technomate 2100 versus stab 120

[andiewill]

As the title says i have acquired a 110 triax dish that came bundled with a stab motor (?50.00 the lot), i will be in the process in replacing my 90cm dish and brackets etc, but not sure which motor to use the technomate 2100 or stab rotor 120, or should i say which is the better one ?

[mdt]

As the title says i have acquired a 110 triax dish that came bundled with a stab motor (?50.00 the lot), i will be in the process in replacing my 90cm dish and brackets etc, but not sure which motor to use the technomate 2100 or stab rotor 120, or should i say which is the better one ?

the stab motors are the best usals motors available today and walk all over the tm,s imho although believe it or not i actually have a technomate stab 100 here, regards mdt

[Manic01]

Dark motor is top notch.

[digicon]

Darkmotor here too, Stab's a great motor but overpriced for what it is and also very sluggish and slow

[mdt]

Dark motor is top notch.

wasnt the question ,m8... tm2100 or stab 120 and i still stand by what i said concerning the darkmotor as its got a poor design flaw as its difficult to get the f-con,s on without a spanner which 90% of enthusiasts wont have, regards mdt

[andiewill]

Thanks for the info guys but i dont have a dark motor but what i here is to go with the stab 120 ? and when you say that the slab motor is sluggish are they really much slower than the tm 2100.

[Manic01]

Depends if that motor you acquired is worn or not?

[ramjet]

I have found that speed tests indicate the following order with the darkmotor the fastest

1) darkmotor
2) technomate motors
3) stab motors

my old stab motor became very worn with a lot of play in it, the others havent as yet

[andiewill]

Depends if that motor you acquired is worn or not?

Hardly used he had the dish up for about 4 months and had to move house and had it all sitting in his garage and he said he hardly used it.

I have found that speed tests indicate the following order with the darkmotor the fastest

1) darkmotor
2) technomate motors
3) stab motors

my old stab motor became very worn with a lot of play in it, the others havent as yet

Cheers.... So is there much in the speed difference ? ie double the time to move from one sat to another.

[ramjet]

Hardly used he had the dish up for about 4 months and had to move house and had it all sitting in his garage and he said he hardly used it.



Cheers.... So is there much in the speed difference ? ie double the time to move from one sat to another.

yes there is on my spiderbox , especially as the stab and the techno stop and start a lot unless using diseqc mode

the darkmotor superior seems twice as fast in both usals and diseqc modes

[mdt]

i guess its all down to personal preferance and mine is for the stab... i do agree that they are slower than the tm/darkmotor but you get a 3 year warrenty with the stab and the spiggot is facing upwards which gives you that extra 6 inches of hieght. ill bet the extra money for the stab is in part that its the only official usals certified diseqc motor and not to mention i find them easier to install when up a ladder. i dont actually use my stab anymore as it threw a wobberler about 9 months ago after 4 years of moving my td110 and still doesnt have any play in it but it went to 70e and refuses to move but im 90% sure that it was my fault due to me constantly changing/testing stb,s. the general train of thought nowadays is that the darkmotor is the best usals motor available but i like the stab motors and always have, regards mdt

[pedro2000uk]

the stab motors are the best usals motors available today and walk all over the tm,s imho although believe it or not i actually have a technomate stab 100 here, regards mdt

I agree, I actually like the HH90 [if you could get a good one], the HH120 is geared down compared to the HH100 & hh90's - it is the slower of the Stabs but with that gearing down you could hang a [sheltered] Channel Master 1.2 on a HH120 & before the Datkmotor, plenty of exposed TD1.1s were.

All the Stabs are very good at stopping on any satellite right where you put it - the Darkmotors too now, the Stabs use a big spring to center on sat & to take some wind loading off the gears - they feel as though they have play new but as you let go they spring back to the center of the sat. Even a completely trashed one we saw that some clown had installed on an aerial pole over a gable end with a 1m orbital on [don't need to explain what happened] ... even trashed & wobbling round - it still parked on every sat perfectly.

It's the high price- it let cheap Moteck motors etc.. take their market from them & now there's the Darkmotor taking Moteck's ..

btw.. almost any stb works with a stab in usals mode since they created usals so it's 100% even if the stb isn't they usually work, can't remember anything that didn't.


edit- sorry if that's cross posted - left on an edit screen while busy with something else..

[mugello]

Stab all the way,my HH 100 with 1m dish has been in place 15+ years in a fairly exposed location and in all that time I have only had to adjust the dish very slightly a couple of times after particularily bad storms.
Cheers