Rare Bird Alert (RBA) X3 pager review

[Graham Etherington]

Hi,
I've put a review of the new RBA X3 pager on my blog.

http://birds-britishbirder.blogspot.com/2009/07/rare-bird-alert-rba-x3-pager-review_04.html

All the best,
Graham

http://birds-britishbirder.blogspot.com/

[Paul Woolnough]

Thanks for your review Graham, much appreciated

Agree with what you say

No need to repeat your detailed blog


PERSONAL COMMENTS

Pleased
1 Able to buy pager at a good price
Full price of pager is dear just think what mobile phones etc are available for the full cost (OK the pager is a specialised product and not mass produced like mobiles)
2 I can change the areas I receive local news from at will

Shame
A unread messages
there is no user setup option
- default - messages deemed unread unless you read all of the message
- customise - messages deemed read if scrolling down
B changing battery problem

I never subscribed to the old full service and normally only chase Norfolk / Suffolk birds and some rarities. Thus have Gold Service with X3. Was tempted to pay a little more for full Platinum Service but mega alerts and national messages not vital to me. Less messages and thus battery usage on Gold Service but still get rarities and local news for where I want.

As with 21a keeping pager on silent saves the battery.