I disagree. Clean-up and set-up is much more annoying with those sets because there is a lot more wire to keep untangled and also more parts in total. If buzzers #3, #2, and #1 go out on one side of your Anderson table-top set, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to pop open #3 with a Phillips Head screwdriver and grab the nearest soldering iron. I recommend it.dtaylor4 wrote:Go for the one with the five cords into the team unit which goes into the main unit. Two words: interchangeable parts. If one unit goes bad in the daisy chain, you may have to replace the entire chain. Spare parts for the other are not that expensive.
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So how do you swing this during a tournament?Andrew's a Freshman wrote:I disagree. Clean-up and set-up is much more annoying with those sets because there is a lot more wire to keep untangled and also more parts in total. If buzzers #3, #2, and #1 go out on one side of your Anderson table-top set, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to pop open #3 with a Phillips Head screwdriver and grab the nearest soldering iron. I recommend it.dtaylor4 wrote:Go for the one with the five cords into the team unit which goes into the main unit. Two words: interchangeable parts. If one unit goes bad in the daisy chain, you may have to replace the entire chain. Spare parts for the other are not that expensive.
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It's not something that can be done on command. I still think it's worth it. It's not as if they break on a regular basis. This has happened probably twice in four years between multiple sets that we own. You can weigh your priorities, I guess.
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Good call. Replacing half of the handheld buzzers ($44/55) is cheaper than replacing the full half unit of table top ($60).dtaylor4 wrote:Go for the one with the five cords into the team unit which goes into the main unit. Two words: interchangeable parts. If one unit goes bad in the daisy chain, you may have to replace the entire chain. Spare parts for the other are not that expensive.nalin wrote:I'm bumping this thread, because we're buying a buzzer system. Right now I'm thinking Anderson (and I guess from one person's put I want the table-top). Convince me otherwise.
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