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The nice thing about alarms is they make noise when you've got a flag. The bad thing about alarms is they make noise when you've got a flag. And with how loud those are they will know you've got a flag in the next county. I used to run electrics but switched over to empty buckets to cut down on the amount of attention they draw. Plus the analog system never runs out of batteries or freezes up. Those Harbor Freights have my interest though, gonna read through the owners manual and see if I must have them.
It says the range is 328' to 500' which is just fine for me, I rarely have one more than maybe 40 or 50 yards away. The 6 channels are nice too so if a buddy comes with you can set him up as well. Looked up the batteries and they can be had cheap unlike the junk that came in my HT's.
Not to be an a&#. But what, you guys don't keep an eye on your tip ups? Last several years at one area I fish. Several of the guys have got the alarms on their tip ups. Everybody gets the pleasure of hearing them go off. Over and over again. Seems for all the racket. Hook ups a scarce. Says in our State ice fishing regulations. That all devices must be attended and kept under constant observation. Just saying.
But what, you guys don't keep an eye on your tip ups? Says in our State ice fishing regulations. That all devices must be attended and kept under constant observation. Just saying.
Guys I guess you are not getting my point. I am sure all of us have turned away from our tip ups. Only to look back at them and see the flag up and spindle spinning away. How many times have all of us said I just looked at it and it was down? It is the noise that is at issue here. You seem to think its a okay to have piercing alarms out on the ice. Myself I like it quite. Maybe my radio playing softly as not to bother anyone. If you can hear it ten steps away then it is to loud and I will turn it down. Not so with those alarms. A good idea gone bad in my opinion.
Yeah, I kinda like that HF set up but I wonder how long the batteries are going to last out on the ice. I don't like the noise maker alarms for the reason ufcreel mentions but the HF alarm is pretty cool if the batteries can handle being on the ice all day and keep going.
Good point^Tell you what, I'll test it out and report back.. I figure throwing it in the deep freezer for a few/five hours would be a good test.. <°)))>{
I had this plan several years ago. Bought a few "luggage alarms" at Wally World for $1 each. Ran on 9v and had an easy pull string trigger.Thing is, when I got 'em home and tested 'em all I could think of is "If some Jack Wagon sets anything like that off near me the 12 ga is comin' out"...... I never saw the project through. Just me, you will do as you wish.
Ahhhh, I did read, starting at the top. Thanks for your concern for my time and attention span.My comment was a reference to the OP..... 90dB? Mine were all of that and certainly not to be confused with a "chime" but a warbling screech. Lots of different units out there.
I used to run electrics but switched over to empty buckets to cut down on the amount of attention they draw.
What is this bucket trick? I've never heard of using an empty buckets as a way to notify a flag...
Couple other positive things about the system, the button batteries on the actual sensors have lasted forever so far, over a year now, the one gets sounded a couple times a week at least..They will be very easy to waterproof too.. There is a lot of wiggle room for the magnet placement.. Might have to experiment, but a different magnet type shape might work. The sensors could simply be in a Ziploc bag..<°)))>{
I tried these alarms out on the ice last weekend, but unfortunately the signal didn't seem to broadcast very far.....like 100 feet max. I kept the main receiver in my portable shanty which has insulated fabric, but I may need to play around with where it may work better. Holding the receiver in the window seemed to help, but I would hope these alarms don't require that to work. I guess I was a little disappointed that I had 2 flags pop up without the alarm going off. Are there any suggestions on how to use these alarms? Thx
I don't think you can change the delay, but I haven't noticed any either. These alarms do charm for like 15 seconds though and then turn off. I actually like that feature because I'm usually very close to the main receiver AND I don't need the keep hearing the alarm should I lose the shut off fob.....luckily you get 2 shut off fobs with these units just in case you lose one.