elmoputney Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 For some reason the pervert in me wants some delkims ev-d or Nevilles or something, im not ready to commit 550 quid to a set but I fancy a change 😑 Has anyone used the ND tackle dongles £71, for 3 dongles + receiver which is less than half price of the gardner set up? But are they any good? I am slowly coming round to the idea of needing dongles and the fact they are cheaper from ND makes it acceptable just abiut ☺️, I can't see any other alarms I want really other than Nevilles or the delkims at present, but I think most people will say Delks are better alarms with the vibration sensing thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 I think they have or used to have a funny battery size which costs a fortune to buy elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 13 minutes ago, framey said: I think they have or used to have a funny battery size which costs a fortune to buy They are now rechargeable ones which is quite handy I think, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Be knackered after 3 years then lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 1 hour ago, framey said: Be knackered after 3 years then lol You can just buy one of there power banks and leave it attached to them 😁 B B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emmcee Posted March 27, 2020 Report Share Posted March 27, 2020 Dongles are a waste of money in my opinion. I got a set years ago ( the attx ones) and i don't rate them at all. So I got The attx alarms and they are pukka elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I'm staying to quite like the look of the S9 alarm set tbh, they look quite decent I think, have lots of different features that can be all controlled via phone or the reciever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I'm also starting to really like these indicators 😬 and really cursing myself for mainly having stainless set ups 😁I can't decide if it would be criminal on stainless to use these or if I care enough to worry, functionally they look good and they are quite pretty 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muftyboy Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 hours ago, elmoputney said: I'm staying to quite like the look of the S9 alarm set tbh, they look quite decent I think, have lots of different features that can be all controlled via phone or the reciever Stay away from the k9 mate. Had them for a couple of years and all the dials kept falling off. The s9 look a lot better to be fair and are cheaper than the k9 too. elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 1 hour ago, muftyboy said: Stay away from the k9 mate. Had them for a couple of years and all the dials kept falling off. The s9 look a lot better to be fair and are cheaper than the k9 too. That's not so good I think the S9 seems a lot more simple, with less to go wrong on them but thanks will do more digging Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo_UK Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, elmoputney said: That's not so good I think the S9 seems a lot more simple, with less to go wrong on them but thanks will do more digging I had the K9 alarms a couple of years ago. Bought to replace aging Fox buzzers and being a bit of a techie these looked perfect. I used them for a few day sessions before taking them to France with me. The first evening I am sat with my mate in-between our pegs (about 10 meters from my bivvy) when my mate says he could hear a whirring noise - checked my receiver, nothing - glanced at my rods to see the reel on my right hand rod melting. Long story short, I had what felt like it could have been a PB, but because my receiver had not indicated anything it had ran at least 100 yards and eventually came off - I sold the alarms as soon as I got back and will never trust anything by ND again. The S9 alarms come with exactly the same receiver as the K9s. I have Nash R3 now and have never looked back. Edited March 28, 2020 by Damo_UK crusian and elmoputney 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted March 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 Cheers guys I think I've gone off the idea of the alarms today now 😂 I did read a lot of good ones about the S9 though so maybe they are a little better, but I may just stick with the soniks they haven't let me down yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crusian Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 15 hours ago, Damo_UK said: I had the K9 alarms a couple of years ago. Bought to replace aging Fox buzzers and being a bit of a techie these looked perfect. I used them for a few day sessions before taking them to France with me. The first evening I am sat with my mate in-between our pegs (about 10 meters from my bivvy) when my mate says he could hear a whirring noise - checked my receiver, nothing - glanced at my rods to see the reel on my right hand rod melting. Long story short, I had what felt like it could have been a PB, but because my receiver had not indicated anything it had ran at least 100 yards and eventually came off - I sold the alarms as soon as I got back and will never trust anything by ND again. The S9 alarms come with exactly the same receiver as the K9s. I have Nash R3 now and have never looked back. Have you any Relatives in the U.S.A. , Damo 🤔. 😁 B B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo_UK Posted March 29, 2020 Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 3 hours ago, crusian said: Have you any Relatives in the U.S.A. , Damo 🤔. 