unikon clock

hi peeps

how many of you use the unikon clocks

hi paul, we use bricon but I was visited by ken / friendslofts last week who uses unicon, and he says they are the best system...

Paul j wrote:

hi peeps

how many of you use the unikon clocks

Not me      the one I use is a 1958 model etc .

Knackered wrote:

Paul j wrote:

hi peeps

how many of you use the unikon clocks

Not me      the one I use is a 1958 model etc .

whats that knackered, a toulet...?

first clock I had that, a 10 bird toulet....bought it when I was a teenager first starting to race, never was much good and kept breaking

I think he saw me coming..........

I use it

David wrote:

Knackered wrote:

Paul j wrote:

hi peeps

how many of you use the unikon clocks

Not me      the one I use is a 1958 model etc .

whats that knackered, a toulet...?

first clock I had that, a 10 bird toulet....bought it when I was a teenager first starting to race, never was much good and kept breaking

I think he saw me coming..........

STB David Made when metal was the king/in thing & not plastic, like most of the rubbish china type things around today etc.

I still have our stb quartz knackered, we bought it new after the toulet fiasco.........still works and used as a clock

David wrote:

I still have our stb quartz knackered, we bought it new after the toulet fiasco.........still works and used as a clock

Good stuff Knackerd in the clocking stakes against the EC boys these days unfortunately but  a damm sight cheaper etc especially if one is only racing for peanuts .
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part of the reason im sticking with the T3 and not the ETS knackered, rubbers are peanuts while ETS rings are £1.40 each.......

David wrote:

part of the reason im sticking with the T3 and not the ETS knackered, rubbers are peanuts while ETS rings are £1.40 each.......

True/rubbers/peanuts The part I just love with the EC crowd here David is when they talk losses etc. My brain goes into mode when my brain figures out their losses for the day compared to mine. That's it       waffle is finished     breakfast is calling    
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As clock setter for my club and having both bricon and unikon I find them both as good as each other but they both have their bad points the bricon have bigger pads and their are three ways to set the master and its cheaper unikon have one way of setting the master pads are smaller it does have UK back up which is good but allocating the rings is much harder then the bricon

I bought an ET clock. Club folded. Went to another club they were not allowed. So sold it. Have a Benzing Quartz. Rubbers. Works well. Replace batteries every year to be safe. Quite often beat the guys with ET clocks. Speed traps, band removed before they enter the loft. No chasing. So lose a few seconds to ETS but  who cares? Make my own speed traps now.

markevans wrote:

As clock setter for my club and having both bricon and unikon I find them both as good as each other but they both have their bad points the bricon have bigger pads and their are three ways to set the master and its cheaper unikon have one way of setting the master pads are smaller it does have UK back up which is good but allocating the rings is much harder then the bricon

Just curious Mark as a clock setter etc there, what faults do the Benzing type  E-clocks have "if any" compared to the above 2 type clocks which appear more popular in your club.

This will be my first year using ETS. Some of the older club members wont use it because of the cost of rings which makes me laugh. They have no problem buying in 6 ybs for £240 and losing them training/racing and then moan at the cost of ETS rings!

still using a t3 that's all I hear is moaning about cost of ets rings down our club yet they sink beer by the bucket I used to be against ets but when you thinkabout it a lot of fanciers would have left by now without it ...must be a godsend for some pensioners/people

Never a truer word said Oldstrain. Older Members are leaving a club by us for that very reason. Given the choice of giving up for fear of falling over in the pen catching birds to getting few more years enjoyment from the sport using ETS know which I would choose.

i know lottery grants were issued to some clubs not sure if the grants are still being given out though

cowandchicken wrote:

Never a truer word said Oldstrain. Older Members are leaving a club by us for that very reason. Given the choice of  giving up for fear of falling over in the pen catching birds to getting few more years enjoyment from the sport using ETS know which I would choose.

Maybe I should re-consider an EC CC . Missus keeps telling me I'm going to break my neck one day here as I'm always rushing down my steps to my loft etc.
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Can't comment on the bending knackered as I have never seen one work or any of the other makes out their but everyone has their own reasons for choosing what ever clock they won't be it conventional or ets but I would never go back to manual clocking as it is far better for me as time on a Friday is limited not having to right the ring numbers down is a god send and if you send to one or more clubs only one clock is needed it is expensive at first but over a couple of seasons the cost isn't so bad