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Reviews of Current Avalanche Transceivers

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$384.95
Barryvox
(Mammut)

Pros: Easy to use, good display, good audio, mitten-friendly.

Cons: Nothing significant.

$549.95
Barryvox S
(Mammut)

Pros: Exceptional display, audio, and direction arrow. Toggles to analog. Mitten friendly.

Cons: Pricey. Defaults to non-standard "guided search." Moderate learning curve for enhanced features.

$390.00
Diract
(Ortovox)

Pros: Great user interface, graphic display, and physical controls.

Cons: Shorter reception range and inconsistent spike handling.

$450.00
Diract Voice
(Ortovox)

Pros: Great user interface, graphic display, and physical controls.

Cons: Shorter reception range and inconsistent spike handling.

$299.95
Evo4
(ARVA)

Pros: Easy to use.

Cons: Shorter reception range, bulky.

$349.95
Evo5
(ARVA)

Pros: Small and light, simple interface, intuitive screen.

Cons: Too sensitive during the signal search, fixed auto-revert, issues with off/send/search switch, not updatable.

$429.95
Neo BT Pro
(ARVA)

Pros: Review pending.

Cons: Review pending.

$349.95
Powder/Recon
(Pieps/BD)

Pros: Great range, simple controls, easy updates, excellent perpendicular reception range.

Cons: Nothing significant.

€480
Pro IPS
(Pieps)

Pros: Review pending.

Cons: Review pending.

$499.95
Pro/Guide
(Pieps/BD)

Pros: Great range, good scan mode, simple controls, easy updates, excellent perpendicular reception range.

Cons: More expensive. Ineffective analog mode.

$299.95
Tracker S
(BCA)

Pros: Small. Inexpensive. Great scan mode.

Cons: Not updatable, smaller two-digit display, no motion sensor, shorter perpendicular reception range, can mark only one transmitter and only for one minute.

$349.95
Tracker3
(BCA)

Pros: Small. Great scan mode.

Cons: Two-digit display, shorter perpendicular reception range, can mark only one transmitter and only for one minute.

$399.95
Tracker4
(BCA)

Pros: Small. Great scan mode.

Cons: Two-digit display, shorter perpendicular reception range, can mark only one transmitter and only for one minute.

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Reviews of Other Avalanche Gizmos

 

$249.95
iProbe
(Pieps)

Pros: Unique option to suppressing a transceiver during a multiple burial.

Cons: Suppresses only Pieps transceivers, more electronics.