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South Western Ontario | We paid the $800 for the xp as opposed to the $1500 for Hp last spring before we started planting. It was are first year with trimble 500 and ez -steer. When out in the field with no trees around it was right on the marker track.
If came in the yard to fill and had some interference with trees, that was the problem. Had the convergence set to 12" so could take up to half an hour to get signal back. Could have set the convergence to 24" and then acquired signal quicker, but was told the accuracy would not be there so did not try it. Probably should have.
Trimble ( Omnistar) did refund $400 because I called and said was not happy with the signal. It took a while to get the refund but it was granted.
We have upgraded to the 750 and are going with RTK and Glonass for this spring. If you don't want to make the jump to RTK you could try Xp for the planting season, or if they would give you a one week trial period before the spring planting you could try out the planter and play around with the convergence settings to see how the accuracy is.
Of course there is the unlock fees from Omni-star to RTK to Glonass.
I do agree with Jordan that in the long run you will be happier with RTK but you may just have to take one step at a time.
Ag-talk has been and is a good source of information. Just ask questions, there is alot of knowledge and experience on this site.
Feel free to email me if you have any questions.
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South-western Ontario Omnistar service
