malibu43
Active Member
Hi folks,
I have seen a lot of the general Unitrack vs EZ Track discussion on these forums and others, and it's clear that Unitrack is recommended over EZ track. I have seen quality of turnouts be the biggest reason given, as well as other misc comments about general quality.
I have a full 22" circle, 18" circle, and 10 x 9" straight pieces of the nickel (grey) HO scale EZ track. This track is used for ovals around the xmas tree once a year as well as maybe being temporarily set up (for a few days) other times during the year just for fun.
Now, I don't have any issues with turnouts (since I don't have any... yet...), but I do have some issues with getting good conductivity. Everytime I go to set up an oval, I will need to spend at least 1/2 hour trouble shooting connection problems and replacing track joiners before I can get a locomotive to make a complete circle. This is really what's keeping me from setting up temporary layouts more often.
At best, I could get $50 (and maybe that's way too optimistic) for the EZ track i have, and then I'm looking at about $60 for a unitrack oval on ebay. That's actually not too bad, but I am going to being paying some money out of pocket and ending up with about 1/2 to 2/3 total track. I'm OK with paying a little money for a little less track as long as the unitrack can be broken down and reassembled quite often without needing any extra work to get things working. If I'm going to have to mess with it to get it to work, I may as well just stick with the EZ track.
So, on to my actual question... Will Unitrack have the same problems with conductivity that the EZ track has with mulitple set-up/tear-down cycles, or will it just be "set up and go" every time? How are the connectors/joiners different and/or better than EZ track?
Any other thoughts or advice is welcom!!!
Thanks.
Gregg
I have seen a lot of the general Unitrack vs EZ Track discussion on these forums and others, and it's clear that Unitrack is recommended over EZ track. I have seen quality of turnouts be the biggest reason given, as well as other misc comments about general quality.
I have a full 22" circle, 18" circle, and 10 x 9" straight pieces of the nickel (grey) HO scale EZ track. This track is used for ovals around the xmas tree once a year as well as maybe being temporarily set up (for a few days) other times during the year just for fun.
Now, I don't have any issues with turnouts (since I don't have any... yet...), but I do have some issues with getting good conductivity. Everytime I go to set up an oval, I will need to spend at least 1/2 hour trouble shooting connection problems and replacing track joiners before I can get a locomotive to make a complete circle. This is really what's keeping me from setting up temporary layouts more often.
At best, I could get $50 (and maybe that's way too optimistic) for the EZ track i have, and then I'm looking at about $60 for a unitrack oval on ebay. That's actually not too bad, but I am going to being paying some money out of pocket and ending up with about 1/2 to 2/3 total track. I'm OK with paying a little money for a little less track as long as the unitrack can be broken down and reassembled quite often without needing any extra work to get things working. If I'm going to have to mess with it to get it to work, I may as well just stick with the EZ track.
So, on to my actual question... Will Unitrack have the same problems with conductivity that the EZ track has with mulitple set-up/tear-down cycles, or will it just be "set up and go" every time? How are the connectors/joiners different and/or better than EZ track?
Any other thoughts or advice is welcom!!!
Thanks.
Gregg
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