I think it's a great clock stuffed full of features and would really like one but I too think it is on the expensive side. 179 Euro (inc tax I'm in the UK) just for the board kit + you have to buy the needed transformer @24 Euro + the colons @19 Euro separately! Surely a critical part (transformer) should be included in the basic kit? Agreeing that Cobra007 is not comparing like for like the sven board is still only 119 Euro WITH tubes or we could look at Konstantins IN-18 board WITH tubes for 300 Euro.
I suppose Dieter has priced it to recoup his development costs although the case is overpriced imho and I would not buy it, and as for "the surface finish was developed exclusively for those clocks - I can only imagine that this took quite some time to work out. " I think you/we are getting carried away with the advertising spin after all there is only so many finishes you can achieve and I'm sure this has been done before somewhere. I don't mind being contradicted on the finish but I would like to know what this "exclusive" finish is then Nice clock, shame about the price, shame about the confusing multisite ordering, it's impossible to even make up a barebones kit without multiple ordering, something to consider. On 9 Feb, 09:43, jb-electronics <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > personally I think that the "IN-18 Blue Dream" and the "Sven" Nixie > clocks cannot be compared, for several reasons: > > First, you already mentioned the IN-18 tubes, they are much more costy. > But this also poses a technological problem: While it is rather easy to > supply 12mA = 6 * 2mA for IN-14 tubes, IN-18 tubes are much more power > hungry. You cannot buy those SMPSs on Ebay (if you want your tube clock > to be quiet, that is). > > Secondly, I think a stainless steel housing is much more expensive in > the making than laser-cut acrylic. Read the description, the surface > finish was developed exclusively for those clocks - I can only imagine > that this took quite some time to work out. > > Also, Dieter's clock is battery buffered (we are talking about 10 years > here) and I did not see if "Sven" also is. For me, this will always be > the key argument for or against a clock. I do not like reprogramming a > clock every morning at the office when I turned it off the other evening. > > I am not a clock-expert, I merely collect tubes, so I cannot really put > a price on clocks since I do not purchase them :-) All I can say is that > these two clocks are very different in their appearance and aim at quite > different buyers. > > Best regards, > Jens > > > > > > > > > I wonder where exactly the price of this clock comes from. You can buy > > the Sven clock including GPS receiver for 200 euro. > >http://nixiekits.eu/Sven.htm > > > The tubes will be a bit more expensive, but it still doesn't add up. > > > Michel > > > On Feb 9, 10:22 am, [email protected] wrote: > >> DL1 is an awesome clock. > > >> I still have mine on order (Hint: Lawrence!) > > >> Michail > > >> In a message dated 2/8/2012 2:56:05 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > > >> [email protected] writes: > > >> How does it stack up against the fantastic DL1 ? > > >> _http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhP6paGFFc_ > >> (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxhP6paGFFc) > >> -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
