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That $700 anti-two block system I bought was a total waste of money
Ngl, everyone told me to get the fancy electronic anti-two block with the alarm and display. So I dropped $700 on one from a big name brand. First job with it, the sensor got knocked out of alignment from a slight bump on a steel beam. Spent 45 minutes on the ground recalibrating it while the foreman tapped his watch. My old mechanical flag system never gave me a single false alarm in 8 years. Has anyone else had bad luck upgrading to the electronic stuff?
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jesse_fisher3d ago
Had a buddy who stuck with the old mechanical flag setup too, never complaints.
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ruby_patel273d ago
Wait, "never complaints"? Like literally zero? That's wild to me because I've heard some horror stories about those mechanical flags. My uncle had one back in the day and it would get stuck in the down position every time the humidity changed, dude missed half his mail. I guess if you get a good one and it's installed right they're bulletproof, but man I've seen some janky setups that looked like a stiff breeze would snap the whole thing. Still, your buddy must have found the one unicorn flagpole that actually worked flawless forever.
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