Garmin Alpha/Astro

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I've been looking at the Alpha pretty seriously over the past week and am getting ready to hit the buy button...

Before I do, I wanted to see if anyone knew about any new update/upgrades that were getting ready to come out on the Alpha. It seems like when the Astro came out, they kept updating the collars pretty quickly.

[reba]

It is easy to up date on line.

Just call Garmin and they will talk you through it.

GREAT customer service!!!

[Karen]

Check amazon before you buy elsewhere. We upgraded our astro last year and Amazon' prices were FAR BETTER than any of the gun dog supply places online (over $100 better), and I received my astro in 3 days.

[remmy]

Believe it or not Cabelas had the best price a couple months back when I got mine. I wish I checked there first before I bought mine.

[JIM K]

if you belong to NAVDHA,they give you 50 dollars off on garmin alpha.
i have not seen the alpha under 799 dollars with free shipping.
i bought mine from gundogsupply.lion country supply is good too.

not knocking amazon, i bought a ton of stuff off there but if you have problem,who do you call?
2 stores below will answer any question on alpha.
as for updates, i got mine in nov and had 3 updates already.

i have info over on SMCNA on alpha.

go to

http://www.smallmunsterlander.org
scroll down left side too SMCNA WEB FORUM,click on that.
then scroll down to EVERYTHING ELSE.

[roaniecowpony]

I buy as much as possible from GDS. Best customer service I've had. My Astro 320 started wigging out after one use and GDS sent a new one right away along with a return shipper for the bad one. So when I decided to buy the Alpha, GDS was my first choice.

[hartlinejon]

Does anyone know if you can just use the regular astro collar with the alpha if you wanted to add a dog without having to buy a additional alpha/e-collar? I really need two tracking collars and not the e-collar feature on both, plus you could use the regular tracking collar in a trial if needed. J

[rinker]

I have an astro. My understanding is that the astro and alpha collars are not interchangeable.

[JIM K]

no, astro cant be used with alpha system