On Track guidance system -anyone got any views how good they are?

Just been thinking about the onTrak again ,as we need to buy something now the grant application was accepted !
If we hadnt got the grant ,I would have gone for the Garmin , but seeing as the payment is 400 odd for the GPS ,it make sense to buy the onTrak or similar.
I did look at the Patchwork Blackbox too ,but its twice the money and not sure as dairy farmers we would make use of the extra feature (If there are any :p )
 

jondear

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Location
Devon
Just been thinking about the onTrak again ,as we need to buy something now the grant application was accepted !
If we hadnt got the grant ,I would have gone for the Garmin , but seeing as the payment is 400 odd for the GPS ,it make sense to buy the onTrak or similar.
I did look at the Patchwork Blackbox too ,but its twice the money and not sure as dairy farmers we would make use of the extra feature (If there are any :p )
Well I was going to buy the on trak if got the grant but didn't !So what's the Garmin? please .
 
Well I was going to buy the on trak if got the grant but didn't !So what's the Garmin? please .
Garmin Glo , SteveR posted about it in page 1 . 90£ new or so ,and you can use your smartphone I suppose ,and download an app, !!??
As we were fortunate to have the grant accepted :love: ,I felt having guidance on the bonnet via the leds was better than trying to keep my eye on a screen to the side all the time , and the Garmin wouldnt meet the criteria for the grant either !
I have an old I pad ,and have a cheap bracket - Happy days (possibly )
 

jondear

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Location
Devon
Garmin Glo , SteveR posted about it in page 1 . 90£ new or so ,and you can use your smartphone I suppose ,and download an app, !!??
As we were fortunate to have the grant accepted :love: ,I felt having guidance on the bonnet via the leds was better than trying to keep my eye on a screen to the side all the time , and the Garmin wouldnt meet the criteria for the grant either !
I have an old I pad ,and have a cheap bracket - Happy days (possibly )
Go for it .let us know how it goes . Suppose to be better than just screen or just lightbar.
 

Scrambler

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Location
Leicestershire
I got the grant and bought one (OnTrak).
Main use will be for spraying when I don’t have tramlines to follow, but to give it a go I used it whilst discing some overwintered stubble.
I am impressed with it. I’ve not used any other type of lightbar guidance, but I can say it is very easy to use and having the guidance lights at the front of the bonnet makes a lot of sense.
The battery lasted a full day and still had a lot of life left in it. The app said 90% left, but I don’t know how accurate that figure might be.
Accuracy seems very good although it did go a bit off when I was working close to a row of trees.
It’s great not having any cables all over the place and the Bluetooth connection was faultless.
I did have a problem connecting to my iPad, but Agricision quickly replied to my email and put me straight. ha ha! I hadn’t turned on Bluetooth in the OnTrak app.
Hope that helps.
 

David.

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Mixed Farmer
Location
J11 M40
If you have an old tablet, you may find it lacks processor capacity/speed.
I have a new Samsung and the app will stop working quite often on that, meaning it is reluctant to save a field boundary and needs app closing and restarting.
It may well do all you need, it is simply stick to bonnet and go; but it isn't as good or intuitive to follow as my Mojomini, which I'd put on par with the Patchwork.
May not matter to you, but Ontrack only does straight A-B lines.
The lack of wiring looms etc with the Ontrack is, as you say a major plus though.
I guess I'm saying if at all possible to try both before deciding, I urge you to do so.
 
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I might have read it wrongly, but I thought the Grant criteria said that it would only sponsor guidance systems which could do both straight & curved A-B lines ......... Only too happy to be wrong :rolleyes:
 

Scrambler

Member
Location
Leicestershire
I might have read it wrongly, but I thought the Grant criteria said that it would only sponsor guidance systems which could do both straight & curved A-B lines ......... Only too happy to be wrong :rolleyes:
You are correct. The OnTrak meets the criteria because it has the potential to do curved but currently only does straight.
I think that’s what they said.
 

jondear

Member
Location
Devon
If you have an old tablet, you may find it lacks processor capacity/speed.
I have a new Samsung and the app will stop working quite often on that, meaning it is reluctant to save a field boundary and needs app closing and restarting.
It may well do all you need, it is simply stick to bonnet and go; but it isn't as good or intuitive to follow as my Mojomini, which I'd put on par with the Patchwork.
May not matter to you, but Ontrack only does straight A-B lines.
The lack of wiring looms etc with the Ontrack is, as you say a major plus though.
I guess I'm saying if at all possible to try both before deciding, I urge you to do so.
What is a mojomini?
Is it ?Some small inner experience!😂
 

skjeanblanc

Member
Horticulture
Has anyone used this in the United States? We are looking into buying the OnTrak device and can't seem to find any information for the United States.
 

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