In reply to Post #2
Got a feeling these could end up in the classifieds....
Got a feeling these could end up in the classifieds....
In reply to Post #2
Quote... They contacted me and asked if I want to do a review of them. Watch this space.
Look how happy and positive everyone is for you that you're getting a monkeys worth of state of the art alarms for free 😂
Regarding comments of charging. Everyone has a mobile phone with them at all times, you have zero problem charging your phone, or a rechargeable head torch.... So what's the problem with alarms? Carrying around spare heavy 9v batteries is far more of a pain in the arse. Especially if you don't have any. Everyone has a power bank or something to charge their phone these days. The reality is you would always charge them at home anyway. I never need to charge anything on the bank, including head torches.
Imagine how great it actually was when we went from battery operated head torches, to lithium rechargeable ones. It was incredible. These will be the same. It's human nature, especially in older people to convince one's self that what we currently use are the best and can't be bettered. That's not progress though. My lithium Sony headphones for example last 70 hours of continuous music. Dread to think how long standby is. A five minute charge from dead gives two hours playtime or ten hours standby. Lithium is soooo much better than the silly batteries we use in our alarms. They will soon become much harder to obtain as well once everything moves over to lithium rechargeable.
The kids don't give a flying feck what we all think. In the same way when all you were young your own parents and grandparents thought the same about all your new spangled gadgets. The trick is not to let it affect or upset you. Just accept you are getting old and miserable. It comes to us all. I hate drones, the death of carp fishing in my opinion. I detest bait boats with cameras on. What the feck is all that about? I also understand that my personal opinion on these subjects means absolutely zero. It will not stop the youth using them. If I voice my opinion on the matter at any given opportunity... I'll just end up sounding like a miserable bitter old man constantly. Life moves on.
The alarms look absolutely mustard from what I could see. They look incredibly well built, the first made of alloy cases. I'll be interested to hear how they perform.
Nice one Karl, free kit is always good. Christmas for old people with better presents 😂
Quote... They contacted me and asked if I want to do a review of them. Watch this space.
Look how happy and positive everyone is for you that you're getting a monkeys worth of state of the art alarms for free 😂
Regarding comments of charging. Everyone has a mobile phone with them at all times, you have zero problem charging your phone, or a rechargeable head torch.... So what's the problem with alarms? Carrying around spare heavy 9v batteries is far more of a pain in the arse. Especially if you don't have any. Everyone has a power bank or something to charge their phone these days. The reality is you would always charge them at home anyway. I never need to charge anything on the bank, including head torches.
Imagine how great it actually was when we went from battery operated head torches, to lithium rechargeable ones. It was incredible. These will be the same. It's human nature, especially in older people to convince one's self that what we currently use are the best and can't be bettered. That's not progress though. My lithium Sony headphones for example last 70 hours of continuous music. Dread to think how long standby is. A five minute charge from dead gives two hours playtime or ten hours standby. Lithium is soooo much better than the silly batteries we use in our alarms. They will soon become much harder to obtain as well once everything moves over to lithium rechargeable.
The kids don't give a flying feck what we all think. In the same way when all you were young your own parents and grandparents thought the same about all your new spangled gadgets. The trick is not to let it affect or upset you. Just accept you are getting old and miserable. It comes to us all. I hate drones, the death of carp fishing in my opinion. I detest bait boats with cameras on. What the feck is all that about? I also understand that my personal opinion on these subjects means absolutely zero. It will not stop the youth using them. If I voice my opinion on the matter at any given opportunity... I'll just end up sounding like a miserable bitter old man constantly. Life moves on.
The alarms look absolutely mustard from what I could see. They look incredibly well built, the first made of alloy cases. I'll be interested to hear how they perform.
Nice one Karl, free kit is always good. Christmas for old people with better presents 😂
In reply to Post #17
Absolutely! Well said. Why do people alaways associate tech with "youth". I'm certainly not a youth but fully embrace innovation and tech. Granted some things are a step too far (in my opinion) but thats personal choice. When bait boats first emerged, alot slagged them off.... now a good deal of anglers have them... same likely happened when bite alarms first hit the market... and so on. As you say we all have power banks etc, so why not have rechargeable alarms? By all accounts these have a long life between charges so likelyhood is you would never need to charge them on the bank.
These alarms are different to whats out there, the build quality looks incredible.
I have an item of tackle by rippton and its decent, what i also like is the fact they ask alot of questions and listen to anglers. Its refreshing to have a company that actually ask questions and welcome feedback, suggestions.
This thread was asking for a review of the alarms, its turned into a thread about emerging tech in fishng.... perhaps a new thread is required and leave this one for actual reviews of the alarms.
Cheers.
