All Indicators are now fitted with solid Titanium fittings
Defiant MPS Indicator Range
As planned a long time ago all now 7 Indicator types in the Defiant range to be seriously up-graded by having the fitment of solid Titanium fittings added and in doing so fully standardised at the same time-
~ All use exactly the same original Quick Release Bracket and fitting, that allows 360 degree's of instant rotation so aligning the Indicator is instant, also instant fitment and release of the Indicator.
~ Nothing protrudes around the Alarm area, this is critical if you do any slackline fishing - if there's anything for the line to catch on it will, causing a proper disaster in the process (I've seen it happen)
~ The original standard "Darts Thread" (2BA) fitment is utilised in the now solid Titanium Mag Head fitting.
~Using Solid Titanium fittings has decreased the weight of the fittings by 45% instantly, plus they will never corrode or tarnish, aesthetically - there's not much that looks as good as Titanium, probably why it's used in many jewellery items.
Below is a range of functional, tested to death Indicators (Some design's with decades of use behind them) always made from the very best materials possible to do the job required. Some are better than others in certain circumstances/situations but all are fully interchangeable, from slacklining in the margins to bow string tight at extreme range there's a Defiant Indicator to meet your needs.
A Twitcher fitted with a 38 x 1/2" MKII Type Fluro Orange Mag Head
A Twitcher set under Tension
The " Twitcher"
I was gutted when I had to stop making the Twitcher Indicator (So were many customers) but there was no option – the precision German made parts I used had been shipped to China to cut costs, and the result were a utter pile of crap! I totally refused to use them, but as seems to be the case in many situations these days the good old yanks came to the rescue- I’ve managed to source a quality American made alternative.
The “Twitcher” is back and even better than the original version, it’s now fitted with solid Titanium fittings and 5” Arm, being Titanium it weighs a mere 10 grams.
Just like the original the arm has a limited arc of movement up and down – when dropped to its lower position it stop and becomes totally weightless, ideal for slack lining.
The Titanium Arm is not rigid thou, a section incorporates a unique Stainless Steel flexible spring section that ONLY comes into operation once the Arm passes a set position in its arc of movement adding more and more tension the further it moves till the line pings out of the Mag Head.
Ideally fitted with a 32mm x ½” MKI Mag Head so as to not load the arm with access weight for no reason, with the arm being spring loaded – if you wish to add tension just position so the spring is coming into play.
Twitcher Complete = £18.50 + Postage
Twitcher Arm Only = £8.50 + Postage
Example shown is fitted with a Green MKI Glow Mag
The Merlin Indicator
The Merlin Indicators Stainless Steel Flexi Arm can only be described as having a movement like "fluid" it's that supple, only putting a slight bit of tension on the line (very similar to a standard Banshee)
Also just like the Banshee is totally windproof, only in a howling gale when your Rods are being lifted out of the Alarms might you get a false bleep.
Merlin Indicator Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Merlin Chord Only = £6.50 + Postage
Example shown is fitted with a Yellow 38 x 15mm MK I Mag Head
The Hawk Hanger
The Hawk Hanger is a basic chain type Hanger that I've been making for near on 20 years now and in that time not one has ever snapped, corroded or been returned with a fault. The reason why is simple, as with all MPS Indicators only the very best materials are ever used. The Stainless Steel Chain used in the Hawk's is the very best money can buy, it's of a welded Link construction, it's impossible to snap it even thou it's still has a narrow gauge
There is no set length - they can be made any length up to 8" long (Raw Chain length) for no extra cost
Hawks can be fitted with any Mag Head in the range you wish
Hawk Hanger Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Hawk Hanger Chain Only = £6.50 + Postage
example shown is fitted with a Blue 32 x 15mm MKI Mag Head
Banshee Hanger Complete
= £16.50 + Postage
Banshee Chord Only
= £6.50 + Postage
The Banshee Hanger
It got its name way back in autumn 2003 on the very first time on the bank, it was a very stormy night with the wind howling like a "Banshee", tree's making cracking noises as they swayed almost to breaking point in the powerful gale. It was instantly noted that my Alarms were not making any "False Bleeps" even thou they were swaying about and waves hitting the lines were they entered the water. The other four on the bank were using in vogue at the time Indicators with Sink Ball Chains or the equally useless Dacron chorded ones, and their Alarms were singing their little heads off in the severe weather conditions!
The design has hardly changed from that autumn night all those years ago, I'd cracked it first time - by using a woven 316 Stainless Steel chord which when formed into a "U" shape becomes semi-ridged and in turn windproof, not just that the cord is unbreakable with a 560kg breaking strain!
Example show is fitted with a Pink 38 x 20mm MKII Mag Head
HG Banshee Hanger
Based the original Banshee, this can only be described as a brutal no mercy form of Indicator! If set just right with a Lead heavily enough to just hold bottom, when you get as bite everything happens in an instant - in most cases the lead comes flying back towards you, Rod jumps up into the air, an the clutch screams as all hell break loose, there's none of that finicky stuff - it's hooked instantly by it's own doing!
Like the standard Banshee they are also windproof and can be fitted with any Mag Head size or colour in the large range, ideally the 15 or 20mm versions as they need the stronger line clip mechanisms to cope with the strong tension.
If I was only allowed to use one of my own Indicators, the HG Banshee would be it - they are just so utterly efficient at putting fish on the bank.
HG Banshee Complete = £16.50 + Postage
HG Banshee Chord Only = £6.50 + Postage
Example shown is fitted with a Green MKI Glow Mag
Removable Internal Solid Carbon Tension Rod, via the chamber in the solid Titanium fitting
The Scorpion Hanger
The Scorpion Hanger, was the very first Indicator I invented back in the late 1990's,was (and still is) so effective once Martin Locke at Solar Tackle saw and example at a meeting a deal was struck and Solar made a version (It was called The Adjustable Quiver Lock)
Still just as efficient at putting fish on the bank as way back then, can be used as a basic Hanger or as a "Springer" when a solid Carbon tension rod is inserted into the hollow internal chamber of the Stainless Steel Flexi Chord.
~ Supplied with a medium strength solid Carbon tension Rod, reference 0.8mm is fitted as standard. But most customers like to make their own unique range of strengths to suit their own needs, Carbon Rod is readily available and also cheap - from eBay, Amazon etc.....
Scorpion Hanger Complete = £16.50 + Postage
Scorpion Chord only = £6.50 + Postage
Rail Indicator fitted with a Fluro Green Bobbin
The Rail Indicator
Decades ago I promised that one day I'd take the Monkey Climber concept - totally re-design it, and iron out the many horrendous design flaws it had (all those who are old enough to remember using them, will remember only too well why they got abandoned as soon as Hangers and Swingers got invented!) Hence I invented "The Rail Indicator" (* P Pending) The line clip mechanism is the well proven one identical to the one used in 38 x 20mm Mag Heads, with inbuilt self lubrication.
The Rail is so simple a design- forward take and the Bobbin goes up the solid Titanium "Rail", get a drop back and it drops down! There's not much else to it - for Slack Lining you just position the Bobbin at the lowest point on the solid Titanium Rail, when set in this position the Bobbin becomes weightless.
The special Rail Bobbins can be made in Red, Purple, Pink, Amber, White, Black, Blue, Fluro Green, Emerald Green, Orange, Yellow, or Crystal.
*It could not be any simpler to set or use, I've up-loaded a short video to YouTube https://youtu.be/pkM8DNwZ9XI that says it all in just a few seconds.
The Rail's special Bobbin assembly
Price
Complete Rail Indicator = £22.50 each + Postage
Spare Rail Bobbins = £10.00 each + Postage
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