. You might have to make sure to specify that you want the pulse as they sent me out the opto 3000 first.

http://www.climbers-shop.com/

[Guest SHOT]

i like what ive read about the pulse box i,ll definatley be buying one if i come across a deal.

what collars are you useing with your pulse box??

[Bryan 1,362]

this site gives a great idea of the options available,cost and features

 

http://beaconreviews.com/transceivers/Specifications.htm

 

you can still get one reciever on that original link i posted for £ FFS

Edited May 30, 2008 by Bryan

[jaykay 2]

i like what ive read about the pulse box i,ll definatley be buying one if i come across a deal.

what collars are you useing with your pulse box??

 

I'm using the orthovox collar. I made up a hard plastic cover and use a leather collar. I tape it up too but only because its a habit i have from my old deben.

[Guest Leveller]

Ebay to the rescue! feeling pretty chuffed I've just bought a BCA Tracker DTS Avalanche Beacon Transceiver for £112 So I just need a collar now I'm thinking even if I don't get one of the other types mentioned on here that there may well be one or two secondhand b&f collars around when the new one comes out

 

[Guest SHOT]

reading up on it doesnt sound a bad box look forward to hearing how it performs.