Locate Cables with Ease – Greenlee 501 Tracker Cable Locator Review

While this is a good basic kit I gave it a try but ended up buying a Ridgid Navitrack 2 tracker, a SeeSnake CS6 Pak, a Ridgid Brick transmitter and a 4 inch Seek Tech inductive coil for my professional use. needs assessment. Sure, it's a lot more expensive, but it's multitasking and does it VERY well. While that doesn't detract from this Greenlee locator, it's not nearly as useful, albeit a lot cheaper. This seems to work for some users/reviewers with certain basics, it doesn't work for my gear

Works great! Tired of paying $$$ to visit a local business every time they queue up - saw them use this device to fix it in about 10 minutes each time. We have 2-3 breaks a year, so this device pays for itself in about 2-3 years. The handset uses 1 9V battery. The transmitter uses 8 AA batteries. A bit like a cheap Radio Shack that looks like a construct, but hey, it works. There are 3 ways to attach the transmitter to the dog fence. The easiest way is to attach the transmitter to the o-ring…

Not a bad design, but looks like one of my college projects. It's not that it's low quality, it's just not the class of product I would expect from a company like Greenlee. Metal housings are functional, but certainly not suitable for industrial use, weatherproof, sealed, durable. This is very similar to a project I did in college where we cut, folded and plated metal and used a few screws to hold the pieces together. for me in the end it just means that it won't last 5-10 years without very…