Deus 2 Vs Nokta/Makro Legend

[phrunt]

12 minutes ago, mh9162013 said:

I think Minelab's motivation to fix any issues would come from competition from another company releasing a superior product (or at least a product that addresses the flaws in Minelab's products) rather than a competitor hurling insults.

I could be wrong, but that's my thought process, at least.

But Nokta's build quality is superior?

[mh9162013]

1 hour ago, phrunt said:

But Nokta's build quality is superior?

With respect to waterproofing and coil ears, I think so. Right?

I'm not saying the Legend is better than the Equinox. I'm not even saying the Legend will be more waterproof and have more durability than the Equinox (athough I imagine it will).

But the Equinox is notorious for broken coil ears and leaking seals. Therefore, one of N/M's approach to promoting the Legend is to claim that their machines are better than the Equinox in those and other respects.

So it's my belief that Minelab's motivation to bury N/M isn't coming from how N/M is calling Minelab out (using insults). Rather it's from the fact that Minelab may lose sales to N/M because of the percetion (and possible fact) that the Legend is superior to the Equinox in certain regards.

EDIT: My point is that Minelab is motivated to take on N/M not b/c they've been insulted by N/M, but because N/M might pose an economic threat to Minelab's sales.

 

[palzynski]

The Equinox has weaknesses but on the other hand ML has an excellent after service ( at least in France ). I had 2 failures with my Equinox , first a ML80 headphones button broken , and a few months later a CB side button broken . Both the ML80 and the CB have been replaced with brand new ones by ML without any discussion ...

[phrunt]

4 minutes ago, palzynski said:

Both the ML80 and the CB have been replaced with brand new ones by ML without any discussion ...

I too have had perfect warranty service from Minelab on my vast array of warranty claims, other than the inconvenience I have little to complain about, their service agent in NZ is fantastic.  It'd still be better not to need warranty claims all the time ?

[Hamid]

Deus II, Legend and Equinox will find gold. 

Hamid 

 

[☠ Cipher]

I knew I had seen the guy from the Nokta Makro commercial before. It’s Steve Buscemi lol. 

[CPT_GhostLight]

I think it's safe to say that all of the detector companies that make SMF machines will do well, but none of them are going to take all the sales because people, including detectorists, have different tastes. Some like sweet, some like sour, some like salty, but no one likes kale. ?

No company, regardless of product hype, product features, or even product performance, will satisfy everyone. Humans are diverse critters and we don't all want the same things, otherwise we'd all drive Jeeps. ?

[wltdwiz]

this is a bit off subject but for cpt_ghostlights no 1 likes kale 

heres a pro tip

when your cooking your kale put a bit of coconut oil in the pan.

it makes it ezer  to slide in the garbage ?

[King-Of-Bling]

On 11/20/2021 at 9:23 AM, RobNC said:

Well I can tell you that in my area there is at least 1 moron who leaves pits and never fills the holes they dig. For a long time I wondered who was doing it but found out for sure who it was. The guy lied about it, blaming it on some other random individual when it was he who was carrying a regular variety garden shovel and digging the holes that day! To see more idiots like that out and destroying grass giving us all a bad name is not something I would want.

When you start talking about lower detector prices causing a flood of new people, I don't think they need to buy a Nokta to be an idiot. They have plenty of options available today already that are much cheaper. An idiot leaving craters around is an idiot, whether he/she is swinging a $50 detector or a $5,000 detector. The idea that expensive detectors can only be afforded by the "elite detector professionals" is also a bunch of garbage. Stupidity and crater diggers have no dollar value, they are found at every level!

Good lord this brought back some smiles and tears ! Just because 1 has money doesn't make them smart. Flashed back to my blackjack days. Took me years to finally make it to high limit where I had some killer runs and some suicidal losses. About 25 years ago , I'm at the Bellagio sitting at a $500 minimum table by myself , up about 13k from my $5k buy in. There were empty tables all around me. When this guy sits down with a 25k buy in. Well...in about 10 minutes we were both tapped out. I wanted to strangle him ! But it was his play that irked me the most. I thought nobody would ever sit at a 500 table and not know what they were doing. Maybe he was a shill , a cooler , didn't care , my stupidity , idk. But this really opened my eyes on life and $. Anyways , shortly thereafter I pretty much gave up the game. Seldom ever play it. Sorry to rant away , but it is relatable.