DAS OPTEX PIR's

[Sickpuppy]

Just wondering what everyones thinking about DAS changing there detector range from Risco to Optex and what people think about the quality of Optex Pirs ?

Regards
Sickpuppy

[watchdog]

Best value for money PIR around. The spherical lens gives about the widest capure range available. Super reliable , only come across 3 faulty ones in 15 yrs

[bet2win]

I reckon its great because OPTEX have some very excellent gear which I have found to be very reliable in my few years as a alarm tech.

[Sickpuppy]

Best value for money PIR around. The spherical lens gives about the widest capure range available. Super reliable , only come across 3 faulty ones in 15 yrs

Thanks Watchdog. How ould you compare them against the Iwise or Digi Sense for overall price, Reliability ect ??? My thoughts at first that the Optex look cheap and technology looks about 40 years old .

[watchdog]

Thanks Watchdog. How ould you compare them against the Iwise or Digi Sense for overall price, Reliability ect ??? My thoughts at first that the Optex look cheap and technology looks about 40 years old .

Not having a lab to do subjective tests I can only speak from 15 years experience

[Drift]

Optex are solid and reliable as is the Risco range. You struggle to separate them performance wise. It really is down to personal preference. If you prefer Risco, they're still available from Risco directly and Q-Vid (when they get their pricing sorted)

[floppy ears]

I received a NX kit the other day with Optex 'RX40's'.
These detectors are not the same RX40 as we have been used to for 10+ years, they are RX40 CORE detectors which i have been told are a cheaper detector (then the normal RX40QZ) and they look cheap too.
I will not use them for now........

[PANDATECH]

Any contacts for Risco?

[alarmman]

I received a NX kit the other day with Optex 'RX40's'.
These detectors are not the same RX40 as we have been used to for 10+ years, they are RX40 CORE detectors which i have been told are a cheaper detector (then the normal RX40QZ) and they look cheap too.
I will not use them for now........

I don't bother with "bottom end" detectors. The RX40QZ are "optical" quads (whatever that means) rather than being a true 2 x physical side-by-side dual-element quad detector (such as the Bosch Gen2 quad). Sure the Bosch detectors cost a bit more, but they have excellent catch performance and work well on hot days (when it really counts).

[Drift]

Any contacts for Risco?

Risco are going direct. They have an office in Sydney and plans to expand to every state. They have also started a distrubtion channel through QVID.

[bet2win]

So you wouldnt call DAS a distribution channel. My personal opinion is that they wont sell as much as they did when DAS was selling for them

[Drift]

I would have a month ago but not anymore . They may not sell as many detectors as such (not initially anyway) but they'll certainly expand on the products they get to market in Australia. Risco aren't just detectors.

[Techsolutions]

I've installed hundreds of Optex FX-40's, for the money they are one of the best out there. Very few faulty ones, noisy relays and a little overactive with age is the only real
problems I've seen. I'm not sure why ADI aren't selling them anymore, or are they?

[bet2win]

I heard today from DAS they will warrant OPTEX PIR's with a 5 year warranty