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The spitfire is on the lower end, as far as price. But seems to be, a pretty darn good caller for the money.
Foxpro makes good callers, and any of the models will do the job. I chose the Scorpion X1-B, mainly for the portability. My buddy has an FX-something Foxpro and last year we set it up on a really cold day and the cold killed the batteries in about 20 minutes. Yesterday I went out on a stand in 19 degree cold. I got a bright idea and moved the jumper inside the Scorpion to turn off the speaker in the caller, hung the unit inside my coveralls to keep it warm, and ran an external speaker cord out of the caller to a speaker and at the end of an hour and a half the caller was sill going strong. If the speaker got cold, it sure didn't complain, and was plenty loud even on setting 5 or 6. So, I guess yuo can say I'm happy with my Scorpion. I ordered mine from FnT Trading Post, Had it programmed with the 50 calls I wanted, and free shipping. Took a week to get here, but it was just the way I wanted it. The external speaker was $60 bucks more, but sure adds to the versatility.
Quote from: Heredoggydoggy on December 02, 2010, 08:17:58 PMFoxpro makes good callers, and any of the models will do the job. I chose the Scorpion X1-B, mainly for the portability. My buddy has an FX-something Foxpro and last year we set it up on a really cold day and the cold killed the batteries in about 20 minutes. Yesterday I went out on a stand in 19 degree cold. I got a bright idea and moved the jumper inside the Scorpion to turn off the speaker in the caller, hung the unit inside my coveralls to keep it warm, and ran an external speaker cord out of the caller to a speaker and at the end of an hour and a half the caller was sill going strong. If the speaker got cold, it sure didn't complain, and was plenty loud even on setting 5 or 6. So, I guess yuo can say I'm happy with my Scorpion. I ordered mine from FnT Trading Post, Had it programmed with the 50 calls I wanted, and free shipping. Took a week to get here, but it was just the way I wanted it. The external speaker was $60 bucks more, but sure adds to the versatility. I gotta ask you, does the Scorpion have vibrate mode when turned on ?
When you do get one don't forget to put your remote on a lanyard or wrist strap. I lost mine for my fx3. Foxpro says $150 for a replacement. Plus shipping of my caller both ways and no I cannot upgrade to the new style remote. Well I only paid $275 for the whole thing new so I don't see dropping another $150 for a remote. I will just wait it out until I can get the fury.As far as batteries go, I had the same problem with the cold weather. Went to duracell rechargables. Bought 8 rechargable aa's and a charger from wallmart. Out the door for less than 50 bucks. I have ran the caller for three days solid in cold weather without a problem. Takes a full day to recharge but it's worth it.
I recently purchased a W/T caller, hoping to use it for cougar, but I can't seem to find anyone who has figured out how to reprogram the card with Steve's sounds.
Heredoggy, yes foxpro said that the remotes are programmed to each individual caller.
:)my old scorpian is settable for the caller so that two calls can be used, an A and B switch kinda deal. Now if I could figure out the programming part?? Little Ricky and I had a great time today, lots of hunters and bad weather but good talk, good company and a few good stands.(Little Ricky = Bearmanric) about 6'5" and 260 lbs of Little!!LOLCarl
Great! looks forward to the pics