An installers opinion on Technomate dishes.

[Tony1A]

Just sharing this with you all. I am in touch with a (professional) satellite & aerial installer on the book of faces and this one has told that Technomate dishes are OK for the money, but they prefer to use Triax dishes. I think the 1m Technomate will do me for sure. My new brick shed gets built in early July.

 

[rolfw]

Used a 78/80cm one the other day for 1W and it was of reasonably good quality, certainly quick to assemble and performed as would be expected, not much if any difference between it and the Triax equivalent.

 

[Tony1A]

Thanks for that Rolfw. Yes they do have a similar look to triax and the prices seem to be very reasonable too. I like the look of them. I have also noticed one or two in use on public houses.

 

[Captain Jack]

I am going to slap you, Tony...

 

[digi247]

From what i can remember the TM dishes are exactly the same rear AZ/EL mount as whats used on the Max Digital range which are all rebadged, I never liked the MD range either but even with the not so good back mount on the Triax i would still sway towards a Triax rather than a TM dish.

Even the Orbital are somewhat of better quality than the TM & MD range, But dont Scrimp get a Genuine Gibby

 

[Tony1A]

Can't say I'm that keen on Maxx dishes. The TM range has a decent az/el adjustment different to the Triax. I checked them out thoroughly. No need to slap me Jack, just weighing up all the options. Anyhoo, I can't do much until it's built and I have to let it dry for a while to let the cement harden before I start drilling holes. But I do have a few ideas in mind already!