Hello 1 and all was Teknetics the first to bring ergonomics into the picture?After swinging another capable unit for a hour virtually same weight.Grabbed the T2 and couldn't stop giggling like a little school girl at how light the T2 felt?Do the f-75 and the new gold bugs have the same ergonomics?keep rock in! rr7
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ergonomics rocks
- Thread starter rapidroy7
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Big Boys Hobbies
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Yep! All the new Fishers and Teknetics are light and easy swingers!
The T2 was the first metal detector in history to be designed from the ground up using a scientific approach to ergonomics. That mechanical package is still the only one for which the manufacturer publishes ergonomic specifications. Other manufacturers don't publish the spex on theirs because they don't even know what to measure, they never thought of ergonomics as a science.
The T2 had a predecessor, and that's the old Fisher 1260-X mechanical package. At that time (early 1980's) we didn't know how to approach the ergonomics scientifically, but we did put a lot of work into getting it to "feel right". It was only after it was in production and established itself as the ergonomics leader, that I spent some time trying to understand what exactly it was about that design that made it "right". So although the science came after the 1260, not before, anyone familiar with both packages can see and feel the historical connection between the two things.
Most of our recent products have pretty good ergonomics by prevailing industry standards. The Omega in particular gets very high marks for ergonomics. However only the T2 mechanical package (also used on the F75) was scientifically engineered fresh from the ground up for ergonomics, so it's only the T2/F75 for which we publish ergonomic specifications. Other products were adaptations of mechanical packages we already had (taking advantage some things developed for the T2) and although some scientific ergonomic engineering went into them, they weren't new attempts to set an ergonomic standard.
--Dave J.
The T2 had a predecessor, and that's the old Fisher 1260-X mechanical package. At that time (early 1980's) we didn't know how to approach the ergonomics scientifically, but we did put a lot of work into getting it to "feel right". It was only after it was in production and established itself as the ergonomics leader, that I spent some time trying to understand what exactly it was about that design that made it "right". So although the science came after the 1260, not before, anyone familiar with both packages can see and feel the historical connection between the two things.
Most of our recent products have pretty good ergonomics by prevailing industry standards. The Omega in particular gets very high marks for ergonomics. However only the T2 mechanical package (also used on the F75) was scientifically engineered fresh from the ground up for ergonomics, so it's only the T2/F75 for which we publish ergonomic specifications. Other products were adaptations of mechanical packages we already had (taking advantage some things developed for the T2) and although some scientific ergonomic engineering went into them, they weren't new attempts to set an ergonomic standard.
--Dave J.
TerraDigger
New member
Many arms & shoulders appreciate the efforts of Dave J. & team.
JimGilmore
Active member
I am extremely happy with the GB pro.This detector has a guaranteed spot in my arsenal. While the GMT is the only detector I have found a nugget or chip of a nugget with. I am sure that I can hunt with the GB Pro 10X longer than I can with the GMT.