Hunters can pair the Alpha 10 with the Garmin Explore smart device app for enhanced mapping solutions. Here’s the brand’s pitch about these features, which I have not tested. This allows you to use the Garmin Explore app to track your hunts and even monitor dogs or other buddies who have Garmin products - all from your smartphone. But due to its preproduction status, I couldn’t test all the features.įor instance, the Alpha 10 will pair with phones. For a product that costs double that of non-GPS dog-training collars from Dogtra, I’d love to see a nice case to keep your investment safe. The only thing I disliked about the collar and handheld is that it doesn’t come with a hard case to organize the parts. My dog never ranged more than 200 yards during my use, but the device seemed accurate. And it tells me when she points, sits, lays down, or trees (more applicable to hounds than GSPs). In a quick first use, the Alpha 10 seems like a solid system. Garmin says you can do this with up to 20 dogs at once. This makes it very easy to know your dog’s exact location.
It displays an arrow pointing to the dog, and a distance. But once I’d found and scrolled around all the screens, the product was second nature.Īs my pup wove a pattern through the forest and meadows, I could follow her range and direction from the device. It took a few minutes to understand the menu system and user interface. In my first use, I had the collar figured out in about 10 minutes out of the car. Thankfully, my dog is already trained to understand these, and it made for a smooth transition. It allows you to communicate with the dog through tone, vibration, and electric stimulation. I paired the Alpha 10 with the TT15 Mini training collar. The instructions outlined everything from charging to pairing and basic use, and most of this was intuitive enough to do just from inspecting the product. The Alpha 10 unit was pretty easy to set up initially. As it was still a month away, my wife and I took our GSP along to see if we could wrangle up some grouse for practice. I took the Alpha 10 into some big mountains to scout for the upcoming elk season. Finally, the training collar works well for hunters who have trained their dogs on e-collars. The easy-to-use, accurate tool is a great option for hunters who tend to use phone apps for navigation. In short: The Alpha 10 performs most of the functions of higher-cost GPS trackers at a lower price. So, I put one to the test way off the grid in the Colorado mountains.
But compared with models with more robust onboard GPS mapping, it saves hundreds of dollars.
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Instead, the Alpha 10 gives hunters (and anyone else who may want to leverage the power of real-time dog tracking) a versatile, light, effective tracker with trimmed-back features at an attractive price ($400 for the handheld $650-700 for the handheld plus a collar). And while the Alpha 10 might be the newest, it isn’t the biggest hammer in the box. Today, Garmin added a new tool to the box with the Alpha 10. Embraced by hunters who run dogs over vast expanses yet need the ability to monitor each dog’s behavior, these GPS tracking devices are powerful tools in the field. Garmin has a fleet of advanced dog tracking and training systems available. I put a prerelease model to the test with one German Shorthaired Pointer.ĭog-tracking collars are nothing new. The Garmin Alpha 10 device allows you to closely track up to 20 dogs’ movement in the field at a range of up to 9 miles.
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