Where Is Fisher On The Impulse?

[JohnnyRox]

On 4/15/2020 at 10:17 PM, Rick Kempf said:

I doubt that large scale production will be an issue - hand labor isn’t terribly expensive in El Paso. The issue is to ensure that the production process is well defined, documented and executed. I suspect that they have spent a good part of the last 18 months or so sorting that out.

We’ll see.

Hey Rick, did you get your AQ back from Fisher?

[Rick K - First Member]

Yes, it was replaced with one which meets all the CE (European) requirements.

Sadly,  no beach tests possible with this plague on. I am using it to familiarize myself with  all  the modes and controls. I have been asked to comment on the draft user manual and am working on that.

 

[JohnnyRox]

Cool.  

[Rick K - First Member]

As far a I know, there were issues with  the CE rating - they hadn’t been  careful  enough with material selection for the mechanical package. In addition, the initial testing for the US FCC spurious emissions testing from the control box was  not successful.

The other  change was tha the “bought in” headphones were dropped and replaced with an in-house design.

With the current imposed delay, they are taking a hard look at  various bits  and  pieces. The initial production  batch is “kitted” but not  assembled as far as I can tell - so they have  the opportunity to have a look. One big  advantage of “”in-house”  production,  Contracting  out to - for example Plexus or some other Far  East “fab” might make last minute changes very difficult.

[Steve Herschbach]

Me in ten years, still waiting for my Impulse.....

[danielbecerra]

Steve, you may be one of the lucky ones and you can do an AQ assessment!

insurance will be a reference for many people, for your impartiality
 
 

[schoolofhardNox]

It is just getting to be old news with a lot of companies that don't communicate. In an age where communication is at it's easiest, they do not take advantage of it. The internet makes things sound rude and curt sometimes, so they opt out of updating. But what else can we do but complain??? It's been a long journey and coming from a company that has not been the best in delivering their newest products, we are leery of this one as well. I am 50/50 on purchasing one (I was 100% prior). This is if I can even get my hands on one. If Minelab comes out with something similar or better, I'm sticking with them. Minelab is due to replace the Excalibur, hopefully with a discriminating, waterproof PI unit. As time drags on my interest in waiting for Fishers machine will dwindle to zero. In reality they really don't care if they lose my business anyways, so I will go with whomever actually can deliver the product I want in a reasonable time frame. Brand loyalty is out the window due to these ways of promoting products you can not deliver on. In my area we are not allowed to do beaches after Memorial day thru Labor day. So a release in summer does me no good.

[dewcon4414]

Personally I think ML did replace the Xcal ... at least for many.  Very few water hunters dive... and use a detector.  So the obvious update was a quality wader.  We asked for a machine we could Change the phones and coils on, we wanted it lighter, faster, able to pick up deeper and smaller gold, cheaper better warranty than the 1 year, fewer repairs or mods needed.  We got it at half the price if you did mods and 3X the warranty..... and service improved 1000%.  So unless you really dive .... which 95% of beaches don’t I think they gave us what we wanted.... and a bit more with Bluetooth and magnetic charging.   If you dive.... especially very deep the Xcal might not have been you choice either.... especially to 200 ft.  However.... is it time for them to design a dive ready PI .... yes

[Skull diver]

On 4/19/2020 at 4:49 PM, dewcon4414 said:

Personally I think ML did replace the Xcal ... at least for many.  Very few water hunters dive... and use a detector.  So the obvious update was a quality wader.  We asked for a machine we could Change the phones and coils on, we wanted it lighter, faster, able to pick up deeper and smaller gold, cheaper better warranty than the 1 year, fewer repairs or mods needed.  We got it at half the price if you did mods and 3X the warranty..... and service improved 1000%.  So unless you really dive .... which 95% of beaches don’t I think they gave us what we wanted.... and a bit more with Bluetooth and magnetic charging.   If you dive.... especially very deep the Xcal might not have been you choice either.... especially to 200 ft.  However.... is it time for them to design a dive ready PI .... yes

Perfectly explained!

As a diver, I'm really bored of a too old board like the Excal.

Actually I sold a couple of them 7 years ago to replace with a Ctx.

I hate it, I love it...I need it waterproof for real!

Vlf or pulse is not that vital, but come on Minelab! We are a damn neglected race.