we bought an "electric collar" for our new dog. It works great w/ the electric fence system that we have already installed. The product has increased the value of our lives as we can now allow ALL dogs to go in/out freely. Also, customer service was very helpful w/ the purchase.

Since May 2009, we have purchased 11 collars for our 3 Cairn Terriers. The collars just don't last very well. During this time we also purchased 60 batteries. It seems that when the collars start to go, they burn up batteries. 2 or 3 times, we received collars that we had to exchange for good ones within 90 days. Sams Club customer service is absolutely the best, they got us new collars as fast as humanly possible. For us, this system is expensive to maintain batteries and collars, but if it weren't for this fence system, we wouldn't be able to have dogs at all. Since 2 collars come with the fencer unit, we bought a new system a few times because it was cheaper than buying the collars separately. Now we have a back up controller, but we have never had a problem with the system, and we installed a second controller in an area where the dogs were destroying my flowers and digging under the deck and I am extremely happy to have this solution. They learned very quickly where they can't go and I even included our back deck. Now I can sit on my dog-hair free back deck. Overall, I have no choice but to deal with the cost because the system works so well and this system is the main reason we have a Sams Club membership because the prices for this unit is cheaper at Sam's than anywhere. Also, when I buy from Sam's the product is delivered incredibly fast.

We purchased the Humane System and extra collars to replace our professionally installed electronic fence. (See my review of the HC-8000 plus dog fence). The Humane Contain collar is smaller, lighter in weight and has a built in stimulus and battery tester with LED. The collars have survived swims in the pool and very "ruff" treatment from the dogs. The batteries are lasting more than two months. That's twice as long as the collars that came with our old system. We are very happy with the professional quality of these products which is surprising considering the very reasonable price.

I have had to replace the collars for my two dogs twice in one year and have gone through many batteries..i would not buy this item again and the money saved on the original purchase has been made up buy the number of collars and batteries twice over!!!

These collars seem to last only about 6 months. They fail because: Battery compartment no longer holds battery securely; rubber collar breaks or they just wear out.

collar appears to be of sturdy material but i have large dogs that like to wrestle and over a few months the collar part breaks ,probably noy a problem with a smaller dog.

very satisfied. my dogs have adjusted very well.I did, however, have to buy a replacement collar as the first was destroyed by my dog. The batteries that came with the collars did not work. I was glad that I had purchased extra batteries.

These collars don't last very long, I've had 2 break in less than a year, and each time I is still cheaper to just buy a new collar than buy a new system from another company

The system is reasonably priced but this is the third collar I have had to replace. Could be made better or at least be able to open it and try a repair.

We got a two pack of this collar for our Lab, and switched out the tough plastic collar with vinyl collars from Gander MTN. It was very easy to do, and the transmitter still works just fine!