Has Detector Build Quality Decreased Dramatically Over The Years?

[Sourdough Scott]

The only minelab issue I've had was a broken lower shaft on my 7000. A mean momma bear was about to give chase to Klunker & I. So figuring my only chance of escape was to klunk Klunker in the noggin with the detector.  Hence the namesake. 🤣

[Hard Prospector]

This won't explain everything  but it seems like a lot of items currently  built since Covid hit have quality control issues.

[klunker]

 KWality coNtrol shur aint watt it useto be,.

[phrunt]

My question wasn't related to any particular brand as it appears all brands are falling behind when it comes to quality, it was overall has quality dropped, to me it seems it has, but I wasn't around for the earlier detectors many of which still seem to be running today. 

[RoobyRoobyRoo]

2 minutes ago, phrunt said:

My question wasn't related to any particular brand

That's why I went into great effort to not mention any particular brand. 🙂

 

[phrunt]

25 minutes ago, Jennifer said:

That's why I went into great effort to not mention any particular brand. 🙂

I know, you just get these defensive old guys coming on saying they've used every detector since they were made of wood and never had a problem.

[RoobyRoobyRoo]

5 minutes ago, phrunt said:

I know, you just get these defensive old guys coming on saying they've used every detector since they were made of wood and never had a problem.

Yup, I hear ya....

[jasong]

Well, most people in this particular part of the forum primarily use one brand due when it comes to daily use equipment, so... 

I don't get a lot of use out of other detectors myself. But my expectations for $500 equipment is much lower than more expensive equipment. I had 3 Nokta Fors Core's fail in a row and just gave up and threw the last one into my closet and never touched it again. I wouldn't do the same with a broken 6k or 7k.

[Norvic]

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

I know, you just get these defensive old guys coming on saying they've used every detector since they were made of wood and never had a problem.

I`m an old guy and I concur I`ve had very little detector troubles, after dozens of em, only returned a dead GM2 last century, returned a few coils under warranty and killed many. Build quality falling I don`t see it, every detector I`ve had if I wanted to be negative had a problem to dwell on, but I`ll go for the positive, bar one they all paid for themselves in weight many times over, and I`m not called sandpaper coz I treat em with kid gloves.

There ya are cuz ya got this oldie in😉

[Sheppo]

One word related to this completely:

 

COVID.

 

COVID has played a massive part worldwide in quality control issues with factory staffing playing a massive one with Companies grabbing who they can, where they can to keep production rolling. Often these people lack the skills their usual labour force hold which then flows down to quality at the end of their production line. This has also affected Quality Control in manufacturing.

 

I’m going to be very blunt here. Getting onto these forums whinging about quality does absolutely nothing to help the situation we’re in. If you want our current situation to improve, get off your backside, get skilled in the sector you want to work in, go to work and do your job properly. That is the only way we will ever go back to seeing the previous quality of every product we’ve ever used.