Bite alarms

[Sportsman]

Sorry it was a bit sharp and trying to be funny so my serious hat on now for you. My experience in the main is rain and damp. I may have had that one off Alarm that was faulty but you can't keep buying that brand to see if you did or not.

The cheaper one i had The Electrics just get screwed, I have never had this with a fox.

 

Like i say perhaps i had a one off but reading the many discussions on here about alarms i am not alone.

 

 

I wasn't offended, it was a serious question.

I too have had a few different makes of bite alarm over the years. The most unreliable was Fox. The most reliable has proven to be the GFxs that I have had for a few years. Very good in the wet and the damp.

I have really only used them for Piking in Scotland in the past so wet was a feature

I intend to do a lot more sessions for large carp and catfish this year and have been toying with the idea of new alarms. I just don't want to buy them for the sake of it.

If I dio get some more they will probably be second hand delkims.

[carp-catcha]

I have just been looking at an advert for some new bite alarms.

They look very smart but then again they should at around 90 quid each.

They have a wireless receiver with a range of over a kilometre.(another 90 quid ) Why would you be a kilometre away from your rods?

 

It does seem ridiculous at first but...

 

You have to consider that 1KM is based upon 100% ideal conditions/ environment and this is the furthest it will ever reach. Start adding trees, bushes, hills and holes, wind and bad weather conditions into the equasion and the distance will drop considerably.

Mind you, 1KM is still the largest range I've come across by some distance.

 

The price of alarms does vary hugely (check out this Bite Alarms Page -from £200- under a tenner)and naturally there are many countries in the East producing crap alarms that will break (particularly in the rain) and should be avoided. Often for just a couple of quid more though you can get reliability.

[Tigger]

I used to have fox alarms but found they packed up if there was persistant heavy rain. Several of my friends had the same problem with them. I finnished up getting rid of the fox alarms (sick of the unreliability of them) and got some of the lower end Delkims and up to now they've been spot on and are far better to my old fox alarms. The cheaper delk's are only around 50 ripp's so not a massively priced alarm.

[Dave H]

It really is horses for courses i think. We can talk about our own experiences which are sometimes opposite to each others.

 

It could make an interesting poll as most anglers have them. It is not a matter of what you have now but are you happy with what you have on experiences in the past. I am not sure how it would be set up fairly as most i expect have just stuck to fox being the bulk suppliers but maybe if you have had more than one brand you could vote. Could be interesting

[Anderoo]

I've had a couple of Fox Micron M alarms for over 10 years now and they've never gone wrong. They were £20 each new. I've had a couple of the basic GF alarms for about 5 years too and they've never gone wrong either. I think they were about £30 for two new. As long as they keep working fine I've got no reason to replace them - for the type of fishing I do, the more expensive alarms with more features wouldn't make me fish any better, and I don't like replacing things in good working order for the sake of it (as anyone who's seen my car will agree ).

[Steve D]

A bite alram only needs to buzz, to wake you up lol. The most important thing is that you then watch the droppers for movement. One thing I would say is that the self alluminating droppers are excellent during the night. As long as you have a socket to take teh alluminating droppers you can pick these up for around 6/7 quid. They light up when it moves, simple as.

 

We can all talk about our own alarms, and yes, some of us fall into the 'tart' market he-he, me having delkims, BUT it's a personal thing. My wife bought mine for a birthday 3 years ago, and I like that... As they say in essex, 'wel-jel' lol...

 

In my opinion, the best ones for value are the optonic sets, been around sinse year dot, for a good reason. £75 for a set of 2 with sounder box and illuminating droppers, or £85 for a set of 3...

 

Steve

[Dales]

Delkims are nice

[Steve D]

Delkims are nice

 

I was thinking maybe I could actually elope with my Delkims, but not to Gretna, perhaps a nice lake somewhere.

 

 

ONE THING;;;; turn them off when setting you line, ffs. I dont need to be woken at silly o'clock coz you just cast out - again... LOL. (you know who I am talking about guys, no names he-he)

[Kappa]

I don't like replacing things in good working order for the sake of it (as anyone who's seen my car will agree ).

 

Hmmmmm

Edited February 16, 2012 by Kappa

[Anderoo]

Hmmmmm

 

It works fine - it just doesn't look like it!