Absolutely! Well said. Why do people alaways associate tech with "youth". I'm certainly not a youth but fully embrace innovation and tech. Granted some things are a step too far (in my opinion) but thats personal choice. When bait boats first emerged, alot slagged them off.... now a good deal of anglers have them... same likely happened when bite alarms first hit the market... and so on. As you say we all have power banks etc, so why not have rechargeable alarms? By all accounts these have a long life between charges so likelyhood is you would never need to charge them on the bank.
These alarms are different to whats out there, the build quality looks incredible.
I have an item of tackle by rippton and its decent, what i also like is the fact they ask alot of questions and listen to anglers. Its refreshing to have a company that actually ask questions and welcome feedback, suggestions.
This thread was asking for a review of the alarms, its turned into a thread about emerging tech in fishng.... perhaps a new thread is required and leave this one for actual reviews of the alarms.
Cheers.
It's not the tech that bothers me, it's about not being able to throw a bag in the van and go fishing at a moments notice, currently I have a radio, head torch to charge which I'm ok with, but blimey unpacking my alarms and charging (1 by 1) is far more hassle than throwing spare batteries and a screwdriver in the bag.
The alarms look well made, but volume and sensitivity and I'm good to go. Any alarms I have owned (and have had a few) I read page 1 of the manual and that's me done. A duck quacking for the middle rod drop back as opposed to a police siren for a 2” lift for the right whilst simultaneously sending a text is not something I can ever see me needing.
The only feature that would interest me would be to pause the iPad porn a few seconds before a take or when the ring doorbell detects movement.
The alarms look well made, but volume and sensitivity and I'm good to go. Any alarms I have owned (and have had a few) I read page 1 of the manual and that's me done. A duck quacking for the middle rod drop back as opposed to a police siren for a 2” lift for the right whilst simultaneously sending a text is not something I can ever see me needing.
The only feature that would interest me would be to pause the iPad porn a few seconds before a take or when the ring doorbell detects movement.
In reply to Post #19
Why would you not just keep them charged? It's not like they're going to die after every session, it says 20 days life so top them up after every 10-12 nights and you're golden. The derailleurs on my pushbike are wireless with rechargeable batteries, never once in 8 years have I thought ‘oh no, I can't go out for a ride because the batteries need charging' - they last around 1000km.
Same with my Deeper, headtorch, Garmin watch for running, phone for work etc etc etc, none of them die after one or two uses.
The phone app actually looks pretty clever, much faster to setup each alarm exactly as you went it instead of pressing multiple buttons. I do think that use is fairly limited, as once I'd setup my TXI-D how I wanted them, I've barely touched them since other than to adjust volume or sensitivity.
More choice is always a good thing. I once bought Daiwa Sensitrons
Why would you not just keep them charged? It's not like they're going to die after every session, it says 20 days life so top them up after every 10-12 nights and you're golden. The derailleurs on my pushbike are wireless with rechargeable batteries, never once in 8 years have I thought ‘oh no, I can't go out for a ride because the batteries need charging' - they last around 1000km.
Same with my Deeper, headtorch, Garmin watch for running, phone for work etc etc etc, none of them die after one or two uses.
The phone app actually looks pretty clever, much faster to setup each alarm exactly as you went it instead of pressing multiple buttons. I do think that use is fairly limited, as once I'd setup my TXI-D how I wanted them, I've barely touched them since other than to adjust volume or sensitivity.
More choice is always a good thing. I once bought Daiwa Sensitrons
In reply to Post #20
I agree, i genuinly cant see an instant you would run out of charge on the bank to be honest. The app actually lets you see exactly how much charge each alarm has so you can even keep an eye on it if needs be. With standard battery alarms you only know your battery is low when you get a warning, hearing that low duck like sound from the delkim at 2am is certainly not the one 🤣.
Each have pro's and cons... I wasnt keen on getting a rechargeable headtorch.... but i took the pkunge and got the sunblesa from reccomendations on here and i'm sold on it.... no more carrying spare batteries.
I agree, i genuinly cant see an instant you would run out of charge on the bank to be honest. The app actually lets you see exactly how much charge each alarm has so you can even keep an eye on it if needs be. With standard battery alarms you only know your battery is low when you get a warning, hearing that low duck like sound from the delkim at 2am is certainly not the one 🤣.
Each have pro's and cons... I wasnt keen on getting a rechargeable headtorch.... but i took the pkunge and got the sunblesa from reccomendations on here and i'm sold on it.... no more carrying spare batteries.
In reply to Post #20
Because I don't want to drag, my pod/sticks out after every poxy trip, head torch and radio are small enough that I keep in the house. If it was such a smart idea why don't the top makes fox / delkim etc do the same - not because they are backward but because many of us don't want to drag battery packs around for short sessions. As for phone - I don't just use that for fishing so is with me all day and goes on charge at night.
