The new G2 EXP tri-tronics collars

[ohiogsp]

Here is a link to the new collars. Lion Country say they will have them next week.

http://www.lcsupply.com/Brand/TriTronics-Collars/

[wannabe]

Lion Country will have them next week, but you can't get one directly from Tri Tronics until October.

I don't get it.

[SaskTrapper]

I heard that the new Field 90 G2 will allow you to add collars to it. Instead of buying a two or three dog unit you will be able to buy the single unit and add collars down the road if you get more dogs. I was told the new field 90 will come available mid September and to wait for it instead of buying the old two dog model. What have you guys heard and is there any truth to what I heard about being able to add collars?

[Ryan]

Sask I heard the same thing. But all the collars are supposed to be able to do it not just the feild 90.

Taken right in the description of the classic 70.

Comes with all 6 collars straps so that you can add receivers or Beeper/Trainers as you need them.

[Springer]

I guess this is why I found a Field 70 G2 for $209.99 at
Sportsmans Warehouse.
They will be obsolete less than two years out.

[Wagonmaster]

I have checked into this and am scratchin my head, wondering what the big deal is. First, LC has them, or will in a week. http://www.gundogsupply.com/tri-tronics-g2-exp.html

This "up to 6 collars" thing has me thinking hype though. And I am a TT fan.

I talked to the people at Cabela's this past weekend. As they understand it, or as I understand it from them, a standard transmitter will be able to operate only one collar at a time. It is true that you can add up to six collars. The transmitter and receiver do this by exchanging coding info. with each other. But unless you have the version that allows toggling between collars, you can only operate only collar at a time.

So here is how the multi-collar thing works, I am told. You have six dogs. You buy six collars, and put one on each dog. You work one dog. You bring it back to the truck and take out another dog with a different collar. The transmitter and collar will "talk" to each other, figure the coding thing out, and you can then run that second dog using the collar. And so forth through all six dogs. But you could not take dog 1 and dog 2 out at the same time and be able to switch from one collar to another out in the field with the transmitter. So only one of those two dogs actually has a live collar on, one that you can transmit to from that transmitter.

There is the Pro G2 EXP. That allows up to three dogs to be run at one time. You can toggle between the three from the transmitter. You can actually own six collars, and the G2 EXP will "code" with any three of them, so you can run three dogs at one time. But you are not gonna be able to run six at once.

So why not, when you take dog 1 out of the truck, run it, and bring it back, just TAKE THE COLLAR OFF THE DOG AND PUT IT ON THE NEXT ONE. Sure alot cheaper than buying separate collars for each dog, but only being able to operate one at a time.

That is how it has been explained to me.

[Ryan]

Ok if that us true then this is a really stupid thing for TT to do. It would be much smarter to have the collar allow up to 6 callars and switch through all of them at anytime when running all the dogs.

I was talking to cabelas about them as well to find out what the big hype was all about but the guy I talked to had no idea.