Alpha 200i

Here's an article that addresses all the issues with them. While I have no experience with GPS collars, I can tell you Garmin tracking collars are only accurate enough to get within eyesight of the dog. And it gets worse in the woods. Another thing to look out for is the update rate. Ever used a che

I think Id pass on this particular unit. The GPS band on the collar is taped up and no stimulation. The 320 is decent but not what I would pay for the unit. Kinda of weird to throw a Sportdog lanyard on a Garmin so tells me they have been through a couple systems. Just looks rough in my opinion.

I mean the heat map could be incredibly useful to me in terms of identifying where predator activity is on the ranch if they'd implement GPS location fixes. It's very frustrating because the Garmin collars don't play nice with cell phones but the collars that do integrate well with phones don't seem

It has basically the same capability as the pro 550 plus in that it's got an arrow pointing at the dogs but the user experience with the buttons is worse. There are some improved functions like putting a dog's name into the handheld and "starting a hunt" so you can track your activity, mostly just t

I bought a tracker that I don't use at this point. It was an impulse buy, and I wish I did more research. Most of these trackers require cell service, and mine has a base that needs to be plugged in somewhere with wifi. This doesn't always work with our lifestyle, so I can't use it even if I wanted

There are also other brands that make good GPS collars - look for true GPS collars for hunting dogs, not the cellar based GPS collars that require proximity to a cell tower. Also - if you're not in the U.S., it's possible that the Garmin Alpha won't work. Eg: I'm in Canada and the Alpha uses a frequ