Prologic SMX Bite Alarms

The original version SMX alarms stole our hearts back in 2015, and now there’s a new limited-edition release to salivate over. Pairing a white PTFE roller wheel with a slim all-black housing is a recipe for classic good looks, but there’s substance as well as style here.

The speaker and snag ears are now made from black anodised aluminium and the illumination system is very well done. An ultra-bright purple LED signals a run, while a drop-back bite is marked with a white LED, meaning you know exactly what’s just occurred as you head to your rods in the dark. Illumination comes from an LED beneath the roller wheel and on top of each retractable snag ear, so all angles are covered and your rods won’t mask the light.

Everything you want to be adjustable is there for tinkering with, so you can really personalise these alarms. There are five volume levels (plus a Silent Mode), four sensitivity adjustments and seven settings for tone. All of these are easily adjusted using the three marked buttons on the face of the alarms.

The units themselves are fully waterproof and, unlike some alarms which use hard-to-find batteries, simply run on a pair of AAAs.

These alarms are available in three different kits for two rods, three rods and four rods, all with a wireless receiver. The receiver is compact and just as stylish as the alarm heads. It runs on the same batteries, and boasts ultra-bright LEDs. There’s also a memory function, and various modes including silent and vibration alert. A built-in bivvy light also illuminates your surroundings when you get a take at night.

The two-rod kit with a receiver costs £119.99, the three-rod version is £149.99 and the four-rod bundle is £179.99, so they offer exceptional value for money.

Range Test
We’re not suggesting for one moment that you’re 150yds from your rods. This range test was purely to show how strong the transmission signal between the alarm and receiver is. Across open land it’ll easily reach 150yds and through foliage 100yds. Which condensed into one sentence is: you’ll never have a dead spot.

Miss the LED?
Had the LED gone out before you’d seen which alarm had bleeped once or twice? Thank goodness for the memory function. Simply hit the ‘M’ button on the receiver and it’ll tell which alarm was triggered.

Courtesy Nightlight
This LED, which is sat bang-snack in the middle of the receiver, triggers after four bleeps, illuminating the area it’s pointing towards.

Bite alarms keep getting more techy. As they do expensive. So Prologic clearly hasn’t read the rulebook with this: their fresh-off-the-production-line, all black SMX Bite Alarm...

SMX Purple 2+1 £154.99

When Adam Penning pushes his matt black banksticks into the banks of Yateley’s North Lake this spring, he’ll be switching on these incredibly good-looking sounders. Unlike most alarms where terms such as ‘feature-packed’, ‘reliable’ and ‘carpy looking’ usually equals a lot of digits after the pound sterling symbol, that’s not so with Prologic’s new cosmetically-enhanced SMX Purple Bite Alarm.

While the functionality is exactly the same as the previous SMX model, this new version now features a black anodized speaker cap and snag ears, plus a white PTFE roller and purple LEDs. It really does look sensational, right?

And it really is packed to the proverbial waterproof seams with tech and features. Illuminated telescopic snag arms, five volume settings (plus a ‘Silent’ mode), seven tones, four sensitivity adjustments and dedicated drop-back LED indication and tone. The receiver’s equally as impressive too, with a memory function (it recalls the last indication), ‘Silent’ and vibration modes, 150m range and a built-in torch which activates after three bleeps to light up your bivvy.

The new SMX Purple Alarms will be available as 2+1 (heads and receiver), 3+1 and 4+1, and will set you back the measly sum of just (no, this isn’t a typo): £154.99, £199.99 and £249.99