In reply to Post #772
Why it needs that low aircraft beacon on the receiver' I'll never know. Not a deal breaker but certainly not needed.
Why it needs that low aircraft beacon on the receiver' I'll never know. Not a deal breaker but certainly not needed.
In reply to Post #772
I've seen 3 separate reports of the Receivers either switching themselves off or failing if left in direct sunlight, (then not working again until they have cooled down.....
).....
My mate had a problem with water ingress.....heavy rain, (not a monsoon by any means) and although they didn't fail when he dismantled his bars at the end of the session, water poured out of the speaker hole at the front on 1 of the pair, heaven knows how it got in there but the other one was fine???
Plus there's the ghost runs....
Just can't help but think they have missed a few tricks with the new model. Size wise they are spot on and although they look like an Owl, (not good for a Blade!) they are nice and compact. Why on earth they have made them so complicated though is beyond me, more to go wrong!
I've seen 3 separate reports of the Receivers either switching themselves off or failing if left in direct sunlight, (then not working again until they have cooled down.....
).....My mate had a problem with water ingress.....heavy rain, (not a monsoon by any means) and although they didn't fail when he dismantled his bars at the end of the session, water poured out of the speaker hole at the front on 1 of the pair, heaven knows how it got in there but the other one was fine???
Plus there's the ghost runs....
Just can't help but think they have missed a few tricks with the new model. Size wise they are spot on and although they look like an Owl, (not good for a Blade!) they are nice and compact. Why on earth they have made them so complicated though is beyond me, more to go wrong!
Have you seen anyone get a reply from delkim about heat and the receiver shutdown? I know this is normal for mobiles to do this.
In reply to Post #775
Rather predictably they said like any electrical item, don't leave it in direct sunlight, however, when asked why the heads don't pack up when they are out in direct sunlight all the time, they didn't answer....
Personally i have left receivers on buckets or hung/clipped to my bivvy in the sum for years and never had one fail...
Rather predictably they said like any electrical item, don't leave it in direct sunlight, however, when asked why the heads don't pack up when they are out in direct sunlight all the time, they didn't answer....
Personally i have left receivers on buckets or hung/clipped to my bivvy in the sum for years and never had one fail...
Used mine a few times various conditions
No issues at all 👍👌
No issues at all 👍👌
In reply to Post #777
All superb from me x4 and receiver
For me they are way better than before, set them up beforehand so all systems go, Hardley touched them then for the rest of the week where before always twiddling with them for some reason or other
Very impressive
All superb from me x4 and receiver
For me they are way better than before, set them up beforehand so all systems go, Hardley touched them then for the rest of the week where before always twiddling with them for some reason or other
Very impressive
In reply to Post #778
I fancy them but i will give it another year, see how the opinions are then. Plus my rx+'s are also spot spot on, switched to rx+ after my old delkims started playing up, and losing sensitivity in heavy rain.
I fancy them but i will give it another year, see how the opinions are then. Plus my rx+'s are also spot spot on, switched to rx+ after my old delkims started playing up, and losing sensitivity in heavy rain.
Anyone used them in France near pylons?
I was recently at crystal waters and the guy in peg 7 couldn't pick up a signal a couple of meters away on the old txi+. I was on the opposite side and couldn't use the D setting because of the crackling after a tone. Looking to get the Txi D, just need to know they'll work under all circumstances.
I was recently at crystal waters and the guy in peg 7 couldn't pick up a signal a couple of meters away on the old txi+. I was on the opposite side and couldn't use the D setting because of the crackling after a tone. Looking to get the Txi D, just need to know they'll work under all circumstances.
In reply to Post #780
The receiver does not like the sun,the alarms do not like the rain,so if you can just fish overcast days you will be spot on
The receiver does not like the sun,the alarms do not like the rain,so if you can just fish overcast days you will be spot on
In reply to Post #781
Never had weather related issues with the txi's myself... parts issues oh god yes, but then I had that with the fox RX too.
Is this your own experience braders? I don't want to go back to fox alarms if I can help it, and the timeshare relationship I have with my txi's is beginning to grete a bit...
Never had weather related issues with the txi's myself... parts issues oh god yes, but then I had that with the fox RX too.
Is this your own experience braders? I don't want to go back to fox alarms if I can help it, and the timeshare relationship I have with my txi's is beginning to grete a bit...
In reply to Post #782
Braders1978 doesn't own the delkims himself,he just likes to bash the carpforum about how bad they are, according to the few problems he read from others.
Read his other posts, then you know how unbiased he is .Nuff said. When he has saved enough money with his paper round to finally buy them you wont hear him say anything negative about the Delkims any more.
Braders1978 doesn't own the delkims himself,he just likes to bash the carpforum about how bad they are, according to the few problems he read from others.
Read his other posts, then you know how unbiased he is .Nuff said. When he has saved enough money with his paper round to finally buy them you wont hear him say anything negative about the Delkims any more.
In reply to Post #783
got plenty of money to buy them and like I have said before if you read posts I have made about delkims if they sort the teething problems I would go back to delkim as now digital the receiver issues I had should be resolved.If you look I put a smiling face it was a bit of a joke but you go **** over your little plastic boxes you sad ****
got plenty of money to buy them and like I have said before if you read posts I have made about delkims if they sort the teething problems I would go back to delkim as now digital the receiver issues I had should be resolved.If you look I put a smiling face it was a bit of a joke but you go **** over your little plastic boxes you sad ****
In reply to Post #784
In reply to Post #782
You will get the obvious responses from the people who have/haven't owned the new Delks and those that love to hate Fox and hate to love Delkim....
