Thinking About Buying an F5. Opinions Wanted

[Tasrog]

I love my F5. Love the way I can set it up to suit the any ground conditions. I have had a BH Tracker iv, AT PRO, and a BH 3300 and the F5 is by far the best of them . I have the 11 inch coil and just need to slow the swing right down in rubbishy conditions to be able to get the good targets. Only minor faults I can find is that it is prone to tipping over if you arent careful ( I just added some wider feet) and you can knock the Threshold out when pinpointing. I will gladly put up with this for the benefit of using this great machine. Should you get one? For sure.
Roger

 

[recluse]

How do you tell when an F5 was manufactured?
In some of the older posts I have read that you loose the tones feature when using the DD coils on the F5. Is this still an issue or has that been resolved with software updates?

 

[still looking 52]

I've got the first generation type F5, the coil doesn't screw on, the connection is a push on the and I use the 11" DD coil 100% of the time. It has 4 tone selection and all tones work. I'm not sure on how to tell the production date but if my has 4 tones then I would assume all F5 would.

 

[recluse]

Good to know. Thanks!

 

[dfmike]

Can anyone tell me why I shouldn't buy an F5?
Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

What did you end up getting if anything ? I have an F5 myself and love it. Initially I thought the analog interface would make it complicated to use after I started with a BH discovery 2200. There is a learning curve but with all the documention online (Mike Hillis mainly), one can be up and running within a few hours and it only gets better from there. After a few months with it there is nothing I don't like about it. I have a Fisher F44 which I only use as backup or when the weather gets nasty. It's a love-hate relationship with that one. If only the fisher F5 had the volume control, back light and weather proof control box of the F44, it would be perfect.