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What difference are folks seeing in the field when it comes to range between full size and new Mini collars?

I know Garmin advertises reduced range but I have heard it's not too bad

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garmin mini, where does one buy one of these, I haven't heard of it.

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We did some testing today with the Mini and it performed better than the TT 15 we put it against.

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Originally posted by Bruce M. Conkey
We did some testing today with the Mini and it performed better than the TT 15 we put it against.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Bruce M. Conkey
We did some testing today with the Mini and it performed better than the TT 15 we put it against.

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Just getting the T5's in and the TT15 are not in yet.

Yes, you can go to gamins website and see the differences.

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i run beagles on hare in very thick cover- dont get a chance to test range alot-- they normally dont run too far - most the time when i had full size and minis- same place same time-- i was loseing signal about a tenth of a mile sooner with minis---very little difference- ive seen times that minis were better- - i dont think there is a big difference except battery life- and ive had some serious reliability issues with minis not working at all after loosing gps-- but when they are working i think just as good as full size- - -- i am very sure that its not 4 miles and 9 miles difference as advertized- if u want a max number-- ive had minis work continuosly to 2.35 miles- in the woods with handheld-- that is farthest ive seen with any garmins on beagles on hare-


when i had astros on beagles - i was lucky if it measured fraction of miles-- 6 tenths of a mile about average and minis in same situatiion .75 to 1 miles is very normal - fairly common to get 1.25 - miles -- get to a high spot and really increase that - use truck antenna and double it--

when i ran bear dogs with astros id get 1.5 miles routinely --and double that with truck antenna - -also had lots of times lost signal and dogs in hearing- -
- so much varies- - it amazes me the difference ive seen just because of difference in height of dogs-- im trying to give you realistic numbers where and how i use them -

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only difference I have seen is battery life. run it on my squrriel dog and my coonhounds.

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I have a buddy that has two minis and they don't perform as well as my TT10's in the steep rough WV mountains. It's not a huge difference but there is a difference. Battery life is not as good either. But for beagles, which is what he bought them for they do a good job.

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