That aside I can only report my personal experiences. I have always preferred Delkim, (in theory) for the vibration sensing, to me, it is superior to the roller wheel.......BUT......(and there's always a but!) they have not been without their issues.....
I owned the Mk2 TXi's for years, never had a problem with water ingress or major performance issues in the rain, (apart from the odd false bleeps), what did annoy me however was the poor Receiver range and screeching interference if you were within a mile of any other electrical field.... ....the final straw for the alarms was sat at a lake 2 years ago on a social session with two other mates. We set up a central "base camp" on the peninsula we were fishing, none of us more than 50 yards away from our rods. Sat eating dinner one evening I had a single beep, (or should I say a screech) on one of my rods. Nothing else happened and I put it down to a liner or interference.....5 minutes later we had finished dinner and i decided to go and check the rod which was just out of sight from where we were behind a small tree....when I got there the rod was hooped over, the alarm head, (which was on silent) was blinking away, yet the receiver, which was still at the camp with my mates was silent. Yes the batteries were fresh and no it didn't do it again but that was enough, trust had gone. I landed the fish and was very lucky as there were some big old snags around.
After that I bought a set of NTXR's.......hated the size and looks but could not fault them in anyway, performed faultlessly, although it was like having lazer eye surgery every time you had a run...
....however, my heart still yearned for Delkims!
I then heard about the new TXID's and thought my prayers were answered! A mate had a set of MK2 TXi's and he wanted a swap so I went back to Delks for 5 months giving him my NTXR's as I eagerly awaited the launch of the new Delkims. This set of MK2 TXi's were fine, still screeching if the atmospherics were wrong but on the whole OK.
My set of new D's turned up a few weeks after the official launch and I was very pleased with the size and looks. A read through the instruction manual certainly confirmed that they were complicated but I set them up and tried them out. First time out was a blank on a quick overnighter, I did have a few liners and all appeared well......despite the annoying last activation blink on the receiver......(why?).....anyway onto the next session and I fished with another mate who had also got the new D's.....he was the guy who's receiver packed up in the sun and didn't switch back on for 30 minutes.....he was also the guy who had one alarm almost fill up with water after a downpour, but the other one was bone dry...? Mine were OK, until the following morning when I had a screaming “ghost run”......and eventually I had to bring that rod in as the head would not behave.
We were both absolutely gutted but had seen enough to put us off. He sold his and as I had only had mine 14 days I took mine back to the shop where they agreed to swap them for a set of Fox RX+......
The RX+ are just like the NTXR's, faultless, (so far) but I hate the size and looks and my heart still yearns for Delkims!
I will go back to the D's, I know it, no matter how much I try and convince myself otherwise but I will wait and see how things develop and how these niggles get ironed out.
Hopefully a fair review, definitely unbiased!
You will get the obvious responses from the people who have/haven't owned the new Delks and those that love to hate Fox and hate to love Delkim....
That aside I can only report my personal experiences. I have always preferred Delkim, (in theory) for the vibration sensing, to me, it is superior to the roller wheel.......BUT......(and there's always a but!) they have not been without their issues.....
I owned the Mk2 TXi's for years, never had a problem with water ingress or major performance issues in the rain, (apart from the odd false bleeps), what did annoy me however was the poor Receiver range and screeching interference if you were within a mile of any other electrical field....
....the final straw for the alarms was sat at a lake 2 years ago on a social session with two other mates. We set up a central "base camp" on the peninsula we were fishing, none of us more than 50 yards away from our rods. Sat eating dinner one evening I had a single beep, (or should I say a screech) on one of my rods. Nothing else happened and I put it down to a liner or interference.....5 minutes later we had finished dinner and i decided to go and check the rod which was just out of sight from where we were behind a small tree....when I got there the rod was hooped over, the alarm head, (which was on silent) was blinking away, yet the receiver, which was still at the camp with my mates was silent. Yes the batteries were fresh and no it didn't do it again but that was enough, trust had gone. I landed the fish and was very lucky as there were some big old snags around.After that I bought a set of NTXR's.......hated the size and looks but could not fault them in anyway, performed faultlessly, although it was like having lazer eye surgery every time you had a run...
....however, my heart still yearned for Delkims!I then heard about the new TXID's and thought my prayers were answered! A mate had a set of MK2 TXi's and he wanted a swap so I went back to Delks for 5 months giving him my NTXR's as I eagerly awaited the launch of the new Delkims. This set of MK2 TXi's were fine, still screeching if the atmospherics were wrong but on the whole OK.
My set of new D's turned up a few weeks after the official launch and I was very pleased with the size and looks. A read through the instruction manual certainly confirmed that they were complicated but I set them up and tried them out. First time out was a blank on a quick overnighter, I did have a few liners and all appeared well......despite the annoying last activation blink on the receiver......(why?).....anyway onto the next session and I fished with another mate who had also got the new D's.....he was the guy who's receiver packed up in the sun and didn't switch back on for 30 minutes.....he was also the guy who had one alarm almost fill up with water after a downpour, but the other one was bone dry...? Mine were OK, until the following morning when I had a screaming “ghost run”......and eventually I had to bring that rod in as the head would not behave.
We were both absolutely gutted but had seen enough to put us off. He sold his and as I had only had mine 14 days I took mine back to the shop where they agreed to swap them for a set of Fox RX+......
The RX+ are just like the NTXR's, faultless, (so far) but I hate the size and looks and my heart still yearns for Delkims!
I will go back to the D's, I know it, no matter how much I try and convince myself otherwise but I will wait and see how things develop and how these niggles get ironed out.
Hopefully a fair review, definitely unbiased!
In reply to Post #786
Very well put,I'm waiting for teething problems to be sorted then will more than likely change over
Very well put,I'm waiting for teething problems to be sorted then will more than likely change over