😁 😂 That's Lil Don Exotic. A mash up of Joe Exotic and Lil Donnie Trump Mugshot. If you haven't seen Tiger King on Netflix, I'd strongly recommend it - very entertaining. elmoputney, crusian and yonny 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yonny Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 17 hours ago, Damo_UK said: Tiger King on Netflix We just finished this. Absolutely nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted March 30, 2020 Report Share Posted March 30, 2020 On 27 March 2020 at 10:04, elmoputney said: For some reason the pervert in me wants some delkims ev-d or Nevilles or something, im not ready to commit 550 quid to a set but I fancy a change 😑 Has anyone used the ND tackle dongles £71, for 3 dongles + receiver which is less than half price of the gardner set up? But are they any good? I am slowly coming round to the idea of needing dongles and the fact they are cheaper from ND makes it acceptable just abiut ☺️, I can't see any other alarms I want really other than Nevilles or the delkims at present, but I think most people will say Delks are better alarms with the vibration sensing thing I bought the Att dongles to go onto my Delkims years ago, must be 10+? I'm sure I had them when I first went onto Nazeing in 2008, so they have lasted. The receiver lasts at least a year on a single Eveready or Duracell AA battery, however dependant on use or type the dongle batteries will need changing around every 3 months. The GP batteries don't have a good life, the ones I got from Maplin were a whole lot better, sadly Maplin😖 I know this goes against Emmcees opinion, sorry, I have found the ST Delkims with the dongles worked for me, and I know it is a common judgement that Delkim TXi's had water ingress problems for a few years. elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shane1984 Posted May 25, 2023 Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 I've heard the signal is rubbish eith the nd transmitters. So best going for the attx Atleast your getting what you pay for and also if you go onto fb market place you could actually get yourself a bargain and pay what you'd pay for the nd set. Just means looking around elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted May 25, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, shane1984 said: I've heard the signal is rubbish eith the nd transmitters. So best going for the attx Atleast your getting what you pay for and also if you go onto fb market place you could actually get yourself a bargain and pay what you'd pay for the nd set. Just means looking around Thanks in the end I went with atts alarms and attx receiver, I have since upgraded to the deluxe receiver as the non deluxe one was OK but the double first bleep it was giving me used to scare the pants off me, deluxe one seems good so far happy with the Gardner alarms though they do all I want and couldn't be any simpler to use, and the batteries last forever Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted May 26, 2023 Report Share Posted May 26, 2023 18 hours ago, elmoputney said: Thanks in the end I went with atts alarms and attx receiver, I have since upgraded to the deluxe receiver as the non deluxe one was OK but the double first bleep it was giving me used to scare the pants off me, deluxe one seems good so far happy with the Gardner alarms though they do all I want and couldn't be any simpler to use, and the batteries last forever Which ones do you have Elmo ? I think the underlit ones are triffic . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elmoputney Posted May 27, 2023 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 On 26/05/2023 at 11:00, newmarket said: Which ones do you have Elmo ? I think the underlit ones are triffic . underlit ones too clear led but have switched to a green roller to match the old bobbins, I've just added some Gardner spacers and leather o rings, can't decide if I like the spacers or not tbh they make it all a tad neater I guess but I can't help feeling they look a bit odd 😂 B B 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 3 hours ago, elmoputney said: underlit ones too clear led but have switched to a green roller to match the old bobbins, I've just added some Gardner spacers and leather o rings, can't decide if I like the spacers or not tbh they make it all a tad neater I guess but I can't help feeling they look a bit odd 😂 Odd ! I should say so .. 😉 here’s a pic of my gorgeous blue underlit att only got one the other two are the older models elmoputney 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salokcinnodrog Posted May 27, 2023 Report Share Posted May 27, 2023 4 hours ago, elmoputney said: underlit ones too clear led but have switched to a green roller to match the old bobbins, I've just added some Gardner spacers and leather o rings, can't decide if I like the spacers or not tbh they make it all a tad neater I guess but I can't help feeling they look a bit odd 😂 Go for rubber o rings, they look tidier, or file down the edge of the leather ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
framey Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 Go to a plumbers or halfords and buy some o rings to fit looks much better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B B Posted May 28, 2023 Report Share Posted May 28, 2023 22 hours ago, elmoputney said: underlit ones too clear led but have switched to a green roller to match the old bobbins, I've just added some Gardner spacers and leather o rings, can't decide if I like the spacers or not tbh they make it all a tad neater I guess but I can't help feeling they look a bit odd 😂 I had a set of stainless steel buzz bars and bank sticks very chunky and heavy cost me a fortune but couldn’t tighten them really down so I swapped the rubber o rings for the leather ones which cured the problem…. But I sold them on there were just to heavy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newmarket Posted June 4, 2023 Report Share Posted June 4, 2023 On 27/05/2023 at 19:01, elmoputney said: underlit ones too clear led but have switched to a green roller to match the old bobbins, I've just added some Gardner spacers and leather o rings, can't decide if I like the spacers or not tbh they make it all a tad neater I guess but I can't help feeling they look a bit odd 😂 I reckon they look fine on a pod mate but if you’re going down the tackle tart route then the rubber O rings are better looking imo . I only ever use banksticks myself , with rubber O rings and I don’t care what they look like as long as I know when I have a bite 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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