In reply to Post #14
Ah OK, he never said range though, said reception isn't great. I've fished a few swims where you're only a stones throw from the rods, but they aren't in line of site. You need that long range ability of the receiver so that it will still work at close range but with obstacles. I've found the ECU reviewer not to be that great in those circumstances
Certainly not the worst though.
Ah OK, he never said range though, said reception isn't great. I've fished a few swims where you're only a stones throw from the rods, but they aren't in line of site. You need that long range ability of the receiver so that it will still work at close range but with obstacles. I've found the ECU reviewer not to be that great in those circumstances
Certainly not the worst though.
In reply to Post #16
So if I'm in a tight swim and my rods are in water and I have to get the chest waders on will there be a problem with reception
So if I'm in a tight swim and my rods are in water and I have to get the chest waders on will there be a problem with reception
In reply to Post #16
Fair enough, I took that is in the range wasn't great. Sounds like in reality the receiver isn't really fit for purpose then.
Fair enough, I took that is in the range wasn't great. Sounds like in reality the receiver isn't really fit for purpose then.
I found the same when I had the Mk 1 compacts, my rods were on sticks in the water then bivvied up on the bank 10 yards away at best on quite a few occasions the alarm head would go off but the receiver not a beep until it would go into a melt down run, gave me the same thing no confidence then in having the heads on silent or very low especially at night when in the land of nod.
I actually swapped my Mk1 compacts with a mate who bought the Mk1 R-Plus compacts he didn't like all the buttons on them bit too technical for him as he put it, I explained the problem with the receiver but he wasn't overly fussed as he mostly fished days only and the rods were on the bank right next to him, the Mk1 R-Plus receiver is definitely better.
I actually swapped my Mk1 compacts with a mate who bought the Mk1 R-Plus compacts he didn't like all the buttons on them bit too technical for him as he put it, I explained the problem with the receiver but he wasn't overly fussed as he mostly fished days only and the rods were on the bank right next to him, the Mk1 R-Plus receiver is definitely better.
In reply to Post #19
Would that reciever work with the mark 1 then
,I mean I only fish the lake where I have to wade out a few yards maybe 4/5 times a year other than that I'm on a canal or maybe a lake where I don't have to get in water
Would that reciever work with the mark 1 then
,I mean I only fish the lake where I have to wade out a few yards maybe 4/5 times a year other than that I'm on a canal or maybe a lake where I don't have to get in water
In reply to Post #20
I've got a set of the MK1 super + Compacts and used them without issue from receiving signal when a fair way up a bank, it's the receiver with a single arial.
When they 1st came out I had the original MK1 compacts that have a receiver box with almost no arial and the reception was a bit sketchy if your rods were down a bank and you were at the top, in the end got shot.
Love the newer MK1 super + Compacts, that said I also love my ATTs.
If you want to know if the different receivers work with earlier alarms just drop Scott a line on
ecu.edwards@gmail.com
Tel
👍
I've got a set of the MK1 super + Compacts and used them without issue from receiving signal when a fair way up a bank, it's the receiver with a single arial.
When they 1st came out I had the original MK1 compacts that have a receiver box with almost no arial and the reception was a bit sketchy if your rods were down a bank and you were at the top, in the end got shot.
Love the newer MK1 super + Compacts, that said I also love my ATTs.
If you want to know if the different receivers work with earlier alarms just drop Scott a line on
ecu.edwards@gmail.com
Tel
👍
How many versions of a Mk I can there be lol
In reply to Post #21
What type of batteries do they take as well
What type of batteries do they take as well
They take 9v , I'm still running the standard batteries they come with. 3 months roughly.
But have been told to go for 9v lithium rechargeable after they die.
But have been told to go for 9v lithium rechargeable after they die.
In reply to Post #25
Thanks mate that's interesting to know
Thanks mate that's interesting to know
In reply to Post #23
Every version will be called the Mk 1, and he will find other ways to differentiate the models (I am sure I read or heard him say in the past). I seriously considered these a few years ago and was recommended to go for the plus model (or ideally the bug eye but they are quite rare), I eventually settled on ATTs (mainly price driven at the time) but will almost certainly get a set when I next want to change as I know a few people who have them and rate them very highly
Every version will be called the Mk 1, and he will find other ways to differentiate the models (I am sure I read or heard him say in the past). I seriously considered these a few years ago and was recommended to go for the plus model (or ideally the bug eye but they are quite rare), I eventually settled on ATTs (mainly price driven at the time) but will almost certainly get a set when I next want to change as I know a few people who have them and rate them very highly
Just get some delks
In reply to Post #28
I have delks
I have delks
In reply to Post #29
Then your sorted
Then your sorted
I had delks and think there still the best alarm for most situations. 2 situations I hate them in rain and when fishing on wooden staging.
Ecu's eliminate them 2 and are as good.
Ecu's eliminate them 2 and are as good.