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Imserba Webstore - Fox 40 Classic Official Referee Whistles
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List Price: $6.99
Our Price: $4.99
Your Save: $ 2.00 ( 29% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Fox 40
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Binding: Misc.
Brand: Fox 40
Color: Black
EAN: 0066143040402
Feature: Ideally to be used in a large, crowded gymnasium setting.
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Fox 40
Manufacturer: Fox 40
Material Type: ABS Plastic
Model: 9000W
Publisher: Fox 40
Studio: Fox 40
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Ideally to be used in a large, crowded gymnasium setting.
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Editorial Reviews:
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS ITEM CANNOT SHIP VIA 3-DAY DELIVERY. Originally developed for the professional referee market, the Fox 40 has been widely accepted for safety and protection in many situations and locations. These "pea-less" whistles have no internal movable parts to obstruct its sound or stick, freeze or jam up from over-blowing. Patented design moves forced-air in and out of the three tuned chambers. Immerse into water without possibility of deterioration of failure. Made in Canada.
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Almost too loud...
Comment: I am a soccer referee and I am currently using this whistle. I am desperate to find an alternative. After officiating several games each weekend, I am plagued by shrill headaches and I have hearing problems for a couple of days. This whistle is almost too loud for regular use. IOW it is an emergency signal device and I think it should be used as such.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Okay if you want to hurt your OWN ears! Dangerous!
Comment: I'll go against the tide of these reviews a little.
This whistle is omnidirectional. It puts sound equally in all directions. That means, the one who'll hear it loudest is YOU. It seems like it blows sound right back at you. The by-design 'beating' or phasing action of the two barely-different notes (to replace the pea) doesn't help the pain. I have this crazy idea that a whistle should project sound AWAY from you!
Here are the whistle's weak points.
- It may be larger than is convenient for keychain (safety) carry. Smaller/flatter whistles are available.
- Like I said, it's nondirectional, so no one gets more of its whistle than you.
- ...Therefore, it not safe to the user, and isn't safety the main point? I can't believe most reviewers aren't mentioning hearing protection; I believe it's necessary for use in anything other than an emergency--and that to me is a bad design. Long-term use (like a referee, especially indoors) would IMO be stupid. Then again, it is sold as a safety whistle. When I wanted to hear test it, I learned quickly to clasp my hands over my ears. If you have to hold it with one hand (if it's on a heavy keychain), you'll need to use your shoulder to close off one ear. That's my biggest issue with it. "Safety", my eye. So, refs have the glorious options of wearing earplugs and looking like a dork but setting a good example, plugging their ears every time they use it, or slowly but permanently damaging their upper registers of hearing over time. "Eh?" Unlike guns, this one impacts both ears equally. So you won't be left with a "good ear".
- The omnidirectionality will actually reduce its relative volume to the person you're blowing "at". Also makes it difficult for others to tell who you're whistling at.
- The whistle takes a disappointingly large amount of air to blow loudly (or to even get it to make a whistling noise). There is hardly any resistance to your lungs. I was expecting to be able to really puff down on the thing, and work up some pressure. Nope. IOW, it is not "efficient". Yes, it's loud, but it takes a lot of air to get it there. I'm sure many people make short bursts effectively, but I think it'd be easier to tongue a staccato if there were more resistance.
Here are the strong points.
- It is actually well-made. Yes, it's plastic, but there's good and bad plastic. This is good stuff. I know, because I carried it on my keychain for years. The plastic bead the keychain loops through never broke. It's worn, and looks like it could break anytime (retired now), but the thing is still going. I had numerous other keychain items break at the joint, including coin cell flashlights. That's more of an honor than one might expect, knowing my keychain before I "culled" it.
- The phasing/"beating" sound, which replaces the "pea" of traditional whistles, is a unique effect, if not irritating to the ears (especially to your own).
- It's almost disappointingly lightweight/lacking in heft. This is a good thing, as its levity betrays its good build quality.
- It's cheaper than some other high-end whistles.
- I think mine was made in USA, but I got mine years ago; could be "Free Traded" now.
I'm looking for a smaller (flatter), more directional, easier-to-blow whistle. Any suggestions, especially from those who've tried this? I saw an orange house brand "Tri Whistle" on REI's website, flatter, has 3 air outputs/phase beats vs 2, and made in USA; but has a cork pea, is fluorescent orange, and still hurts radiates sound at you. My use would be emergency (keychain everday carry or wilderness), not sports. If Fox makes a directional version of this, someone let me know? Or... Fox, make a directional version of this?
Customer Rating:
Summary: Whistle blower!
Comment: A portion of my job is to supervise kids on a playground after they've been cooped up in a classroom for a few hours. As you can imagine, I need to get their attention from time to time. The first time I blew this whistle - I got EVERYONES attention!
Thanks for a great product!
Customer Rating:
Summary: I like it!
Comment: I am a PE teacher and bought this to replace my old, cheap pea whistle...and am very happy I did! Even though it's plastic, it seems tough. I have dropped it, thrown it on the concrete, and all other kinds of damage, and it has held up without so much as a scratch! The tone is good and loud and the students definetely hear it from anywhere. My only complaint (and it's minor) is that if you do not use full force air, it does not work well....so it's meant to be loud, all the time! But...it does that job well.
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Summary: loud!
Comment: As a PE teacher, I needed a loud whistle. Someone told me about fox 40 and I had to check it out. I laugh every time I blow it and the kids hold their ears in agony. Its great!
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