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Fox Rx+ look alike alarms (46 posts / 18,198 views)
carpy09 carpy09
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Post #1 22 Oct 2024 14:13
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Just wondering if any has tried the Fox Rx+ look alike bite alarms . Alarm and Receiver outer cases look the same seen then advertised on eBay the under name Coonor
Rx+ alarms for around just under £250 posted and even cheaper on Ali express website for £132 posted
ron83 ron83
Posts: 2,061
Post #2 23 Oct 2024 06:56
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In reply to Post #1
They couldn't be, could they?
alpha-male
Posts: 199
Post #3 23 Oct 2024 08:09
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I'm not aware of Fox manufacturing anything. Same as Trakker etc, I bought a bug zapper from E-bay last year. It's exactly the same as the Trakker one except it was under £10. Middlemen with carp tax are going to be under pressure with a shrinking market due to customers getting savvy, and competition getting greedy. It will bite them in the ass. 100's of different alarms out there now with great tech and cheap as chips. I wont go back to delkim greedy barstewards.
stuart666 stuart666
Posts: 4,779
Post #4 23 Oct 2024 09:14
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It wouldnt surprise me at all if they are exactly the same alarms as the rx+ but a quarter of the price. I bet they only cost about £10 to actually make anyway so they will still be making a fortune. You just have to look a aqua and cyprinus.
CityKoi CityKoi
Posts: 3,243
Post #5 23 Oct 2024 09:15
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Dont be fooled...Won't be same alarms. They've just copied the shell design. I'd be staying way clear, they go wrong you won't be able to get them fixed.
stuart666 stuart666
Posts: 4,779
Post #6 23 Oct 2024 09:17
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In reply to Post #5
No one knows that until you actually open one up. There all made over there in a select few factory's anyway.
carpy09 carpy09
Posts: 14,236
Post #7 23 Oct 2024 09:31
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i've asked the same question on a couple of facebook pages and seen a video they have the same tones as the genuine Fox RX+ the led lights have the changeable colours just a different way to change them toggle switch up and turn the volume dial from the video i saw from someone that owns them
Doing_a_brew Doing_a_brew
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Post #8 23 Oct 2024 10:33
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In reply to Post #5
Yep. Buy some for £250 and it may turn out to be a bargain. It's a lot to spend on something unknown though, and good luck getting any spares/warranty repairs/replacements.
Tinhead Tinhead
Posts: 17,090
Post #9 23 Oct 2024 10:47
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In reply to Post #8
If you buy them from Ali Express for £132 then spares/warranty repairs/replacements are not such a problem
Wayne Wayne
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Post #10 23 Oct 2024 10:53
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Seen a fair few comments that the internals are not the same with no sealed circuits, suffer with water ingress and a fair few failed units!
Tinhead Tinhead
Posts: 17,090
Post #11 23 Oct 2024 11:54
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In reply to Post #10
They'll suit me then, I don't go fishing when it's raining
zinno
Posts: 1,381
Post #12 23 Oct 2024 14:09
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Imo get the Micron x if the RX+ is over the budget and save further for the RX+ in the future or its successor
DaveSG DaveSG
Posts: 877
Post #13 23 Oct 2024 15:23
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i would guess that as such a blatant copy is available that maybe Fox licence has run out/ relinquished for that design and they have a new one in the pipe line ???

i can imagine their top end alarms have taken a bit of a hit with the mini micron with receiver they released.
SimonS SimonS
Posts: 25
Post #14 23 Oct 2024 17:56
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In reply to Post #10
Thats interesting. One of the videos I've seen shows a Chinese lady demonstrating how they work after being taken out of a bucket of water.
CityKoi CityKoi
Posts: 3,243
Post #15 24 Oct 2024 08:02
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In reply to Post #13
New one def in pipeline. With vibro like the older alarms used to have
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