Equinox "knock offs"????

[unearth]

Today I was warned to beware of potential Nox "knock offs". I haven't heard or read anything about this. Is there something I've missed? Are there "knock offs" being found?

 

[JBM1]

This is worrying as there are so may out there with cash in their hands waiting for a Nox.

Especially outside America.:angry: Jerry.

 

[john4840]

That's is why you need to buy from a certified Minelab dealer.

 

[Jason in Enid]

china will sell fakes of everything there is a demand for. If you arent buying it from an authorized dealer, you are taking a huge gamble.

 

[Always Curious]

I wonder if these knock offs work better--maybe someone needs to get one to compare and do some tests Seriously, it's amazing they can reverse engineer the product and come up with something that works at all in this short an amount of time.

 

[stephenscool]

If there are fakes it will be coming out of the Mideast or south Asia... and at least another 6 months away. Some companies might copy the technology and put it in their own detector that resembles an eq... but a fraction of the price and obvious cosmetic differences

 

[Jason in Enid]

I wonder if these knock offs work better--maybe someone needs to get one to compare and do some tests Seriously, it's amazing they can reverse engineer the product and come up with something that works at all in this short an amount of time.

they dont "reverse engineer" anything. They just put out something that looks like the detector, with guts that may or may not function as a metal detector. If you want to "clone" at detector (like quest did with the tecknetics) you have to pay them money for that (and then it may or may not work tthe same or as well as the original.

 

[stephenscool]

On a side note. Minelab came up with the ideas of a sealed battery and wireless headphones. This was not copied or reversed engineered from other companies in Asia

 

[Mark kus]

On a side note. Minelab came up with the ideas of a sealed battery and wireless headphones. This was not copied or reversed engineered from other companies in Asia

But maybe France?

 

[thE-TRACker]

Garrett Seahunters had sealed batteries 30 years ago.

 

[stephenscool]

I was being sarcastic. To blatantly say that China copies everything is a false and misleading statement. Since 2003 the Chinese government has cracked down on electronics. Even the gpx copies so famously from a few years ago were from the mideast

 

[stephenscool]

Recently saw a 15 minute "advertisement" fr om a company in France selling a detector called a Deus 3030. From looking at it anyone with experience would know it was a turd. I've also seen a Garret atx designed as an ace150. None of these were produced or manufactured in China

 

[silver renagade]

Years ago the makers of Metrotech sealed the electronics in an expoxy type of plastic so it would hard to duplicate

 

[GeorgeinSC]

I don't know that there are any knock offs Yet but to be same i would Only purchase from a Respected Dealer. Items can be manufactured in one country, shipped to a different country and then be shipped from that country with no indication that they were not manufactured in that country. I have seen many shipping containers of merchandise that came from a particular country but the contents were not from that country. Customs has their hands full trying to keep fakes out of this country. If it has value someone will make a fake and try to get it into this country.