shockwave batteries

stoney15

stoney15

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I have a shockwave in the mail on the way to me. How well do regular batteries hold up in these? I will be calling in the colds of MN and was wondering if I should dropped the cash for the rechargeable batteries (and wondering which ones are the best)? Also any thoughts on the decoy that attaches right to the caller?

Thanks
 
stoney15, regular alkaline won't hold up well at all. I'd recommend getting the black rechargeables and charger direct from FoxPro. They are an excellent slow discharge battery and will serve you well. I like the Foxjack decoy a lot but if you run it constantly, it will have some draw on your batteries. Probably a good idea to keep back up batteries with you if you put in long hard days with a lot of calling and a lot of high volume. The Shockwave is a very versatile call and will serve you well. Being able to put 50 dedicated presets to use is a great feature too.
 
4Paws & I have had a Shockwave since the first release. We have tried every battery combination known to mankind.

Nothing will out last the Lithium Battery Pack from FoxPro. They won't run down if you hunt hard for two to three days. Lithium Battery Pack also comes with a charger and they weigh less than all the other options.

The NIMH free floating 2300's from FoxPro can be charged internally and if you have a FoxJack3 decoy on your Shockwave these are a little more convenient. They will last one-two days of all day hard hunting. Eneloop/Sanyo and several other companies also make really good NIMH batteries. Regardless of brand choice I would make sure they were 2000amh or higher.

You will love the Shockwave. It has put a lot of fur on the ground for both of us. We both like to use all FoxPro products so if anything ever goes wrong we only have to make one call---they are a ALL AMERICAN MADE COMPANY with service to back it up. OOH RAH!!
 
I ran my SW on Thursday with -25 F and it ate two sets of alkaline batteries in a single day. You will go broke buying regular batteries. I ordered the MaHa C801D, but seriously considered the 8000s and the 9000 Maha chargers. I ended up with Eneloop XX batteries. Check out some YouTube vids on MaHa chargers: MaHa chargers

My back ordered FoxJack3 arrived yesterday and I am gathering things for an afternoon hunt as I type this. The house cat and the house dog want to eat the thing, hope the outdoor cousins like it too.

Good luck and let us know what you decided.
 
I've got the shockwave with the foxjack 3. Using eneloop batteries and I only hunt for about an hour at a time but used it two separate days and the battery meter still showed full. Went to charge them just in case and charge time was about 30 minutes so i think they are going to work good. This was using in 10 degree weather and running the foxjack almost continuously. I do run the foxpro batteries in my scorpion and they work fine too.
 
I have been using the rechargeables, and the batteries in the caller itself last a long time, the batteries in the remote go much faster. I have probably 8 hours of run time on the caller and it is still above 50%, but the batteries in the remote are about at 25%.
 
I run the FoxPro 2300mha batteries now and so far they have been fine. I was running standard lithiums non recharge, but when they die there is no fix other than replaceing them.
I also ran the energizer rechargeables in 2500mha, they are darned good, but got the FP ones when I bought a opened 10 pack & charger marked down to $20 in the local SW discount bin.
The remote runs through batteries 2x faster than the caller.
 
I use Lithium Battery Packs in my Shockwave and CS24C. I know for a fact the my Uncle PossumAl uses a Lithium battery pack in his CS24C. I don't know for sure what he uses with his CS24B because he has it rigged up with 20 batteries.

Lithium's are lighter in weight and will double your run time over any NIMH that we have used over the past year or two.
 
Originally Posted By: kelI've got the shockwave with the foxjack 3. Using eneloop batteries and I only hunt for about an hour at a time but used it two separate days and the battery meter still showed full. Went to charge them just in case and charge time was about 30 minutes so i think they are going to work good. This was using in 10 degree weather and running the foxjack almost continuously. I do run the foxpro batteries in my scorpion and they work fine too.

How does the foxjack 3 attach to the shockwave?
 
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Very easy to attach----take off the battery door and replace with a new door that has the foxjack attached to it. Connect the yellow wires and your good to go.
 
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