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F5's

Does it retain your last settings when you turn it on or do you have to set it up every time? Thanks
 
I really don't know, I was just reporting that some dealers have them in stock..............
 
I've only seen one dealer claim to have them on a different MD forum. I sure hope they did come out, I have one on pre-order.
 
bdbill said:
I've only seen one dealer claim to have them on a different MD forum. I sure hope they did come out, I have one on pre-order.
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It's been a while and no one has offered an update on the release of the F5. Since you have one on order, have you been notified in any way, shape, or form as to WHEN the damn thing is going to see light of day? Would you consider yourself brave for ordering an untried and unproven item as complicated as an analong/digital electronic item?

I'm also waiting and I'd hate to sound negative but I don't think that the F5 will really be released. Fisher must be having one hell of a troubled situation with this detector. And what kind of bugs will be imported that will require massive returns?

Golden Silver
 
I made a trade with Scully from Badger Detectors who had a F5 for testing, so I'm not worried that it will be a junk detector. I talked to Mike Scott from Fisher back on June 28th who is a member of the local metal detector club said it should be out in 2 weeks or so, one of the testers found a minor problem that they wanted to get right before sending them out. I can understand your frustration, I think they said they were coming out in March, then the first week in June, and they still are late. But better to get them right then send them out with problems.
I think Fisher would be wise to have the detectors 100% ready, then set the release date. The way they are doing it now is not making them look to good.
 
There is nothing set in stone that says a unit HAS to be out on a certain date. All companies have target dates for new releases and of course, one of four things will happen, they will hit date, they will be late, they will be early or it wont be released at all.

IMO, Fisher is/was just letting folks know that a new product is in the works and if it sounds interesting to you, stay tuned for more info.

Info like this can help you make the best decision of which unit to spend your precious money on instead of settling for something less than you had in mind. Nothing worse than buying a unit only to hear that a NEW UNIT of some sort is going to be available soon. Of course, news like this brings out the 'kids in us' and we all become impatient.

Complaining about things you have no direct control over is a waste of time and bandwidth.

Fisher is no different than other companies , perhaps even better than others by not releasing something that is half baked.

My suggestion is wait for the F5 if you are interested in it, Go ahead and buy something else if you are itching to spend your money NOW, or simply stop complaining and let the unit come out fully refined and ready to hunt.

Needless to say, I too have been interested in one and am very anxious to see how it does.
 
Just my opinion on the F5 announcement New
Posted by: tony (Orlando, FL)
"Complaining about things you have no direct control over is a waste of time and bandwidth. ...or simply stop complaining and let the unit come out fully refined and ready to hunt."

I have a right to post my opinion. I don't appreciate your controlling attitude. You could have read my post and not reply. You could have replied without criticizing my opinion. You reply as if you were some kind of authority on this forum. I don't think you are. But if you were, that still doesn't give you the right to censor me.
 
Golden Silver

The reply was definitely not intended for you, I apologize for placing my post under yours. Your post made good sense and it somewhat inspired me to finally say something about the folks that DO COMPLAIN about time frames and manufacturers etc.


Tony
 
how come i see some dealers already selling these, then a bunch of complaining here that they are not available
 
I don't understand your "complaining about time frames" Tony, If Fisher said coming out this spring, or coming out this summer, that would be one thing. But to have a specific date, March 31, 2008 is totally different, then after that date to make it June 2008 and still not make the release date, that just doesn't look good. I'm not in a big hurry to get the detector anyways, it comes when it comes, but I disagree with your opinion that a time frame is a specific date, a time frame is a general time like spring or summer. I want the detector to be 100% ready no matter if it comes out in October. But wouldn't you agree to make a "specific" release date, and miss it not once but twice would frustrate people hoping to have it for summer? It makes sense to me to have the product 100% ready, have a good supply made, and then release the detector. But maybe I'm just being "Complaining about things you have no direct control over is a waste of time and bandwidth".
 
Always wait around a year before you buy a new on the market detector,so the company can work out all the bugs.Why be the first to grab one you might be the first to send it back.
 
bdbill,


Nope, you are not complaining at all, you are discussing the situation.

I agree, there was a target date and it was missed, I am not 100% sure as to why, however I have read somewhere that something was found by one of the field testers that may have needed to be addressed right away, I am not sure if this is the case or not.

I have no clue if they missed a second attempt or not, I stopped paying attention. I was in line for the longest time waiting on the F5, but then chose to go with the F-70 and get on with it.

My whole point about the post I made was because I DO / WE ALL DO come here to get information about what's happening and how others are making out with their Fisher units.
 
Your probroly not the only one,I have decided to hunt with my 3d until these nicks are worked out.million dollar companies should only have these problems during production not once they hit the market.
 
tony (Orlando said:
Golden Silver

The reply was definitely not intended for you, I apologize for placing my post under yours. Your post made good sense and it somewhat inspired me to finally say something about the folks that DO COMPLAIN about time frames and manufacturers etc.
Tony
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Hi Tony: Thanks for straightening that out, I appreciate it.

G.S.
 
tony (Orlando said:
bdbill,


Nope, you are not complaining at all, you are discussing the situation.

I agree, there was a target date and it was missed, I am not 100% sure as to why, however I have read somewhere that something was found by one of the field testers that may have needed to be addressed right away, I am not sure if this is the case or not.

I have no clue if they missed a second attempt or not, I stopped paying attention. I was in line for the longest time waiting on the F5, but then chose to go with the F-70 and get on with it.

My whole point about the post I made was because I DO / WE ALL DO come here to get information about what's happening and how others are making out with their Fisher units.
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Tony: I don't know if what you say: "however I have read somewhere that something was found by one of the field testers that may have needed to be addressed right away, I am not sure if this is the case or not." has anything to do with me but a while back I happened to be in contact with a main guy at Fisher, maybe a Mike Scott - not sure - and he called me while he was outside the Fisher plant (I think) testing an F5 and I asked him if he would throw a copper cent on the ground and advance the DISC until the detector ignored the cent. He sounded surprised when he found that he couldn't. I told him that my Teknetics Mark I Ltd could because there was a space between the copper cent and dime so that I could advance my meter needle until it was under CENT but it would ring off on DIME and up. I could ignore everything up to the dimes and open a notch for nickels. I know that by ignoring eveything up to dimes I would be ignoring gold also but it was my choice to find only nickels, dimes, quarters, halves, dollars.

So, when I told this to Mike and his F5's DISC control went to max and he still picked up the cent, he told me he was going to bring this to the engineers' attention. Frankly, I don't think this is the reason the F5 has been delayed but one never knows. If they can get that detector to work in wet sand, then getting it to ignore cents and still pick up dimes should be no big deal. George Payne did it with the Mark. Fisher has to be sharing knowledge with Bounty Hunter and Teknetics. It might be a challenge but not an impossibility.

G.S.
 
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