hey guys got to put my two cents in. i'm a tried and true tri-tronics guy, i have the sports series three dog unit works great. i've owned several models and the best so far has been tri-tronics. don't want to get into arguments over which is the best, this has just been the best for me. all of the units out there are good units, just try and pick what will work best for you in the price range you want to spend.

All of the E-collars brand prices are about the same =/- a few dollars. Before I bought my classic 70 I looked at warrenty, durability, simplicity. I asked around on pros and cons of each collar before I finally decided on the Tri Tronics Classic 70.


Remember they are to be used to enforce what the dog already knows not what he doesn't.

I run alot of hunt test and took 2 dogs to the HRCH level without the use of an e-collar When I finally bought one was when he decided to ignore the whistle on an upland test and wouldn't stop on the flush, so it took me about 4 years to decide on which collar to buy.

Good luck on your decision.

First off, I have a beeper and I would not take my dog a field without it! Bell does locate the dog...while it is running...but when they go on point the bell goes quiet! Being able to hear where your dog is by the beep every 10 or 5 sec. is invaluable. Further more if your dog goes on point in heavy cover and you don't know for sure where the dog is the beeping every sec. takes you right to the bird. As a side note I have the innotek track and train collar and the sound the beeper makes is a kind of shrieking sound that resembles a hawk scream and I think the sound may help to keep the birds to hold tight on days when they might otherwise flush out of range.

Second, while you may not need more than 1/2 mile range, however, I like to know the dog is not going to run out of range with the 1 mile range that I have. So not needed but nice to have.


As I have said I have an Innotek and I did have one problem when training in heavy cover the beeper speaker got some blades of tall grass wedged between it and the collar and it made for a bad connection. The beeper worked intermittently and I have to get it replaced from Innotek. They replaced it without a problem but I think if it had been after a year of purchase it would have been.