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Unication G1 vs Motorola Minitor V
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The first thing you want to think about it what you need to listen to. Do you want to listen to operational channels in addition to the alerting channels? The next thing is price, a Minitor 5 is $99 on eBay, and a G1 is going to be double the price. You can get 2 channels on the Monitor 5. What department do you want to listen to?
I found a minitor 5 for $99 on eBay without a charger and the charger is $40 and I also found a minitor g1 for $180 on eBay with included programming for the price. I wanna listen to New Boston, NH Fire Department. It’s analog. What makes the g1 more expensive? Thank you
The technology therein.
minitor V was released around 2005, the unication G1 many years later.
It has a screen, it has more buttons, it has more features, it has different batteries...more $$$
The Motorola Minitor V hasn't been produced since around 2014. While they still work, getting OEM batteries can be difficult. The Unication G1 is still made by Unication, uses AAA batteries, and offers many more features. 64 channels, a screen to display the time, what channel you are on, mode, etc. The G1 is much more rugged can take the abuse of everyday working environments that have for our jobs. The G1 would be a better use of your time and effort in my opinon.
Hi I have both the G1 and 3 Minitor V and a IV. The G1 seems to have a better sound and has the clock as stated. The "scan" on the Minitors seem to make the incoming sound not as clear as the G1. I like both but the G1 has the edge. One day I will go for the G5
Scan on G1 I think is better and the most important thing to me was able to use PL/DPL on a channel
I really want to recommend the G1, but I don’t think I can. Our department bought 15 of them a couple years ago. Since that time, 3 of them have stopped alerting; the speaker still passes beeps and other sound when you press buttons, but they don’t alert, and you can’t hear any radio traffic. 4 of the G1’s have lost their front buttons; they just….fall off. 1 of the G1’s charging bases melted at the 5v plug in, another one just stopped charging.
Programming in area and mutual aid departments for situational awareness is a huge plus, but we’ve had so many build quality problems, that I think I’d rather have a Minitor.
I guys. As I posted before I have both. But after using both at work and around the house
I am leaning to the my Minitors . They are smaller and seem to have better "ears" for the channels I listen to. ( Still mostly analog here in Mass.) The only thing that bugs me is that the Minitors on scan seem to not be as clear. May be its just me being old school Radio Shack /Bearcat type.
At 67 I have probably just about every this out there less DMR. Spoiled I guess.
I am leaning to the my Minitors . They are smaller and seem to have better "ears" for the channels I listen to. ( Still mostly analog here in Mass.) The only thing that bugs me is that the Minitors on scan seem to not be as clear. May be its just me being old school Radio Shack /Bearcat type.
At 67 I have probably just about every this out there less DMR. Spoiled I guess.
That really surprised me, to read the reported quality control issues. Unication had made solid products for years, including the Minitor series pagers, until the M6.
How did the area near the USB port get melted?
sefrischling
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I had the 33mhz G1 and 33mhz Minitor V side by side for a few years, the G1 was mine the Minitor V was from the department. The G1 was great until it wasn't. The G1 stopped consistently alerting, then screen started to go. A Deputy Chief has buttons on the front of his G1 literally fall off. The Minitor V is near bullet proof, unless you lose a knob. The Unication G3/G4/G5 are unbeatable ... but the G1 vs Minitor V ... go with the Minitor, unless you need to monitor more than two channels at once.
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