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As Bald Rick says, service and backup, ensure you price like for like before making any decision and obviously go and see plenty of setups. From a personal pov I would not bother with weigh floors or Pura if I had my time again as I know my cows and there are plenty of indicators to notify you of an off colour animal. The Pura was switched off within 12 mnths as it was just of no benefit in my opinion.Hi everyone, currently trying to choose between a Delaval VMS V300 and a Lely A5 - have been to see both machines and been round quite a few farms - both very impressive machines. The biggest advantage the Lely has is its steam cleaners, weigh cell, protein and butterfat monitoring and rumination collars however it is commanding a very very significant premium over the Delaval which is does not have some of the features mentioned about but even with the robot, two OOPF's, a robotic scraper (also included in lelys quote) the Delaval is nearly £15k less in the price (dealer says they can still come down a little bit). The Delaval optiduo is also a tempting option which is quite reasonably priced. I know both machines will milk just fine however I'm trying to justify whether I am better off paying that bit extra for the extra features on the A5 or should I stick wit Delaval and maybe get the OptiDuo. does anyone have any experience with the rumination collars and weigh cells - how useful are they? is the protein and butterfat measurement accurate?
There is a video of the A5 Vs the VMS online and I have to say the Lely attachment speed is towards 30secs quicker which over the course of 24 hrs will give you a considerable amount of extra capacity
I know Lely will build a robot from basic up to full spec but it all depends on your needs and requirements