Just Sharing This New meter ordered :)

[Nagusia]

Captain,
I've had my satlook lite for three years or so. I mainly use it to align a portable dish I carry around with my caravan at the weekends so it gets quite a bit of use. Like you I am not really satisfied with the battery performance - in fact you definitely need to have an external power source for any serious tweaking. After a fair number of charge cycles the batteries don't hold their charge any longer. I've just replaced them with some Sony NHAAB4FN (Ni-Mh AA 1.2 volts, 2.700 mAH) which I found on Amazon. They have a higher amp rating than the Emitor original batteries. My initial impression is that they last for longer.

 

[Nagusia]

Update for you Captain. I've left it on for an hour and the batteries are still going strong. That little battery icon in the top right-hand corner on 'Simple Search' is still fully black and in the 'Info' section it still reads 9.6 v. Conclusion: the emitor AA batteries the unit comes with are crap, which begs the question of why they would cut corners on the power supply when it's otherwise a pretty decent bit of kit.

 

[Captain Jack]

Thanks for that. I think the biggest drain is when you use it to power the LNB. Polarity matters too... It will use up batteries quicker tuned in to a horizontal polarity at 18 volts than vertical at 13 volts. And forget driving the motor...that will drain the battery even quicker. But certainly worth investing in better batteries.

 

[marcoo]

Captain jack if you had £150 for a meter which would you choose and why, for me sat look, satlink or fs1, but can you get the fs1 for £150.

 

[Captain Jack]

Like I said, I don't get on with Satlook Lite (I am selling mine) so it would be a FS1. It has a faster lock and shows SNR levels before a lock is obtained. However, it doesn't drive a motor or has DiSEqC switching (Satlook does)... so it depends on what you want from your meter.