Bachmann 36-566 railcom plus decoder

[trevora]

Rails+ hattons etc have these

but no where do i see any details other than

0.9 Amp 4 Function 8 Pin DCC Decoder featuring RailComPlus

trevora

[RFS]

Same price at Hatton's as for a Lenz Standard+ (around £18) and I'd go for the Lenz every time. Or you could buy the Lenz from one of the German box-shifters for around £12-13, given today's weak exchange rate for the euro.

[Ron Ron Ron]

No sense in buying "Budget" decoders here in the UK when, as RFS says, Continental European prices make good quality decoders much cheaper.

 

e.g.

Lenz Standard+ = £12 - £13

Lenz Silver+ = £17 - £19 (various versions)

ESU LokPilot V4  = £18 - £19

 

However, the Bachmann 36-566 appears to be a rebadged ESU LokPilot Standard, so it's from a good make, but UK prices for this decoder are slightly higher than buying the equivalent ESU version from a Euro Zone supplier.

 

 

Details of the 36-566 decoder here....

 

http://www.esu.eu/en/products/lokpilot/lokpilot-standard/

 

http://www.esu.eu/en/products/lokpilot/lokpilot-standard/technical-data/

 

User manual can be found and downloaded from this page.  http://www.esu.eu/en/downloads/instruction-manuals/digital-decoders/

 

 

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[PhilNE]

Does anybody have any recommendations for these European suppliers please?

[RFS]

http://www.arstecnica.de/shop/index.php - post free if over 50 Euros. So 3 Lenz Standard+ decoders will cost you €16.99 each and €50.97 translates today to around £37, so you're paying around £12.50 per decoder.

 

http://www.modellbahnshop-lippe.com/ is another I've used but you need to spend €100 to get free postage although that gets you tracked UPS delivery as opposed to normal mail.

 

Both allow payment by PayPal for added protection.