Spirit System - delivery time.

[Malc1]

Anyone else recently ordered the latest spec Spirit system from Tomas over in the Czech Republic?

Mines been so far just over a fortnight in the postal system and by all accounts there are other UK orders in a similar state.

I have been told to wait until the 22nd June when they will then submit a report and then refund my money.

[maddog7]

Wait another week, my first order took 3 weeks to arrive.
Cheers
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[myxiplx]

I haven't ordered from Tomas, but that sounds about typical for delivery times / customs hold times for items coming from abroad. Any time I order internationally and don't pay for a courier service I figure on 4-6 weeks for delivery. It's occasionally faster than that, but these things can take a while. Stuff does generally arrive if you're patient though.

[Mark_T]

In general it shouldn't take that long for a delivery to the UK from an EU country, but occasionally things get stuck.

If there are a few orders in the same state I wouldn't worry too much for a few more days yet.

[trillian]

I lucked out and got mine within just a few days but a couple guys from my club are still waiting and I know at least one of them shows as posted. I think some are awaiting the next production run (from what I gather).

[Malc1]

Just a matter of waiting a bit longer then. As it wasn't ordered from the US I just though that it would be here by now.

This is the latest production run I've waited for.It was ordered at the beginning of May when they had no stock. The new unit has supposed to have a lot more going for it.

[maddog7]

The new unit has supposed to have a lot more going for it.

I presume there is no new hardware, just the new firmware that incudes the gov?
Hopefully you will get it soon anyhoo.
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[Mark_T]

This was the comment from Spirit about the revision:

"To obtain even higher manufacturing quality we have updated hardware little bit!
There are also modifications that allow you to run the unit even in higher electrical noise environment.
These improvements also leads to even higher voltage brown out resistance.

For end customers there is nothing different except settings of the sensor compensation directions and possibly pirouette optimization too."

[maddog7]

This was the comment from Spirit about the revision:

"To obtain even higher manufacturing quality we have updated hardware little bit!
There are also modifications that allow you to run the unit even in higher electrical noise environment.
These improvements also leads to even higher voltage brown out resistance.

For end customers there is nothing different except settings of the sensor compensation directions and possibly pirouette optimization too."

Thanks for that Mark, I was kinda hoping that if Tomas was going to revise the Spirit HW he would add a few more IO ports........
Cheers
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[GravityKills]

Just to add some cheerful news, it was announced today that German Post is going on strike now.
Not sure if it matters, but if I draw a straight line between the countries...

[Mike656]

They only came back in stock last week. Usually takes two weeks from the Czech Republic, so might get them by the weekend.

[EFIS]

I'm getting quite frustrated with Tomas and his lack of interest in my missing unit.

I ordered it over a month ago, mates who have ordered theirs subsequently have all received them yet Tomas isn't prepared to entertain the fact it's gone missing.

Why doesn't he send them all out by courier (an extra £8 or near offer), that way they could be tracked and signed for and nobody would be wondering if the units are stuck in Czech republic, stuck in customs, lost to some dodgy post in the UK etc.

I can't afford to give away £150 and get nowt for it!

[sparts]

I can't see how it can take 2 weeks for a delivery from the Czech Republic when I ordered a watch from Arizona USA on the 1.6.15 and it arrived clearing customs etc by 3.6.15.

[Grumpy]

I ordered some MS composite blades from the Czech republic a couple of weeks ago, they were here in a week, but that was tracked shipping.

UK Customs can sometimes cause long delays (they had a parcel of mine from the US for over a month on one occasion) but that shouldn't be an issue with other EU countries.

[Mark_T]

I can't see how it can take 2 weeks for a delivery from the Czech Republic when I ordered a watch from Arizona USA on the 1.6.15 and it arrived clearing customs etc by 3.6.15.

A week is typical with a small parcel for normal post within the EU, I can also get stuff shipped overnight from the USA or Czech Republic, but it costs a bit more than the normal postal service

You can also get lucky and have stuff arrive from Tomas within a few days.