Thunderer or Fox 40

JRutledge · #1 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:23pm

Fox 40 all the way. It is the most relyable whistle around and unlike others does not fail to work in multiple situations.

I do not think a finger whistle is good because you end up doing "one armed" mechanics. You need to be able to have your hands free when you do this. If you know not to have the whistle in your mouth all the time that is better to help you not blow the whistle and communicate appropriately to everyone watching you work.

Peace

Texas Aggie · #2 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 12:33pm

Fox. Pea whistles are things of the past.

JugglingReferee · #3 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 05:55pm

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Originally Posted by Texas Aggie

Fox. Pea whistles are things of the past.

Yup. Welcome to 1995.

Welpe · #4 (**permalink**) Tue Aug 28, 2012, 10:15pm

You should also check to see what is used in your area and if there is a standard, de facto or otherwise. Where I started in California, everyone used pea whistles and it was frowned upon to use Fox40s. Here nearly everyone uses Fox40s. I won't go back to pea whistles myself.

DLH17 · #5 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 08:24am

Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?

mbyron · #6 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 09:02am

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Originally Posted by DLH17

Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?

No. No.

APG · #7 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:03am

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Originally Posted by DLH17

Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside? Do people that ref higher level games still use them?

At least in football and basketball, the only place old, traditional pea whistles are used regularly are in commercials and movies (and apparently in Welpe's former corner part of Cali).

Welpe · #8 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 10:40am

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Originally Posted by DLH17

Do the old traditional pea whistles have any upside?

They have an undocumented feature of the pea getting stuck and making your whistle sound like a parakeet passing wind.

In otherwords, I don't think so though from attending hockey games they seem to still be the preferred whistle of AHL and by extension I would imagine NHL referees.

HLin NC · #9 (**permalink**) Wed Aug 29, 2012, 11:26am

I have one of those NHL whistles. They have a deeper tone.
Compared to a Thunderer they are huge.

I gave it to my kid to pay with.

NuBlue · #10 (**permalink**) Fri Aug 31, 2012, 11:26am

Thanks for all the input guys... As advised, I'm going to try both... So far I actually prefer the sound and ease of the thunderer (in So. Cal the pea probably not a big problem), but I'll give both a try and see which works better for me.
Thanks to all for your help here.