disappointed
 

Bought a couple of sonic 40s on the recommendation of another official. Self evaluation brought me to this buy as I sometimes feel I don't get enough air in my whistle.

Weird sound to my ear. It's louder, but sounds like a Lionel train is coming around the corner.

What say you?

If you need a louder whistle go with the dolphin, but the Fox 40 Classic is still the best.

Agreed. Man, that sonic sounds weird compared to the good ol' Fox 40.

First time I blew tonight my partner was snickering. Thought I'd try it in a kids game before any Varsity dates. More importantly, I think you want to all sound uniform with your whistles.

The sonic is louder and sounds a lot like the fox 40. Its not exactly the same but I think that the little variation is not noticed by many people.

My thoughts exactly.

If it aint broke...

The Sonik to me is a total failure. I found it hard to blow and the pitch was awful. I do, however, recommend the Dolphin if you're not satisfied with the good ol' Fox 40. It's more forceful but still has a good tone.

Forget the dolphin.... Fox 40 is still the standard by which all others are judged... and even though Rut hates them, I'm a CMG fan.

I can use the CMG's for soccer, but found that I was chewing them in basketball.

Love the CMG. When I was doing a lot of rec youth (4 games back to back ), my jaw was killing me while using the Fox 40 classic. I guess I was clenching my jaw. I have since switched to the CMG. No more jaw pain.

I tried the CMG and felt like I had a shoe in my mouth. After my first few years, I tried the Fox 40 mini and have used it ever since.

So...the CMG caused TMJ?

Funny,
I use the cmg for basketball and volleyball and the classic for soccer. Go figure.

Hey me too. I like the idea of not having my teeth broken out if I take one to the kisser but my jaw hurts aweful after the game.

The sonic is loud but the four chamber design requires more air flow to match the volume of the classic 40 (2 chamber).

I like to use the sonic is rec / middle school games then when I switch to the classic for HS games I have a really loud whistle.

Close.. I believe the Pearl is 2-chamber. The Classic is 3-chamber. ;)