THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Right lads, I was just checking threw my gear there and doing a bit of tidying etc.bought new batteries for my old B&F pieps box and collar for the up and coming season and I noticed the plastic around the collar and rubber seal have seen better days. The plastic would need replaced has multiple bite marks etc. and the rubber o ring is just done, to be honest it broke in my hand. I went and got a new o ring but after checking out the B&F website looking a new plastic casing and a new collar I see they don't have spares like that for sale anymore? The only collar for sale is for the rechargeable transmitter though I'm not sure if it is the same dimensions of the battery powered one I have. They've obviously stopped trading in the pieps box too because they are temporarily out of stock on all that gear. Only the new kits are available. How do I go about getting a replacement collar and casing? Thanks in advance. Edited June 7, 2015 by THE GENERAL Quote Link to post
Waz 4,203 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 Ive asked and asked, gave up and bought the new one in the end. Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted June 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) Ive asked and asked, gave up and bought the new one in the end. So there's no available spares Columbo? Oh dear. Lol. Good way to do business, close all other doors so you have no choice only to upgrade. Edited June 9, 2015 by THE GENERAL Quote Link to post
Waz 4,203 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 He told me that he kept spares for the original collar until the guarentee ran out on the last ones sold....... 1 Quote Link to post
wilbur foxhound 480 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 I was told the new collars dont work with the old box,is this true as i have lost my ortovox collar and it worked with all the avalanche transeivers,could anyone shed some light on this, wf Quote Link to post
leo1 134 Posted June 7, 2015 Report Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) I use the rechargeable collar with the pieps box and its spot on Edited June 7, 2015 by leo1 Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted June 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I was told the new collars dont work with the old box,is this true as i have lost my ortovox collar and it worked with all the avalanche transeivers,could anyone shed some light on this, wfThey all work on the same frequency as far as I know, so should work without any problem. 1 Quote Link to post
wilbur foxhound 480 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Cheers for that i was under the same impression they should all pick each other up it was one of my mates who said it didn't, i shall try it out before i buy,wf Quote Link to post
liamdelaney 2,585 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Right lads, I was just checking threw my gear there and doing a bit of tidying etc.bought new batteries for my old B&F pieps box and collar for the up and coming season and I noticed the plastic around the collar and rubber seal have seen better days. The plastic would need replaced has multiple bite marks etc. and the rubber o ring is just done, to be honest it broke in my hand. I went and got a new o ring but after checking out the B&F website looking a new plastic casing and a new collar I see they don't have spares like that for sale anymore? The only collar for sale is for the rechargeable transmitter though I'm not sure if it is the same dimensions of the battery powered one I have. They've obviously stopped trading in the pieps box too because they are temporarily out of stock on all that gear. Only the new kits are available. How do I go about getting a replacement collar and casing? Thanks in advance. I will have the same problem soon,will have to try and tape up the old casing for as long as it lasts.Any suggestions?? Quote Link to post
Zilverhaze 1,627 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 Get some new collars ;-) 2 Quote Link to post
leethedog 3,071 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I have a new rechargeable bellman collar and a peips box works no problem Quote Link to post
fat man 4,740 Posted June 8, 2015 Report Share Posted June 8, 2015 I was told the new collars dont work with the old box,is this true as i have lost my ortovox collar and it worked with all the avalanche transeivers,could anyone shed some light on this, wfThey all work on the same frequency as far as I know, so should work without any problem. The bnf box and ortovox collar actually work better,more accurate than the bnf set,we use both without any probs. Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 (edited) I was told the new collars dont work with the old box,is this true as i have lost my ortovox collar and it worked with all the avalanche transeivers,could anyone shed some light on this, wfThey all work on the same frequency as far as I know, so should work without any problem. The bnf box and ortovox collar actually work better,more accurate than the bnf set,we use both without any probs.What Ortovox collar do you use Fatman? I was looking online for them there seems only a few sites sell them and mostly they are in German. Was looking at the D1 but they seem to be discontinued, I didn't have much luck. Seems like a rechargeable B&F collar is on the cards. Edited June 9, 2015 by THE GENERAL Quote Link to post
Strong Stuff 2,171 Posted June 9, 2015 Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Am no expert ... But I did have a little to do with Ortovox gear a few years back. The dog transmitter, transmits on the 457 frequency, BUT am sure there was a change to the rate at which it transmits to make it possible to differentiate between a dog and a person, for example the human version transmitted a ping say 100 times a second, the dog one was maybe 50. Am sure from memory this was the reason that Underground Terrrier website stopped selling them, well that and the amount of fecking messers that used to email him 27 times a day "definitely" buying a set only to disappear into the ether when it was time to pay Useful blog post:http://www.facewest.co.uk/facewestblog/2014/03/13/avalanche-transceivers-and-terrier-location/ 1 Quote Link to post
THE GENERAL 1,975 Posted June 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2015 Am no expert ... But I did have a little to do with Ortovox gear a few years back. The dog transmitter, transmits on the 457 frequency, BUT am sure there was a change to the rate at which it transmits to make it possible to differentiate between a dog and a person, for example the human version transmitted a ping say 100 times a second, the dog one was maybe 50. Am sure from memory this was the reason that Underground Terrrier website stopped selling them, well that and the amount of fecking messers that used to email him 27 times a day "definitely" buying a set only to disappear into the ether when it was time to pay Useful blog post: http://www.facewest.co.uk/facewestblog/2014/03/13/avalanche-transceivers-and-terrier-location/ Thanks for that SS, very informative read there. I came across collars you had made for the Ortovox D1 and I have to say they did look a neat job. 2 Quote Link to post
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