Nokta Detectors Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Before we even made the attempt, we saw that the pictures of the new RACER was posted on another forum already... oh well... power of internet.... anyway, no secrets... here you go... The new Makro RACER for those who are interested... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 I have no idea if anyone else agrees with this but... Most of my detecting I have been biased toward the smaller and larger coils Almost always one must buy the stock coil and then buy the small and large coils also. I would love the option of choosing which coil I get with the detector and then choose another if the deal is a package...or as I see the need. I am not in marketing so I have no idea of the economies involved-just one of my druthers. happy new year to all fred Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Wow, very nice looking detector! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Nickels Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Have they specified a general ETA for release? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 Nokta will let us know directly on this forum the moment pricing and release date are set. Very soon. In the meantime I am collecting all official information on my new Makro Racer page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~LARGO~ Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hi Steve, As you say, it IS a very good looking detector. The screen face is well thought out and designed, and I do like the way one can easily move through the various options, similar to the F75, but I think a little better. In all likelihood, one can move over to the all metal options easily, and still retain the selected discrimination options, as in the F75. But, with this detector, your selections are done in single stack, on one side, which, IMO, which makes scrolling and making changes easier to follow, than by going from one stack on one side, then to the stack on the other side, again as with the F75, if you know what I mean. The 2 tone options I like as shown, however I am not a big fan of four or so tones to deal with, but this feature, likely there could have more tone options than shown here, just a button push away to more or less tones. The colors of the discrimination ribbon lend itself to be more easily discerned, than the blackness and somewhat hard to see segments of the F75. Now, coming soon, is what all of us are interested in, just what is all this innovation going to cost me? This is an issue which all manufacturers have to deal with, price the new product too high, then the item will sell to a more limited group of people, who can afford anything, but on the other hand, price it too cheap, so more people can afford the newest of the new, then company profits suffer. So somewhere in between, the balance of making everyone more or less happy, will have to be struck. Add to that, there can be one more issue, and that is, this can be a one shot opportunity for a new company. Grab new and happy customers before the competition can jump in and provide a less expensive, however similar whizz bang metal detector. It happens all the time... Gary/Largo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 2015 is going to be a VERY interesting year! The Racer is getting all the air play but do not forget there will also be a Gold Racer. I have already got an information page to collect new information as it arrives at my new Makro Gold Racer page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanursepaul Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Did you really mean this on the new page? "As it is released from Minelab" paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 You did not know Minelab is handling the marketing for Makro? I'm joking! I copy a page and modify it to get consistency in the tables and oops - that slipped through. Good catch Paul, thanks, I will fix it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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