For me it might be nice as an option but far too much faff taking bits out to charge - if it did both then no worries and I assume like any lithium type battery regular use and drain down charging s best - my £150 (odd) head torch dies unless it is recharged regularly and you have to revive the poxy thing with a pp3 battery for it to start receiving charge again.
Like I say they look Ok but don't suit my style of fishing.
Because I don't want to drag, my pod/sticks out after every poxy trip, head torch and radio are small enough that I keep in the house. If it was such a smart idea why don't the top makes fox / delkim etc do the same - not because they are backward but because many of us don't want to drag battery packs around for short sessions. As for phone - I don't just use that for fishing so is with me all day and goes on charge at night.
For me it might be nice as an option but far too much faff taking bits out to charge - if it did both then no worries and I assume like any lithium type battery regular use and drain down charging s best - my £150 (odd) head torch dies unless it is recharged regularly and you have to revive the poxy thing with a pp3 battery for it to start receiving charge again.
Like I say they look Ok but don't suit my style of fishing.
Most modern bite alarms consume very little current so I don't really see the benefit of lithiums.
Where they are beneficial is for battery packs and sources which need more capacity like bait boats imho.
Where they are beneficial is for battery packs and sources which need more capacity like bait boats imho.
I had a set of the ND rechargeable alarms that connected to my phone a few years back.
The phone app was gimmicky - like Rob says - once they're set up, that's it & you don't need to use it again.
Recharging wasn't too bad - they had magnetic quick release adapters so I could remove them in seconds, however the 20 days use will most likely be static & not in constant use. I found if I was getting a lot of bites, that time was brought down significantly. I did recharge on the bank with a power pack & a single cable that I would rotate between the alarms (they never all run out at the same time)
I sold the ND's as I didn't trust the tech as the sensitivity was inconsistent & went back to nevs.
Am still yet to find the perfect alarm...
The phone app was gimmicky - like Rob says - once they're set up, that's it & you don't need to use it again.
Recharging wasn't too bad - they had magnetic quick release adapters so I could remove them in seconds, however the 20 days use will most likely be static & not in constant use. I found if I was getting a lot of bites, that time was brought down significantly. I did recharge on the bank with a power pack & a single cable that I would rotate between the alarms (they never all run out at the same time)
I sold the ND's as I didn't trust the tech as the sensitivity was inconsistent & went back to nevs.
Am still yet to find the perfect alarm...
There gears not that bad to be fair.
Iv always had fox alams , till last year they packed up ,
I wanted a usb charge alarm and bought the ripton pro alarms ,
I took them to france last year for weeks fishing had 3 alarms out and lots fish over the week.
The alarm charge lasted the whole week no problem ,
They do supply a longish multi charger with them and can be placed with power pack under pod if wanted to charge why still live , your phone can link up as 2nd reciver and change sounds setting lights etc for each one ,
There full on waterproof will float if dropped in lake as sar at carp show..
They just bought out a bivvy light sound box to use insted of reciver as well .
Tells ya on app how many bites each alam has had and times case you miss a bite in night
All in all there not a bad alarm at all and are the new breed of alarm incoming .
Usb charge is the way forward .head touch , phone , tablets etc all usb why not alarms
.
I still love my basic alarms and still use on days sessions but not needing to change battreys or carry more or worry if still alive .
just checking app now for how much life left and if needed charge in place is life changer
Iv always had fox alams , till last year they packed up ,
I wanted a usb charge alarm and bought the ripton pro alarms ,
I took them to france last year for weeks fishing had 3 alarms out and lots fish over the week.
The alarm charge lasted the whole week no problem ,
They do supply a longish multi charger with them and can be placed with power pack under pod if wanted to charge why still live , your phone can link up as 2nd reciver and change sounds setting lights etc for each one ,
There full on waterproof will float if dropped in lake as sar at carp show..
They just bought out a bivvy light sound box to use insted of reciver as well .
Tells ya on app how many bites each alam has had and times case you miss a bite in night
All in all there not a bad alarm at all and are the new breed of alarm incoming .
Usb charge is the way forward .head touch , phone , tablets etc all usb why not alarms
.
I still love my basic alarms and still use on days sessions but not needing to change battreys or carry more or worry if still alive .
just checking app now for how much life left and if needed charge in place is life changer
In reply to Post #25
One model looks like a bitec viper the other a Daiwa sensotron and anyone who thinks drones are a good idea are definitely not for me
One model looks like a bitec viper the other a Daiwa sensotron and anyone who thinks drones are a good idea are definitely not for me