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pushbutton Grand Master

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Could anyone that have used these provide some feed back. Wondering how long the batteries last on average, if they work on any type of tip up, or are they brand specific. Also looks like they have a new and improved version for over double the money.....do you think they would be twice as good or would I just be twice as foolish to buy them?

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personaly i want to have the excitement of whatching the flag go up, watching the metal spin, and striking the fish myself. the tip us is one of the most exciting parts of ice fishing for me. cant wait for that flag. old fashion i guess. good luck.

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Get what your saying and would like to use tip ups more, but because of my fishing partner, will not have the opportunity to sit and watch the flag all day. The remote sensor seems like a great way to get to the fish faster and try to reduce injury.

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when i'm in a portable for example i try to position myself to see the tip up from inside [like most do]. but sometimes i'm not always paying attention. so for a few years now i've been putting a small bell on my tip ups that clips on the cloth at the top of the tip up. makes enough noise to hear, and gets the blood going. i understand what your trying to accomplish and maby someone can have some input toward that. good luck.

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I got a couple tip ups set up with the frabill arctic siren tip up alarms. they have a setting for just the LED to flash or both the LED and siren. they are very loud. I use them if I can't see from the portable(windows fogging or placement out of the line of the window).

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hey, i've used strik sensors pager type alarms for many yrs. new batteries last the whole winter. can use with any tip-up. i mount the sensor on a board so i can attach the clip to any flag. you can put them out the whole 200' away. no complaints. i catch lots with the system. no need to spend the big bucks. i've had one pager working with a dozen or so at one time with no problems. hope this helps!

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I have been using the Strike sensors for quite a few years.

When I am in a portable or a permanent house, I love the option of being able to place my outside tip ups wherever I would like and just wait for the alarm to go off. No sore neck from turning my head all the time to see if the flag is up. I can concentrate on my rod inside and if I get a bite outside, I know right away. I use to look outside all the time and most times, the flag was up for who knows how long before I saw it.

I have been very happy with them and would again buy them if one broke or quit working.

In the past 5 years, mine have been working flawlesly.

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I have the strike sensor and they work great!! I think the batteries have even lasted me into the following year. I usually just pull the batteries at seasons end. I attach velcro on the tip up and sensor and that works to attach to the tip-up and you won't have to worry about where the sensor goes while fighting a fish. I would definitely recommend them, you won't be disappointed.

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I got a couple tip ups set up with the frabill arctic siren tip up alarms. they have a setting for just the LED to flash or both the LED and siren. they are very loud. I use them if I can't see from the portable(windows fogging or placement out of the line of the window).

I'm personally not a big fan of the Arctic Siren. I had about a half dozen fish last year that for one reason or another wouldn't pull the pin out of the box. Sometimes it was drifting snow that covered the pin. Other times it was "frozen" in there (I could easily pull it out with my fingers).

Luckily, none of the gut hooked fish were monsters and they found their way to the freezer, but I'm not going to use the Arctic Siren anymore.

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