Hunting Washington Forum
Other Hunting => Bird Dogs => Topic started by: Bwana Bob on October 20, 2017, 02:45:47 PM
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I have a Garmin delta sport collar for about 3 years. After hunting last weekend I couldn't shout off the collar, just the green light stayed on but did not blink. Now my transmitter will not turn on and off. I put a new battery in the collar but not in the transmitter. My dog did go in a water trough to cool down but the transmitter only got damp in a light rain shower. I thought they would last longer than this as I rarely use it outside of bird hunting. My dog is a complete Jerk without it.
Anyone have this problem with this brand of collar?
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Lots of guys are still happy with Garmin. Since the buy out, it (TT) just isn't the same.
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Have you called their CS? I have found them to be very helpful.
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I called their CS dept. Its going to cost me $129 for a refurbished collar and transmitter. I got to keep the old batteries in both units. I was hoping they would have lasted longer than 3 yrs.
I still can't believe that both units went down on the same weekend. The only think I did different was to use their car charger to charge both units. I used it before with no problems. They said a power surge while charging could effect the unit.
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Bob,
Just my .02, but at $130 you may as well go get a new Dogtra, which will last you until you don't need it any longer.
