Is profi worth buying?

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startinghandle

Member

• Feb 1, 2020

• #1

I have been looking at some Power farming magazines from the early 80's .... how things have changed !!!
I am sure there are readers of Profi here so is it worth the cost?

 

Lofty1984

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

South wales

• Feb 1, 2020

• #2

No I don’t think it is and keep meaning to cancel my sub for it.

 

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Martin Holden

Member

Trade

Location

Cheltenham

• Feb 1, 2020

• #3

startinghandle said:

I have been looking at some Power farming magazines from the early 80's .... how things have changed !!!
I am sure there are readers of Profi here so is it worth the cost?

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Power Farming had one big advantage back in the day. It was the only publication for machinery hence every Ag student studying mechanisation etc had a subscription and it earned a lot of money for the then owners for sure.

 

Farma Parma

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Northumberlandia

• Feb 1, 2020

• #4

Lofty1984 said:

No I don’t think it is and keep meaning to cancel my sub for it.

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You need these mags for the dreaming when your minted from farming to splash that cash on something

 

Bullring

Member

Location

Cornwall

• Feb 1, 2020

• #5

No I cancelled my sub to profi as it was getting full of rubbish and took out a sub to farmflix instead, much more interesting.

 

DrDunc

Member

Livestock Farmer

Location

Dunsyre

• Feb 1, 2020

• #6

Lofty1984 said:

No I don’t think it is and keep meaning to cancel my sub for it.

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Same here

Would miss the online search for specific past articles on tractors or machines though, and look at that more than actually reading the over priced, glossy, didn't really say much controversial, padded out and full of adverts magazine each month.

 

daveydiesel1

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Livestock Farmer

Location

Co antrim

• Feb 1, 2020

• #7

DrDunc said:

Same here

Would miss the online search for specific past articles on tractors or machines though, and look at that more than actually reading the over priced, glossy, didn't really say much controversial, padded out and full of adverts magazine each month.

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I always find ther tractor reviews tend to focus more on brand thats more popular in germany like deutz fendt jd case claas and massey kubota mccormick zetor never seem to get as much articles which is a shame

 

nick...

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

south norfolk

• Feb 1, 2020

• #8

I’ve subscribed since day one.gkad all the political stuff has gone but loads of adds in the back to fill pages.interesting to look back over reports when looking to buy something aswell
Nick...

 

v8willy

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

our house, Norn Iron

• Feb 1, 2020

• #9

Martin Holden said:

Power Farming had one big advantage back in the day. It was the only publication for machinery hence every Ag student studying mechanisation etc had a subscription and it earned a lot of money for the then owners for sure.

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No internet back then either, with Google & Youtube you could almost get as much info on a machine these days as having a machine on demo.

 

kiwi pom

Member

Location

canterbury NZ

• Feb 1, 2020

• #10

I think Profi went down hill years ago but has since picked back up again.
I don't have a subscription anymore but they do appear in the shops here, just 2 or 3 months late as I assume they come surface mail.
They seem to have more detail than Farm Machinery Journal which is just full of space filling waffle.

 

David.

Member

Mixed Farmer

Location

J11 M40

• Feb 1, 2020

• #11

I packed it in, loads of articles about stuff so complicated that I shall never aspire to own any of it.

 

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njneer

Member

• Feb 1, 2020

• #12

The more you read it over the years the more you wonder how much was in the brown envelopes for certain articles for certain
Manufacturers .
Seems less and less impartial as time goes on.
Sometimes i Read Articles and wonder how little some of the contributors actually know about the kit they are writing about and how much has been force fed them by their
Competitirs. The

 

Fragonard

Member

• Feb 1, 2020

• #13

It's too detailed, and stuff is always the biggest, top spec.
And Fendt always come out on top[emoji849]

 

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DanniAgro

Member

• Feb 2, 2020

• #14

Too full of big kit for me, but it's better than Farm Machinery Journal, which just spouts the manufacturers copy when reviewing something.

 

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oval

Member

• Feb 2, 2020

• #15

Yes

 

Banana Bar

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Bury St Edmunds

• Feb 2, 2020

• #16

Last Claas combine we bought meant we received Profi, foc for 2 years. Hardly bothered to read it, I definitely wouldn’t sign up for it.

 

Mursal

Member

• Feb 2, 2020

• #17

Ni not when we have TFF

 

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holywell farmer

Member

Location

holywell, north wales

• Feb 2, 2020

• #18

startinghandle said:

I have been looking at some Power farming magazines from the early 80's .... how things have changed !!!
I am sure there are readers of Profi here so is it worth the cost?

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Classic tractor a better magazine in my view

 

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holywell farmer

Member

Location

holywell, north wales

• Feb 2, 2020

• #19

Mursal said:

Ni not when we have TFF

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What about a farming forum machinery magazine?

 

nick...

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

south norfolk

• Feb 2, 2020

• #20

holywell farmer said:

Classic tractor a better magazine in my view

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The two are incomparable really
Nick...