northbound Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 when the elink comes out on sale will it be avsialbe without railmaster as already i got when it came out, i hate to been paying anyother copy that i dont need? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 I would ask on Hornby's Facebook page. They seem to answer questions there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Certainly only seems to be the combination pack in the shop with both products. Guess their logic is that someone who already has Railmaster also has an Elite controller so doesn't need ELink. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantherdave Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Pretty sure you won't be able to buy e-link on its own, only with Railmaster. However you should be able to sell a " used" Elite for more than it will cost you to buy a combination Railmaster/e-link. Then you will still have a spare Railmaster to perhaps sell to someone who has an Elite and doesn't want to go down the road of using e- link. I bought into DCC for the first time in December and purchased an Elite. If I'd known Railmaster/e link was coming out at well under half the price of an Elite later this year I might have waited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 You'll want to be able to sell your Elite for more than the cost of the 4Amp supply that comes with it as eLink only comes with the 1Amp, at least I think it does - the documentation is ambiguous on this, saying 1 in one place and 4 in another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregd99 Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I understand that the e-link comes with a 1A supply. The 4A elite supply may be used instead of the supplied 1A unit. I do suspect that elite re-sale prices might well be impacted by the release of the e-link. I think that both products have a market niche but the price difference seems very large to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 No reason why you can't use both the e-link and an Elite with RM as it supports more that one controller. I agree the e-link should be made available on its own to existing licenced RM users. Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbound Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 thank you all for getting back to me, not sure what iam doing to do yet. iam so busy with son 6 weeks old and my girlfriend that doesnt give much time to do stuff the model railway, but i wanted to get something up and running in the couple years on large scale for him to use but for now something small will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northbound Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 thank you all for getting back to me, not sure what iam doing to do yet. iam so busy with son 6 weeks old and my girlfriend that doesnt give much time to do stuff the model railway, but i wanted to get something up and running in the couple years on large scale for him to use but for now something small will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 On the Hornby Facebook page. "The e-Link will not be available as a solo item as it will only work with Railmaster. Maybe in the future but at the moment we don't want to confuse people." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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