Down to three brands, and one have a sport dog E collar?

[Benny]

I have narrowed my search down to three brands of collars now. Dogtra,Tri Tronics and Sport Dog.Ruled out DT just because they do not offer a tone option.

Any one have the sport dog brand?? Are they any good??

Benny

[The General]

I have a Dogtra going on 7 years now and no one problem.  I have also heard good things about tri-tronics.  I have 2 friends who went with the cheaper Sport dog and have both returned them.  Maybe their top tier collar would be better.  On a side note I also have a DT (I believe 1850 with the beeper) that thing has been excellent.  However my dog doesn't even really need a shock collar any more I could probably just baught a beeper. 

[dakids]

I have a sportdog and had to replace the collar.  I lost the reciept and called sportdog for help.  they were very helpful.  It only cost me 40 dollars, it would have been free if I still had the reciept.  The customer service was very good and would buy another sportdog on that fact alone.  The customer service line was a real voice and the person was in this country and spoke english.

[Benny]

I did look at the DT brand and saw they had a beeper model but not a tone model.
The beepers are loud and are mainly for locating a dog.DT does have vibration and some trainers like that over any noise at all.

The others have tone that is low so you have to be a few feet or yards away from the dog to hear it so it doesn't spook birds.

Benny

[The General]

I have never noticed that the beeper scares birds away, but maybe the birds where scared so i never saw them  .  On that note a lot of the time I run in the mode where it only beeps when the dog is on point.  I have had many pointing dogs and I hunt the thick stuff and I would never have a collar without a beeper.  Prior to having the beeper I once was hunting cattails and lost my dog (we had one of those bells on him).  I was yelling and walking all over a 200 acre wildlife area.  After about 4-5 hours we heard a rooster cackle and then sure enough heard the bell going again.  We figured he was on point for over 4 hours.  After that he came right back.  The next day I bought the Dogtra 2000 t&b.

[jeffstally]

I have a Dogtra 7002m.  It has been sent back to Dogtra twice and fully replaced in two years.  Now it isn't quite working right again.