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Equipment reviews

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Equipment review page

We don't expect you to use our experience as "gospel" of what to buy and what not to buy.  We are not a company "trained" to say what is and isn't the best.  The following is our opinions and our opinions only and not to be taken as anything other than opinions. 

Our goal is to advise you of our positive and negative issues with equipment we use or have used so you can avoid some of the problems we have had.  maybe even save you some money in the long, run if not, some heart ache. 

 

 

 

Laptop computers:

 Note to anyone interested
in our personal experiences with our equipment:

  Toshiba Laptops- are great laptops for withstanding abuse.  With how we use our equipment, traveling and in harsh conditions.  We do support their computers in this respect.  Even though we have had some small issues with their costumer support in improving their computers when issues arise.  But for the most part we give their product line a 3 1/2 stars out of 4.

  Compaq Laptops- which we used previously, we found issues in how their power cords plug in.  The circuit board broke a lot where the plug mounts on the Compaq system.  This happened to multiple computers we have owned made by Compaq.    This break would make the computer unusable once the battery went dead.  Obviously without power, it would not charge. 

    We will not purchase their product for laptops due to this issue.

 

Note to anyone interested
 in our personal experiences with our
equipment:

Acer Laptops- Don't ever buy any ACER products!  They are almost impossible to contact any living person with this company for support.  They also don't sell parts for the computers they sell.  We have an experience with their Acer laptops where the battery went bad, the computer will not work with a after market battery and they don't sell any Acer batteries through acer anymore.  HENCE a computer that is only 2 years old that is a lost cause..

Bad if not horrible customer support issues and the incapability of  getting parts to fixe simple things like a battery that the computer will work with.  We give them a full Failing grade for our concerns. a BIG "0" out of 4 stars.

Hewlitt Packard Laptop-  Good customer support, and work with you to do their best to solve our problems and concerns.   As for how their product holds up....We will let you know, we are still unsure.

 

 

 

Desktop computers:
Hewlett Packard-  We give a 5 star out of 5 possibility.  Their customer service is very good at working with you and your problems.  

   A great example is when a new windows came out, they gave us the new version of windows upgrade even though it was not in the "Window" they offered online.  

   The computers we have tried and use are primarily a duel core design.  We have had no issues with breakdowns,  and in this field.......anything can happen and usually does.

 Dell-  We have learned to avoid them at all cost.   Their system is basically built for what ever you ask and are not very upgradeable after that.  They limit their expansion slots to much as well as expansion bays not to mention other problem.  Their customer service on the other hand isn't too bad,  they have "Humans" actually manning phones.

In return we give them a 2 out of 4 star rating.  
emachine-  We like them,  they have a great product, good customer service, and have proven reliable.  We still use them for office use, though ours are no longer used for field work.

we give them a strong 3 1/2 stars out of 4 rating with our experiences.

 

 

 

Digital Dowsing products:

 

Iovilus-  We are very happy with their equipment and how it is programmed.  We completely are pleased with this and advise you to download it to your Iphone or Ipod touch.  We have used this devise for multiple on location field tests.  We give

 4 stars out of 4 stars

PX-Series Ovilus- We are waiting for this product to come in for our testing.  We are anxious to evaluate this product, but we assume that Digital Dowsing will out do themselves once again.  

 4 stars out of 4 stars

Paranormal Puck-  We really enjoyed testing and using this product.  We had use of Gary and Virginia Walters puck for a couple of field locations.  This product really did what we expected and more.

Very fun to use! 

 4 stars out of 4 stars

                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

 

Infra Red Cameras:

Up to now we have used only Sony brands.  We use 24,30,36 and 64 Led styles.  We have found that even when they say they are water resistant, that they will short out from sitting in a car over night when it is damp out.   We have had 4 of them go out within less than a years time.

If you keep them completely dry, and indoors at all times, they are very good cameras with what we call great quality picture. 

 

 

K-2 Meters

   We have found these a nice tool to use on location.  They are not perfect by any means, they are extremely limited.  But even with their limitations, We advise if you don't have at least one in your team, that you make sure to get one.