Why are Whites detectors so heavy..............

[Ivan]

Fisher,Garrett,Tesoro etc etc.............all can give you great features and good performance and a much lighter detector. Whites should have evolved their plastic body designs that they came out with about 20-25 years ago, they had one with an I.D. meter and some without...........forget the names of them but they were in a blue plastic case. Anyone remeber those?

 

[Joel-Winnipeg]

Older Whites are a shade heavy .They are not made of plastic like the new cars of today but with real metal.
Likely the newer ones will not have the metal box types in the future.

 

[jackintexas]

Liberty DI....Jack

 

[Southwind]

Those White's were built like tanks. Built to last. I'm sure soon, to remain competitive, White's will need to evolve to match their plastic competition.

 

[bfodnes]

You may compare the weight alone and Whites will have more heavy detectors, thats true.

But compare balance and weight distribution.

Quality

Customer support.

Coil selection.

Useful modes and adjustments. and display information.

Whites come out in the upper segment of metal detectors and the new probe shows that Whites can put a good detector in a small device if they want to.

 

[Ivan]

KInd of strange ...went on to the Whites site looked up MXT, M6 and others, when you click on the "full specs" you get it all except the weight of the detector...........they do't include the weight of the detector in full specs.....are they afraid to?

 

[Hombre]

Ivan.....

They weigh about 4 pounds, but very well balanced. I swing a 5900 that is heavier than that with no problem and I'm 61 years old and fit as a fiddle

 

[berryman]

Check out the MX5. It has a plastic housing and weighs less than 4 pounds. Excellent performing machine!

 

[William1221]

Have an MXT Pro great machine 12" coil for the beach it will make you groan for a couple of days then its no problem

 

[DirtDiggerDaveinMD]

I don't find the weight that bad. White's detectors are very well balanced and the arm straps help as well.

 

[HaloEffect426]

[size=medium]I personally like the metal housing and most all their previous years models with their STOUT build. And yes they are built like a TANK!..this is a good thing. I also think it may help with shielding the main boards of the machine from things like stray RF signals, EFI, EMF fields and the like.... just something to think about..

Signed,

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[godigit1]

I like the metal housing but for ergonomics they could turn it vertical like the minelab gp series and it would be more streamline. The coil wire has always been vulnerable when setting it down to dig a target.

 

[Old California]

Hi Ivan,

As compared to the older early 60's Whites BFO models the 80's Black box type have a good ergonomics feel to them, The late 80's early 90's T-handle black box were my favorites never really noticed the weight to them they were well balanced.

Still use my older Whites BFO with the little wooden coil once in a while, The batteries alone are heavy especially the 67.5 volt battery. The new TRX even detects deeper than the BFO

Paul (Ca)

 

[purplesage]

I noticed the wire from your coil running straight up the shaft, then coiled up. Is there a reason for this or just personal choice?? Thanks for your reply

Terry

 

[Old California]

Started running the coil cable up the shaft years ago for water hunting purposes, Reduces drag as long as the cable is ran off the left or right side so when one swings the coil in water less drag. Never thought about this until now and just took a peek at my detectors all of them are setup this way guess it became a routine didn't notice was applying this water coil cable setup for land detectors too

Thanks for catching this, Applies more for water hunting wading in fresh water or ocean surf but I like the look too.

Take care,
Paul (Ca)

 

[Mxt Sniper]

I prefer the metal box Whites detectors by far over the plastic housing detectors. Much more robust in the field, less wear and tear, much easier for techs to work on them, if this talk keeps up I will have to stockpile a few mxt detectors ahead so I don't have to convert.

 

[PostalTwo]

No doubt lol I dont have a whites yet but I plan to buy soon and for me metal case is a selling feature not a drawback. I was lucky enough for a friend of mine to let me use his v3i for the afternoon and I loved it.its a very well balanced machine

 

[penguineman]

honestly as mentioned in a previous post I think the metal box design helps shield the electronics I have a fisher F2 my son inlaw hunts with we where at a school and there is a cell phone tower about 1/2 to 3/4 of a block away. the Fisher went crazy anmd would not settle down my Whites classic IDX had no problems what so ever, kept on detecting like there wasn't a problem. ever since they fired that tower up everyone in the area of a few blocks has had problems with there wireless internet on there computers so I'm attributing the fisher problems on the tower.

 

[C.J.M.]

ever try swinging a CZ-20 FISHER----6.2 LB control box alone

 

[DocBars]

I love the metal housing that Whites uses and I hope that they don't go to plastic. I personally don't think that they are heavy.