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Has anyone tried the new dc 50 If so what do you think of them Im considering trading in my dc 40 collars.

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Well worth the trade.

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but how much more range does it have

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I got mine today. I have yet to put in on a dog. I can tell you I am not very impressed with the quality of collar or the hardware of the buckle on the collar. You would think that this part of the collar would be a no brainer especially for what they cost.

I am hoping that i will be more impressed with the tracking function of the unit.

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Originally posted by IAHUNTER
I got mine today. I have yet to put in on a dog. I can tell you I am not very impressed with the quality of collar or the hardware of the buckle on the collar. You would think that this part of the collar would be a no brainer especially for what they cost.

I am hoping that i will be more impressed with the tracking function of the unit.

Stuffy

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ok let us know how it does in the feild

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While hunting I've never lost signal with a dc50, I did hang two dc50's and one dc40 in a tree in my drive way and test the range. One d50 had the longer antenna and the other the shorter one the dc40 had the longer antenna on it. I was able to pick up the dc50 with the longest ant about a half mile further than the dc40 and the other dc50 about a quarter further than the dc40.


Each time Garmin has updated any of their astro's or collars it has been an improvement, the dc50 is as well.

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I would not run out and trade my DC40 in to Spend more money on the DC50. If I was needing a new collar I would get the DC50 but not really that big of a differance. The Biggest improvment I have seen is the battery life. The DC50 is WAY better as far as that goes. You can hunt two dogs that pack well together and put a DC50 on one and a DC40 on the other...Guess What... When the DC40 drops out, The DC50 is right behind it everytime.
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i have 4 dc 40s that ive had no problem with so far.ordered a dc 50 when they came out and when it came in it was no good.it kept showing the collar was 47 miles away in a different state than me! garrmin tech support had no solution but to send it back to them.so i hadnt really got to try one yet but waiting on my new one to get here

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