Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

If you’ve ever walked 3 dogs by yourself, you know how challenging it can be. I use these collars to make sure my 2 most stubborn dogs behave on walks. This is a great product that does what it advertizes. The good: all parts of the set are very sturdy and well made. The remote is very self-explanatory and I love the wrist strap so you don’t always have to hold it. The buttons for vibrate, beep, and shock are labeled with pictures that make it super clear which button does what. The screen is self-explanatory as well. Each function button is separate (unlike some other terrible training collars I’ve used where you have only one button to toggle through the beep, vibrate, and shock functions). Another button toggles between dog1 and dog2 and displays on the screen which dog you are currently on. One collar strap is yellow while the other is black so you can easily tell which dog is wearing which. Both collars paired to the remote with the push of the button on the collar on the first try. Both the remote and the the collars are rechargeable and so far, have held their charge for over two weeks with daily use without charging again. I do turn the collars off between uses and the remote automatically turns itself off when no buttons have been pushed in awhile. Both the remote and the collars can be plugged in with the same charger to charge, which is great because there are no batteries and no need for two separate chargers. The instructions are great and the product works exactly as they say it does. The instructions with photographs showing how to string the collars through the receivers were extremely helpful and I appreciated that those extra instructions with pictures were included. The beep, vibrate, and shock functions work well and the vibrate and shock functions can be adjusted separately. For example, the vibrate function can be adjusted from 1 (soft barely there vibration) to 12 (strong vibration). The shock also has 12 levels from a light static shock (1) to what must be a huge painful zap (12). I tried the shock on myself on level 1 on my finger- I would never put my dog through anything I couldn't handle. It works, and it doesn't feel good, but it doesn't exactly hurt. It's kind of like when you drag your feet on the carpet to build up static electrity and then touch a metal doorknob and get a little shock. It makes you jump, and it's not pleasant, but it's not painful. The set also comes with a tester you can use to test the shock. When working, the tester light comes on to indicate electricity is coming from the prongs on the collar. One of my dogs instantly responds to the beep now and heels without ever getting to the vibrate or shock. She responded with a yip to the first shock on level 1 and never needed it again. My other dog has very thick hair and is a bit more stubborn. He did not respond to the shock at all until I got to level 5. Level 5 shock makes him look up, so it probably takes more to get through his very thick fur. The instructions say to set the shock at the lowest level that gets the dog to respond, so that is where I leave it. The push of a button on the remote switches between dog 1 and dog 2 and always saves the setting levels. I haven't tried the remote more than 20 or so feet away, but within that range it works every time. The collars themselves have two separate sets of prongs that you can change. They just screw on and off. These are the prongs that contact your dog's neck: short ones for short haired dogs, and long ones for long haired or thick-coated dogs. I appreciate that it also came with rubber covers for each set of prongs to keep the metal from rubbing against my dogs’ necks. Also worth noting, I think the circle on the front of the receiver collars looks great and also holds the fabric of the collar firmly to the receiver. Unlike some other training collars I have tried, you do NOT have to take off the collar strap to charge the collars, which is great. The red or green light on the collar receivers makes it clear whether they are on or off. Now the bad: I had a hard time thinking of anything bad about this set, but one area that could be slightly improved upon is while you can plug in the remote and one collar at the same time to charge them using the included charging cable, you cannot plug in both collars at once. It would be nice to have a 3rd splitter on the charging cable so all 3 could be plugged in at once. But not a huge deal since the batteries last so long! Overall, a solid, affordable training set for owners of 2 dogs. I recommend it.