What whistle do you use?

[Snake~eyes]

Fox40 with the noose.

[Texas Aggie]

I used the Fox CMG for football and liked it, but I didn't feel like it was as loud as I want it for basketball. All my football games were outside and that may have been the difference, but for some reason, I feel more comfortable with the original in my mouth at all times inside. Anyone experience this?

I hate anything around the neck, so I go with the smitty. For the life of me, I can't understand why some NFL Referees use the long lanyards where the whistle drops below their waist.

[refTN]

Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.

[Larks]

Originally posted by hooper
Just wondering which whistles you prefer... and what kind of lanyard you use.

"Fox 40 Classic CMG with a nba noose lanyard."

Me too!

[refnrev]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by rotationslim
[B]Do your ears ever ring after a game from the loud shrill blasts from that little miracle?
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Yep. That's a beautiful feeling coming from hearing beautiful music my friend. Let that whistle sing.

[refnrev]

I use an OLD Fox 40 CMG with a smitty. The old cmg's are the same size as the newer mini-cmgs. I use a mini for volleyball, but a classic cmg for everything else.

[fonzzy07]

Fox 40 with a short smitty for me.

[NICK]

Fox40 on standard games and whistle with a pea on deaf games

[TriggerMN]

Originally posted by refTN
Fox 40 CMG. No lanyard preferable(only wear one if supervisor says so). Carry an extra one in my pocket for possession.

No, no, no!!!

As many an assignor has said, "If you switch a whistle from pocket to pocket for possession, you will never work in my league."

Keep possession in your head!! Use scorer's table as a backup. I was watching a game earlier this year where there was a jump ball called, BOTH officials looked to the table, and in the meantime, A1 kicked B1 while she was on the floor.

[Junker]

Did B1 deserve it? I use a Fox40 classic and the noose lanyard. I broke a hoop on a shirt once which made me switch to the noose. The only problem with the noose lanyard is the temptation to tighten it when I have lousy games like Tuesday night.

[refTN]

Originally posted by TriggerMN

No, no, no!!!

As many an assignor has said, "If you switch a whistle from pocket to pocket for possession, you will never work in my league."

Keep possession in your head!! Use scorer's table as a backup. I was watching a game earlier this year where there was a jump ball called, BOTH officials looked to the table, and in the meantime, A1 kicked B1 while she was on the floor.

My mentors do it so it is good enough for me and plus I don't have a great brain either.

[tjones1]

I use a Fox40 Classic with the Smitty noose. My spair is the same but sometimes I have the orginal Smitty. Couple things, I tried the Fox40 Mini this year and did not like it at all. My partner told me I wouldn't like it and sure enough, after the second dead ball we had, I changed back to the Classic. He caught me switching and started to laugh.

Secondly, I have seen the new Fox Dolphin once this season. You can certainly tell it's a different sound than the others. I didn't really like it, but I heard it's a very hot item. I'm sticking to the Classic though!

[bob jenkins]

Originally posted by refTN

My mentors do it so it is good enough for me and plus I don't have a great brain either.

FWIW, I would guess that most, if not all, SEC and NBA officials do not use this "mechanic."

[lmeadski]

My whistle is black. Has a string on it.

[tjones1]

Originally posted by lmeadski
My whistle is black. Has a string on it.

Did you spray paint an old metal whistle?