PMag update from Hartzell

[lr172]

True. That said, Ross:
answers the phone(!)
responds to email promptly
replies to VAF posts clearly and civilly.

As a tech writer, I appreciate the quality of SDS documentation.

+1

Ross definitely could use some marketing assistance for his website, but his product documentation is excellent and deep. He and barry also answer the phone and provide top notch service and support.

 

[bertschb]

I still can’t figure out why anyone buys pmags.

Would you purchase a traditional mag over a P-Mag? If so, why?

 

[lr172]

Would you purchase a traditional mag over a P-Mag? If so, why?

I like ei and am a fabricator by heart , so built my own. I believe the sds is a far superior product and very reliable. The cpi 2 has built in batt management, so just as elec fault tolerant as pmag. Price is substantially less and really substantially less when you consider the new $1000 every time you send it in policy. While carls seems to work forever, it seems that is quite far from universal. NO ONE sends in there sds system; it just works. The ability to add a LOP switch is invaluable imo. I have that on mine. Dead simple and can even build the tables so that if you forget, it will still retard timing at high power.

If a user can’t deal with the more challenging installation requirements of sds, I would recommend a surefly. So far seems much more reliable than pmags.

I understand you doylike the sds site, but you can just pick up the phone and call them. They will explain everything for you and help you make decision.

I still have a mag on my 6. Nothing wrong with that. I still get variable timing from my ei, with no need to deal with elec fault tolerance.

 

[lr172]

I like ei and am a fabricator by heart , so built my own. I believe the sds is a far superior product and very reliable. The cpi 2 has built in batt management, so just as elec fault tolerant as pmag. Price is substantially less and really substantially less when you consider the new $1000 every time you send it in policy. While carls seems to work forever, it seems that is quite far from universal. NO ONE sends in there sds system; it just works. The ability to add a LOP switch is invaluable imo. I have that on mine. Dead simple and can even build the tables so that if you forget, it will still retard timing at high power.

If a user can’t deal with the more challenging installation requirements of sds, I would recommend a surefly. So far seems much more reliable than pmags.

I understand you doylike the sds site, but you can just pick up the phone and call them. They will explain everything for you and help you make decision.

I still have a mag on my 6. Nothing wrong with that. I still get variable timing from my ei, with no need to deal with elec fault tolerance.

Sad as it is, it is now cheaper to maintain a mag over its life than a pmag. I remember everyone saying the pmag will be cheaper in the end as I don’t need the 500 hour iran. Experience posted here would indicate they go back more often than mags. Maybe not a big deal when brad was around, but those days are gone.