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Glad I stuck with the ACE 250

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dabbie1

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After reading a lot of posts of problems with the ATPRO ,Im glad Ive stuck with the ACE250 There seems to be too many problems,Like water getting into a supposed to be a water proof machine,Pinpointer feature going berserk then machine quits working all together ETC.I was thinking about upgrading???? but after reading a lot of posts ,sounds like it may be a down grade to the ACE 250 Only my opinion,but Garrett should have tested and worked out the bugs before releasing this machine.Who wants to have to send a machine back and have a lot of down time instead of doing what we all love detecting.Like I said Just my opinion,Hope this dosent offend any members. thanks Wayne
 
No offense taken.....but to an extent your losing out. I hope the bugs get fixed and worked out. It can be tough when you have down time ,especially when your from the north when the season is short to begin with.
 
But what you don't see are the thousands that are working just fine. People with a problem always will post it on the forum, as sometimes there is a correction that can be done, Sometimes it's necessary to send it back for repairs, and Garrett really looks after it's customers. The AT Pro and Ace Series Are both excellent detectors. If you look at the good posts vs. the bad, you will see all the great items found, and realize that the good posts far outnumber the the ones where a complaint is involved.

If you go to other busy forums, you will also see metal detectors with some issues. And keep it into perspective....there are literally thousands of AT Pros flying out the door, as it is still a new release. :)
 
John-Edmonton said:
But what you don't see are the thousands that are working just fine. People with a problem always will post it on the forum, as sometimes there is a correction that can be done, Sometimes it's necessary to send it back for repairs, and Garrett really looks after it's customers. The AT Pro and Ace Series Are both excellent detectors. If you look at the good posts vs. the bad, you will see all the great items found, and realize that the good posts far outnumber the the ones where a complaint is involved.

If you go to other busy forums, you will also see metal detectors with some issues. And keep it into perspective....there are literally thousands of AT Pros flying out the door, as it is still a new release. :)
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VERY GOOD POINT John !!!!
 
The Ace 250 was far from flawless upon it's release as well, had a few bugs in it too!! My Ace went back a couple of times just the same as my ATP has. In total the ATP is an excellent rig, I have no problem with sending mine in for a fix twice now, same as I had to do with the 250. You can field test a few units and all will seem to be fine, but you can't really get a good grasp on what will happen till you've got a couple of thousand out there being used by different folks under a lot of different conditions. The problewms that are coming up are not inherent to all of the rigs, just a few. I happened to get one, you might too...or not. You won't see mine on e-bay any time soon!!
 
I hear that BCD.....!....I sure would like to get a second ATP...just cant swing it$$ right now. Great unit!
 
dabbie1 said:
After reading a lot of posts of problems with the ATPRO ,Im glad Ive stuck with the ACE250 There seems to be too many problems,Like water getting into a supposed to be a water proof machine,Pinpointer feature going berserk then machine quits working all together ETC.
Wayne
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Wayne, I see your post is about 5 hours old.
There were some problems at first but Garrett has addressed them and worked them out.
In every new release there are problems.
ALL other detectors have went thru the same process of releasing and then finding and fixing problems.
You will see it on every detector forum here.
Even the Famed ACE 250 has its problems that have been worked out.
That still dont mean you cant get a bad one from the factory.
There is always a percentage that ship defective ... no one is perfect.
The more complex and higher performance the detectors become the more things can go wrong.
Then there is the factor that a high performance detector that requires skilled adjustments to get the most from it are just too far advanced for some users to adjust to.
If you are a turn on and go type of hunter dont but a White's V3i cause you wont like it.
If you cant understand ground balance and how it effects the machine's operation dont get a detector with that feature.

If you like the Ace 250 and are doing well, then by all means stick with it.
You sound as if you have learned it and to expect that you will be as proficient with any new detector is an unreasonable expectation.
Every detector has it own quirks and strong points and that takes time in the field to learn.
The ACE 300 is an upgrade to the ACE 250 and it has features the 250 dont offer.
If those are features you dont need then you would be foolish to upgrade to get them.
The AT PRO looks like an ACE series detector but it is in a class by itself and in no way is an upgraded ACE 250.
 
Well the 250 is not all that bad of a machine to be 'stuck' with but I do think that the At Pro has a lot to offer. The Pro Audio and fast recovery time are huge. I have used both and much prefer the performance of the At Pro. Either one will find as much as I am willing to dig and then some.

Jerry
 
dabbie1 said:
After reading a lot of posts of problems with the ATPRO ,Im glad Ive stuck with the ACE250 There seems to be too many problems,Like water getting into a supposed to be a water proof machine,Pinpointer feature going berserk then machine quits working all together ETC.I was thinking about upgrading???? but after reading a lot of posts ,sounds like it may be a down grade to the ACE 250 Only my opinion,but Garrett should have tested and worked out the bugs before releasing this machine.Who wants to have to send a machine back and have a lot of down time instead of doing what we all love detecting.Like I said Just my opinion,Hope this dosent offend any members. thanks Wayne
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DABBIE1:

I know with your utopic attitude you HAVE to be walking or riding a quarterhorse .........:rofl:

http://www.csmonitor.com/Business/Latest-News-Wires/2010/1026/BMW-recall-affects-150-000-vehicles.-Automaker-will-repair-faulty-fuel-pumps

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42587899/ns/business-autos/t/ford-expands-f--pickup-recall-million-vehicles/


http://media.gm.com/content/media/us/en/news/news_detail.print.GMCOM.html/content/Pages/news/us/en/2010/Mar/0302_recall

http://www.autoblog.com/2011/03/03/chrysler-recalls-nearly-250-000-minivans-and-crossovers-over-ign/

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/12/22/volvo-recalls-over-140k-2001-2005-and-2010-my-vehicles-over-fuel/

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/24/AR2011022403686.html

Your loss our gain, just be more for us to find! LMABO

Beam me up Zeekey!

QH
 
For what it's worth, I've had my AT since February....no problems. I had my DFX for three years and had to send it back to the factory, too. I think they all have there quirks. I have really enjoyed the AT pro and my hunting experience is more productive and more accurate. Also, the guys who have had to send them back have received excellent service from Garrett. I appreciate your comments and understand your concern. Just some more points to add to your decision.
 
Well, I received my AT Pro today, and also have a 250 and a 350. I took it out to a place that I had totally cleaned out with the 350, and was instantly digging coins with the AT. I did call garrett to confirm that they had the falsing problem fixed before I purchased it, but I can't wait to learn this machine. I was running in standard mode and hitting pennies at 8". I took my 350 with the deeper 10x14 coil and passed it over the targets that the AT located, and the 350 never made a sound. I'm a huge fan of the Ace line, but until you try the AT Pro, you just don't realize what you are missing!
HH
Darren
 
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