kascinoh
Junior Member
Hello all:
I received my F2 yesterday and I am happy to report it seems like a nice unit, considering it was only $215, which included an FPoint pinpointer and a 4" sniper coil. I have read some bashes against this unit for it being cheap-looking or "flimsy" - again, to me, doesn't seem any flimsy-er than my Silver uMax - and I found the Silver was a rugged unit. Build quality seems fine to me - shafts fit nicely, nice balance, cam locks work well. No bare coil wires as I saw in other forum posts.
Since the weather is rain today in w.cental ohio, did a quick air test (I know - unreliable - but still interesting) to compare with my old Silver uMax.
From what I see, they are almost identical, with one difference - the F2 seems to have much better sensitivity to gold rings - tested with 10k and 14k fine women's and 14k mens large - F2 seems to get almost 2" to 3" inches more than the Silver on the rings. Does anyone know what freq the F2 runs at? Silver was 10kHz,if I recall. Wonder if this might be a reason?.
Now, if the weather would cooperate....
HH, Stephen
I received my F2 yesterday and I am happy to report it seems like a nice unit, considering it was only $215, which included an FPoint pinpointer and a 4" sniper coil. I have read some bashes against this unit for it being cheap-looking or "flimsy" - again, to me, doesn't seem any flimsy-er than my Silver uMax - and I found the Silver was a rugged unit. Build quality seems fine to me - shafts fit nicely, nice balance, cam locks work well. No bare coil wires as I saw in other forum posts.
Since the weather is rain today in w.cental ohio, did a quick air test (I know - unreliable - but still interesting) to compare with my old Silver uMax.
From what I see, they are almost identical, with one difference - the F2 seems to have much better sensitivity to gold rings - tested with 10k and 14k fine women's and 14k mens large - F2 seems to get almost 2" to 3" inches more than the Silver on the rings. Does anyone know what freq the F2 runs at? Silver was 10kHz,if I recall. Wonder if this might be a reason?.
Now, if the weather would cooperate....
HH, Stephen
. I think that some people (that has never had a F2 or F4) compares them to Bounty Hunters lower end models . Enjoy the F2 it is alot of fun to use and fairly accurate id'ing targets. Steve.
