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Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:09:41 GMT

Does anyone have any knowledge of this equipment
I have found a decent deal online for it and want to know why its so much cheaper!
I have read that it isnt as good as others but will it do the job? Avalanche safety isnt really somewhere I want to scrimp!!
Ta :D

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:12:11 GMT

I read all the necessary very recently and settled on the Ortovox S1 but I do have good experiences with the BCA Tracker and the Ortovox S1. In the end it is down to what works for you and how much practice you get how effective they will be.

Facewest has good comments about them all, based on that I'd avoid the Freeride:

http://www.facewest.co.uk/Pieps-Freeride.html

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:22:19 GMT

cheers
i foudn some similar info on this site
how much was the S1?

im kicking myself-durign the test week in bormio the guys from moment were doing 20% off trade so for a package of shovel , probe and trans was only 110euro! only found out on last day so didnt get the forms!

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:48:29 GMT

rossyhead wrote:cheers
i foudn some similar info on this site
how much was the S1?

im kicking myself-durign the test week in bormio the guys from moment were doing 20% off trade so for a package of shovel , probe and trans was only 110euro! only found out on last day so didnt get the forms!

Can't remember. Nowhere near trade. Sport-conrad have some good used deal packages. If you can't find them on the website you should give them an email.

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:51:03 GMT

yeah i got my avalung from there for a great price and thats where i saw the pieps one-package (new) for 160euro which is decent enough but with a crappy trans!

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 22:58:40 GMT

In the end I got an S1, Ortovox Professional Alu II and a 240cm Ortovox Light PFA Probe. Sport-Conrad is listing that package at Euro400 (quite a lot off full retail).

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:00:39 GMT

In my opinion there are some very good reasons to not get the Freeride over the DSP.

The freeride is a one antenna transciever with only a 30m search strip. It will need to be orientated to the transiever you are searching for to get an accurate direction and could potentially waste valuable seconds in a real situation.

The DSP is a three antenna with a 50m search strip. (in practice can be up to 60m). It can cope with multiple burials and is very straight forward and easy to use.

I would only recommend three antenna transceivers now. They have become the standard for a reason.

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Sat, 1 May 2010 09:35:19 GMT

is the F1 focus one pretty much the same-analogue with only one signal?

Re:Avalanche Trans Pieps Freeride

Sat, 1 May 2010 10:47:01 GMT

rossyhead wrote:is the F1 focus one pretty much the same-analogue with only one signal?

Yes the F1 Focus is analogue, 1 signal only. I have one. Been around forever, pretty robust, needs practice to get the best result!