Magnet Deals...

[bgrangeb]

there are so many deals to choose from ukshootwarehouse... pigeon decoys... decoying

loads of websites with loads of deals...

 

from all of you who have been in the market and bought magnets already what one did you settle on?

 

cheers

[Cosd]

I bought one of the Andy Moss ones as a newbie. Now I have seen good quality and light weight types I can see you get what you pay for. On the net they all look the same, so my advice is look before you buy if you can. I don't want to be unfair to Andy Moss (great guy) or his magnets as they are well priced, and when you are starting from scratch all the equipment soon mounts up in cost. So I don't regret buying it when I did.

 

Things to look out for:

 

Weight - Important as you want to be able to carry it with the rest of your kit.

Size - Again important for ease of transport.

Battery life - Very important, you don't want to be carrying loads of batteries to keep the thing running for hours. The better the quality magnet the more efficient they are and less battery they use up.

[Billy.]

Shootwarehouse and somewhereelse. co. uk (wouldn't let me type it!)

 

The first will give you 10-15% for being a PW member and the latter do great deals on holdall combos. (In fact i've just been treated to one for christmas )

 

The Warhouse magnet is probably the favoured one for the PW members. The do it in a lightweight and ultra lightweight version. Have a look on their delas page as the do a rotary plus a flapper for £100, which I bought and it's excellent.

 

Don't forget a decent battery, at least 7ah, which will keep it going for about 4 hours on a good day.

Edited December 26, 2008 by henry d

[Cranfield]

Which ever one you choose, ensure it is from a reputable Supplier who will be there tomorrow, if there are any problems.

I have heard quite a few horror stories from people who have bought of eBay.

Buying cheap is fine, but not if it only last a few trips.

[Catamong]

I can vouch for the Shootwarehouse Rotaries, get one with the extendable arms, very well made and reasonably priced.

 

Cat.

[bgrangeb]

so its between the 100 pound flapper and standard weight rotary, and a pair of birds

or the ultimte lightweight package wich gives me a lighter rotary with adjustable arms but not flapper,

 

is adjustable angle arms a benefit?

batteries are not a problem

 

any advice asap would be appreciated

[Billy.]

I think you'll not really notice the difference in weight when you're lugging a huge load of kit across a field! You have to remember that if it weighs less, it's going to be more fragile. They do take a good beating so you don't want stuff snapping! I think you were meaning extending arms, no adjustable angle. Obviously the bigger circumference the pigeons fly, the more realistic it will appear. (the standard one has extendible arms)

 

The flapper is a good deal, but sometimes is can scare pigeons if it's not placed correctly as it can look like a bird flying away in fright.

 

For the money you will save getting the bog standard one, you could also buy a couple of bouncers. Stick those about 150 yards out from your pattern and it'll almost make a runway for pigeons to fly into your pattern.

 

Don't buy airpro decoys if you're going to stick them on the rotary (the ones with rotating wings) the look awful and from a distance actually look like crows. I personally wouldn't waste money on decoys for the rotary, just keep two pigeons in the freezer and they'll last ages and you can probably use them 2-3 times and just replace them with a freshly shot one.

Edited December 25, 2008 by harfordwmj

[bgrangeb]

so i should get probably get the lightweight package as flappers are apparently noisy

is there really an issue with the lightweight one not being able to hold real dead birds?

[Billy.]

Flapper's silent. If it squeaks get some wd40 in there and you'll never hear it.

 

You can't beat a dead bird, they'll be better than any decoy. I would go for the flapper+magnet package because you get some variety and you can use them together to get a real chance of pulling something in.

 

I've not heard anything about the lightweight ones being incapable of holding dead birds, but that's put me completely off them.

 

One tip that I give full credit to catamong is to buy a load of wooden kebab sticks to prop the heads of dead birds up in the field, when you use them as decoys.

[bgrangeb]

Does it matter then that i cant move the angle of the arms or adjust them if i get the basic rotary?

 

By the way who has the basic rotary here - how heavy are they to carry round a field.

[hitfreshairagain]

I think you'll not really notice the difference in weight when you're lugging a huge load of kit across a field! You have to remember that if it weighs less, it's going to be more fragile. They do take a good beating so you don't want stuff snapping! I think you were meaning extending arms, no adjustable angle. Obviously the bigger circumference the pigeons fly, the more realistic it will appear. (the standard one has extendible arms)

 

The flapper is a good deal, but sometimes is can scare pigeons if it's not placed correctly as it can look like a bird flying away in fright.

 

For the money you will save getting the bog standard one, you could also buy a couple of bouncers. Stick those about 150 yards out from your pattern and it'll almost make a runway for pigeons to fly into your pattern.

 

Don't buy airpro decoys if you're going to stick them on the rotary (the ones with rotating wings) the look awful and from a distance actually look like crows. I personally wouldn't waste money on decoys for the rotary, just keep two pigeons in the freezer and they'll last ages and you can probably use them 2-3 times and just replace them with a freshly shot one.

 

as im a newbie perhaps you could help me too did you really mean 150yds or is that a typo that must be 400 feet away wow.Thanks lee

[Billy.]

as im a newbie perhaps you could help me too did you really mean 150yds or is that a typo that must be 400 feet away wow.Thanks lee

 

Just the bouncers. They look like pigeons setting on the pattern from a distance, so you get an extra chance to pull the furthest pigeons. Have your flapper about 25 yards in front, which is situated at the head of a horseshoe pattern and the bouncers far out to simulate birds flying low, but far away into the pattern.

[Will Beasley]

Just to clarify.... All of our Rotors can take dead birds or the Foam winged plastic bodied deeks or the Hypaflaps.... The only one in our range which is incapable of using dead birds is the HypaLight Rotor which has been specially designed for the Sillosocks Hypa Flap decoys..... the Hypalight Rotor is the size of a hide pole but uses a geared motor which is poweful enough to operate the Hypaflap decoys but not powerful enough to swing dead birds.

 

 

[malkiserow]

Much of my kit is UKshootwhorehouse. What you cannot see when you buy from anyone is the aftersales service.

 

On the whole, I have been very pleased with the aftersales service UKshootW-house have given me. Noise has not been a problem and I doubt from any of thier kit.

 

Problems will happen with all kit from time to time, it is how it gets sorted that counts.

 

BTW, I have thier ultralight magnet because it is the lightest I tried which can take deadbirds