Registered: Jan 2012
Location: Eastern NC
Posts: 137

Anybody seen or used the new garmin alpha? Need reviews before I sell my 320 and my trashbreaker

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Registered: Dec 2010
Location: Afton, michigan
Posts: 52

they aren't even out yet

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Registered: Aug 2012
Location: central fl
Posts: 9

I just got mine today this is the first gps tracker I have ever used. I wish I would have not sold my ecollar. The farthest distance I have gotten is barely a mile with four different collars.
I'm very disappointed I have some friends that get twice that distance with their 320s. Maybe it's not bad I just expected to at least get 1/3 of the 9 miles line of sight they say. Very misleading and by the way the extended range antenna they send with it has no more range.

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Registered: Nov 2009
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That's Garmin for you.

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Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Crossville, Tn
Posts: 38

Line of sight is just that. If you can't see the collar you not gonna get 9 miles. 2 miles is doing good around here and thats rare. I have gotten 5 miles a couple times but not for long and thats from a real high spot

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Registered: Aug 2012
Location: central fl
Posts: 9

I don't know anywhere that most people hunt that is 9 miles line of sight. They should say 2 miles and your doing good then you would expect 1 mile. I guess it just looks better for advertising purposes.

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Registered: Jan 2010
Location: Crossville, Tn
Posts: 38

Yes with a truck antenna.

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Registered: Jun 2012
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they must have got the 9 miles line of sight in a flat desert lol

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Registered: Sep 2012
Location: Marion N.C.
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I got mine week before last and traded it for a 320 this week, my opinion it tracks as good as a 220 or 320 and will shock as far as it'll track. I just hated the fact it won't track dc 30 or 40 collars and when all your buddies won't buy an alpha your kinda screwed. I went from a 220 and 4 collars to a alpha and 1 collar (man what was I thinking) but bout like usual I lost a couple hundred and got something I can live with now. So if you want my opinion stick with what you got, that new shiny stuff ain't always better.

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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: Eastern NC
Posts: 137

Thanks for all the replies....mounted my shock collars on my gps and now I have my own alpha collars which everybody can track for me lol

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Registered: Mar 2011
Location: lyndonville, VT
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I just bought a two dog alpha system this week> i havent received it yet, but i had a 220 with 40 collars and the 40's are an joke. Out of about 15 collars i sent back to garmin and 4 220 handhelds i never got a system that worked so i figured it was time to try something different

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