When you buy your first ecollar you have to make a number of choices:
- Do I want to train with continuous stimulation or momentary?
- Do I want Vibration or Tone?
- What if I want BOTH Vibration and Tone?
- How much Range do I really need?
- How many dogs will I want to control from one transmitter?
- Do I need a regular stimulation collar or does my dog require a stronger stimulation level?
- Is the collar's stimulation too strong for my dog?
- What if I have a mild temperament dog and another one that requires a much higher stimulation level?
- What if I need a different level for a softer dog?
It can be hard to make some of these decisions since many of our customers have never USED a training collar before.
I only use continuous stimulation, but you might prefer momentary. What if you THINK you want momentary and you buy a collar that only has a momentary heavy setup, and then find out 6 months later that you really prefer to train with continuous? If you go with some brands of ecollars, you are out of luck.
The SportDOG 1825X gives you the option of customizing your system to fit YOUR needs. It also allows you the option of changing the setup as your needs change or if you want different options in different situations.
My favorite thing about this particular collar is the toggle switch. It seems like something simple, but what the toggle switch does is it allows you to have multi-dog features that you can't have in a system that does not have a toggle switch. Some of their other units -- the 425X, the 825X, and the 1225X -- do not have a toggle switch. With the toggle, you can expand the SD-1825X to six dogs. When you put it into a six dog mode, it's one button per dog. So you have Dog 1, Dog 2, Dog 3, or flip the toggle and you have dogs 4, 5, and 6.
The 1825X comes with the larger SportDOG collar. It's not too big for most dogs, but it is bigger than what they have on the 425X and the 825X. It has low, medium, and high stim range COLLAR modes. It comes out of the box in medium mode. For most dogs, that mode will work fine. If you have a really sensitive dog and need to drop it down to low mode, you have that option. If you have a tougher dog that needs more stimulation, you can move it up into high mode. I have one dog that works in the high mode. The rest of mine work in medium mode. I've never had a dog that was so sensitive that they needed the low mode, but it's nice that it's there in case you run into a dog that needs it.
The SD-1825X is a really good all-around system. It's got a wide choice of stim levels and it's going to cover most dogs. We've been real happy with it. I highly recommend it for folks that are looking for a reasonably priced system that has a lot of versatility.
