ros best responding remote that worked without line of sight and cool functions, cons sound distortion at high volumes, cumbersome legs. Gifted to a friend (best overall for the money) should have kept this one and settled, hindsight is 20/20.
I will be sticking with my Shockwave. I went down the caller rabbit hole a few years ago. After trying multiple callers I discovered that it was more technique and experience than equipment that equated to success.
Tried the following:
Primos Alpha Dogg
Fp wildfire: pros love the small size, cons short battery life, terrible remote.
Js Grimm speaker 2: Cheap and got the job done. Nothing exceptional. Gifted to a friend
Flextone flx500: new in box never used
Flextone flx50 handheld: good for roadside locating. Gifted to a friend
Fp Shockwave: pros: foxpro customer support, tx1000 baro sensor, moon phase, Great sound and uses same batteries in remote and caller. Cons: large size that is cumbersome to carry long distances and speaker angle has to be setup on each stand, floppy speakers that are noisey to put in transport position, line of sight remote that sometimes needs several attempts on buttons to get a response. Probably should have bought the fusion for smaller form factor?
A modified patriot with a tx1000 remote with non line of sight and twice the batteries would be my dream caller. Or possibly I could get a hellcat and grind/chop off all the sharp edges that will collect dirt and snow.
Maybe I should find an old Primos turbo Dogg? Try an icotec hellion+?
Basically what I am trying to say is no caller is perfect and you can spent fortunes chasing a dream. Find one that works and stick with it or clever marketing will get all of your money.
Just color me dinosaur. Started out w/a Loudmouth, which is at rest somewhere in the closet. FX3 for twenty some years, but it is upgraded to FX5
. Only complaint is remote: Need trifocals to read display and it could use a bit more range, but it works!Amen
Not even a little bit of interest. At $1500 and 10lbs it’s just too much $ and too much weight. No issues with my current callers getting the job done.
The LD Super Revolt has some great proprietary sounds. If I could put those sounds on a FP I wouldn't have a LD. Adding sounds and managing folders is much easier on the LD and the rotational feature is nice sometimes but overall the caller feels of lower quality versus FP, in my opinion. The X24 has all the pros you mentioned above plus the ability to create FOXCAST sequence files and the ability to play sounds in single play mode. I like to play howls on single play mode so I don't accidentally mute in the middle of a howl. I add new sounds to my X24 frequently so I'm used to their current sound management software. Per the recent FP podcast, the X360 and X48 are supposed to have an updated sound management software/app and an improved sequence file feature called FOXPILOT. The LD Super Revolt can play two sounds at once and I used to have a FP X2S that could also but I never felt comfortable doing that in the field...too much button pushing. The X48 will be able to play two sounds at once too so I'm hoping it can be programmed in a FOXPILOT sequence.
Up to 32 bit sounds, per the podcast. I don't really understand all of the sound bit stuff but most of my sounds are 24 bit so I'm not sure there will be any difference. They said the X48 got its name because it was originally going to play two 24 bit sounds at the same time.
Right, which makes me say "meh".
