Hi,
Managed to fall in the lake recently (a December dip is not reccomended
) and had my receiver in my pocket which didn't survive the water ingress, so I am looking at the Sonik SKS2 alarms as a replacement.
I cant get another receiver as the old alarms are discontinued.
Can any owners provide feedback on what the battery life is like when using decent AAA batteries.
Thanks very much
Cheers
Neil.
Managed to fall in the lake recently (a December dip is not reccomended
) and had my receiver in my pocket which didn't survive the water ingress, so I am looking at the Sonik SKS2 alarms as a replacement.I cant get another receiver as the old alarms are discontinued.
Can any owners provide feedback on what the battery life is like when using decent AAA batteries.
Thanks very much
Cheers
Neil.
I have had these for about 18 months now. I have been getting around 4 months out of mine using for 24hrs a week that's just using cheap amazon batteries. I have actually just decided to give the lithium ones a go to see how they fair, but being just standard 3aaa's I always just keep a spare set on me as they fit my head torch as well anyway. Think they are amazing alarms for the money really that's after using delkims for years, I could have any alarms I want but these do everything I need.
In reply to Post #2
Great, thanks very much for the info, much appreciated.
Have a great Christmas
Cheers
Neil
Great, thanks very much for the info, much appreciated.
Have a great Christmas
Cheers
Neil
In reply to Post #1
I use Duracell and get at least 6 months, if you can spend a little more the Gizmo 2 have 3 batteries and last quite a bit longer, the bivvy light is rechargeable.
If you do go with the SKS2 take the batteries out of the sounder box and bivvy light when not in use, I found the batteries would discharge a bit even when turned off.
But I don't have the same issue with the Gizmo 2
I use Duracell and get at least 6 months, if you can spend a little more the Gizmo 2 have 3 batteries and last quite a bit longer, the bivvy light is rechargeable.
If you do go with the SKS2 take the batteries out of the sounder box and bivvy light when not in use, I found the batteries would discharge a bit even when turned off.
But I don't have the same issue with the Gizmo 2
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Battery life is as good as anything else out there in my opinion. At least 6 months from the receiver and it gives you plenty of warning as they start going. Battery life in the heads is at least a year. The bivvy light is the one that uses the most juice, but only if you actually use it as a light source for reading/cooking etc. if you just use it to find your boots when you get a bite, you'll get 4-6 months out of a set of Duracell or Energizers.
SKS2's are a cracking alarm set.
Battery life is as good as anything else out there in my opinion. At least 6 months from the receiver and it gives you plenty of warning as they start going. Battery life in the heads is at least a year. The bivvy light is the one that uses the most juice, but only if you actually use it as a light source for reading/cooking etc. if you just use it to find your boots when you get a bite, you'll get 4-6 months out of a set of Duracell or Energizers.
SKS2's are a cracking alarm set.
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Can you set the bivvy light for just when you get a take or are there any settings to stop the bivvy light flashing on at every liner
Can you set the bivvy light for just when you get a take or are there any settings to stop the bivvy light flashing on at every liner
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The alarms cannot differentiate between liners or actual bites I'm afraid. That said, I don't know of any other alarms that can eliminate non carp related activations either. Would be good if such a thing existed, no more being kept up all night by bream and roach lol!
To answer your question, if the alarm beeps and lights up, so does the bivvy light. You can however adjust the “latch” time though, in 5 second increments iirc, from 5 seconds upwards.
The alarms cannot differentiate between liners or actual bites I'm afraid. That said, I don't know of any other alarms that can eliminate non carp related activations either. Would be good if such a thing existed, no more being kept up all night by bream and roach lol!
To answer your question, if the alarm beeps and lights up, so does the bivvy light. You can however adjust the “latch” time though, in 5 second increments iirc, from 5 seconds upwards.
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No but with the sensitivity adjustments available and a good set of bobbins / arms you can eliminate false bleeps but not liners.
No but with the sensitivity adjustments available and a good set of bobbins / arms you can eliminate false bleeps but not liners.
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Cheers for the information all, much appreciated.
I got a set in the TFT sale so looking forward to using and hopefully hearing them later in the week.
Cheers
Neil.
Cheers for the information all, much appreciated.
I got a set in the TFT sale so looking forward to using and hopefully hearing them later in the week.
Cheers
Neil.