Snip Satallites

[Andycap]

Hi all

I am thinking about buying a snipe satalite v3 purely due to price £645.99 which I thought was quite reasonable. I know its cheap compared to some of the top of the range satellites however its all I can afford at this moment in time and I was wondering if anyone out there had any advice or experience with them.

 

[irnbru]

We had the 2 which we found a bit temperamental. I wouldn't buy another of any sort of satellite nowadays, theres so much data going cheap we just use that and didn't use the snipe as much as we thought we might've.

 

[Madcaravanner]

We use data BUT we do have a dish from Falcon - I know some people don't like them but we like it

The biggest problem with satellite is the signal - SKY think they have a monopoly on UK signals and keep having the footprints moved North making decent TV in Europe difficult

 

[Carolyn and Kev]

Always had a snipe and still do! Does what it says.....Why spend more?

 

[Andycap]

Thanks I have thought about that just don't know how to go about linking tv with internet,

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[TheBig1]

Thanks I have thought about that just don't know how to go about linking tv with internet,

buy an amazon firestick, which you plug into tv. That connects to internet via mifi or phone and can give you far more channels than Sky or anyone else. With a good data package on your phone etc it is the future of watching tv on the road.

 

[monzer]

Yeah I agree with thebig1. If you have a good amount of data I'd say it's better going for the firestick. It plugs in to an hdmi slot on your tv and needs a power source but live terrestrial tv is easy to get with it (iplayer, ITV hub etc) and if you search around on here or on you tube you can get other live channels and films on demand etc.

The money you would save on the satellite will enable you to get a decent data package. Not like they are too expensive these days anyway.

 

[Neil S]

[/QUObuy an amazon firestick, which you plug into tv. That connects to internet via mifi or phone and can give you far more channels than Sky or anyone else. With a good data package on your phone etc it is the future of watching tv on the road.
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[QUOTE="TheBig1, post: 3965201, member:

cannot alway get a decent 4G signal in many rural parts
Last year when we were following the TDF and needed to be able to watch live coverage
The phone signal was crap up in the Alps and the picture kept buffering
Happened on no less than 3 occasions not reliable at all
At least with Satellite you are guaranteed a picture as long as you have a clear line of site south
Eurosport can be watched anywhere in Spain or France with an 85cm dish
It’s on the Pan European beam which available all over Europe

 

[Lenny HB]

Had a Snipe 2 on the van for 3 years no problems. I take view if I do have problems I can replace it cheaply as for the price of an Oyster I can get 3 Snipes.
Probably wouldn't bother with a sat dish on another van with data being so cheap now.

 

[Lenny HB]

cannot alway get a decent 4G signal in many rural parts
Last year when we were following the TDF and needed to be able to watch live coverage
The phone signal was crap up in the Alps and the picture kept buffering

Easily solved with a mifi and roof mounted MIMO aerial.

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[Neil S]

Easily solved with a mifi and roof mounted MIMO aerial.

I was using a 4G Mi-Fi on 3 at the time , even tried putting it through the skylight on a cable
We were up in the Alps west of Albertville near Beaufort .
I may think about a Maxview Roam roof mounted antennae but given the number of times we suffered poor mobile signal in both remote parts of Spain and France I'm loathed to spend the £400 (fitted cost) if it only marginally improves the signal

 

[PeteH]

When Sky moved the Astra signal some years back. It got so that we needed a 1.8M dish (6ft in old money) to watch UK -T-V on the Costa`s. 4 of us where sharing one. A lot of money, just so the ladies could watch Corrie!. and The Glums. But we got to see the rugby and my friends the Premier football. and the golf.

 

[Neil S]

When Sky moved the Astra signal some years back. It got so that we needed a 1.8M dish (6ft in old money) to watch UK -T-V on the Costa`s. 4 of us where sharing one. A lot of money, just so the ladies could watch Corrie!. and The Glums. But we got to see the rugby and my friends the Premier football. and the golf.

i remember it was back 2014 i think when the footprint changed , we still get many channels even in Spain on our 85cm not BBC or ITV but that's no great loss as we get all the Sports channels , Movies , Documentaries ,SKY news and many others via SKY which are encrypted and transmitted on the Pan European beam

 

[Andycap]

Thanks for the help everyone, just bought a fire stick and now looking at data sims.

 

[Gellyneck]

Hi all

I am thinking about buying a snipe satalite v3 purely due to price £645.99 which I thought was quite reasonable. I know its cheap compared to some of the top of the range satellites however its all I can afford at this moment in time and I was wondering if anyone out there had any advice or experience with them.

We've got a Snipe 2 on our motorhome (self-fitted) that we bought 2nd user from another Funster for a couple of hundred pounds. Once I'd made up my mind where it was going to go and how I would route the cables (with great assistance from the gang!) it took a couple of hours to do.

As others have said, with the availability of cheaper data against the cost of the satellite hardware it really boils down to cost and signal comparisons.

We regularly tour Northern Scotland and mobile signal on all providers can be, and is, variable in a number of locations. We've been in various places where there was no signal at all from any of the 4 main providers however we had no issues with our Snipe 2. Whilst you could possibly solve this with external mimo aerial kit it would be an additional cost of data provision. We've yet to experience a major problem with satellite signal (yet!). You also need to think about data usage constraints there may be if using abroad.

In terms of cost once you've bought the satellite hardware there's no ongoing spend whereas with a data contract you pay an infinite monthly "subscription". Working on c£18 \ month for unlimited data mifi dongle payback on satellite option would be (all guesstimates) -
satellite hardware = £650
mifi dongle = -£50
firestick = -£40
mimo aerial = -£40
gives you a figure of around 2.5 years.

Will you be using your satellite for over that timeframe?
Will data costs go up or down during that period?
How will data roaming charges be impacted post 31st December?
etc?
etc?
etc?

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[Lenny HB]

I was using a 4G Mi-Fi on 3 at the time , even tried putting it through the skylight on a cable
We were up in the Alps west of Albertville near Beaufort .

I gave up using 3 for roaming as they always appear to throttle the speed doesn't matter what network you connect to.
I have a Poynting MIMO roof mounted aerial it cost £125 + cables fitted it myself.

Lenny's Modding the new Gin Palace

Blimey its turned into a "Toilet Thread":eek:

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

 

[dunnah01]

Mobile/WiFi/MiFi is very limited by data abroad due to fair use policies. Freesat is available throughout France and further south if you're lucky. Other satellites allow many more free channels throughout Europe so if you intend to travel outside UK a satellite setup is a must have at the moment.

 

[Neil S]

I gave up using 3 for roaming as they always appear to throttle the speed doesn't matter what network you connect to.
I have a Poynting MIMO roof mounted aerial it cost £125 + cables fitted it myself.

Lenny's Modding the new Gin Palace

Blimey its turned into a "Toilet Thread":eek:

www.motorhomefun.co.uk

thanks I'll have a look at what you've suggested