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Review Summary For : Davis RF BURY-FLEXTM
Reviews: 23MSRP: $0.55 per foot
Description:
BURY-FLEXTM A Davis RF 50 ohm, 100% double shield, flexible design. Direct bury poly (not PVC) jacket, stranded center cond, LOW LOSS - 2.9 dB/100ft @ 400 MHz. Uses standard N or UHF connectors. Why pay more for LMR 400 Ultra Flex?
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.davisrf.com/ham1/coax.htm
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K6DIL Rating: 2010-02-13
This is the best RG8! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I rent RF systems to TV productions. I have several thousand feet of BuryFlex cut up into 25, 50 and 100 foot lengths, used primarily between 500 MHz and 1 GHz. I used to use LMR400 Ultraflex and the BuryFlex is comparable electrically and vastly superior mechanically.

We roll the stuff up, store it for a while, then send it out again and it holds up very well. I am very pleased with the cable and with the service that Davis/Orion provides.
AB3EN Rating: 2008-05-29
Dog gone good Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Well after 6 hours my neighbor's dog (Black Lab and German Sheppard mix) managed dig under the fence to chew through the Bury-Flex and Steppir control cables. The Bury-Flex held up loner than most everything else this stupid beast has tackled. I only wish I had known he was working on the cable so I could have peaked the amp. Great product. - I'm buying another 125' and this time it goes in a PVC pipe and I will be waiting with the amp in stand-by.
Dan AB3EN
N9WW Rating: 2007-02-12
Follow-up Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Well, I purchashed a few Amphenol connectors to use with the Buryflex and all is well. The center conductor fits just fine. I do wish all connector manufactures set standards and tolerances. Not all connectors are created equal but the ones I always buy are all made in the USA and top quality. In my 28yrs in ham radio I've never made short cuts on feedline or connectors. Never have never will.

73's
Jim N9WW
W4TME Rating: 2007-02-07
No problems with Amphenol Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have never had a single problem soldering Amphanol connectors (N or PL259) to BuryFlex and I have installed a bunch of them. If you are going to get quality coax don't skimp on the connectors.

BTW, BuryFlex is GREAT!
KE9K Rating: 2006-10-31
GREAT PRICE FOR TOP GRADE COAX Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have 5 runs of 100ft. of this coax. I use it with UHF, VHF, and HF beam antennas, also with 2 HF wire antennas. It has a very tough outer shield and is a great low loss coax. This coax has been up for 10 years with no signs of weathering. Joe ke9k
K2VI Rating: 2006-10-30
king of coax Time Owned: more than 12 months.
will last 35 years outdoors,rugged dependable and super low loss.why spend 10x more on heliax.bury flex can be purchased at radio works in portsmouth virginia.Military grade coax at an affordable price.thank davis rf.

K2VI
W4USA Rating: 2006-09-09
The Wireman Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Great products and the best customer service.
Far beyond the call of duty.
KI6LO Rating: 2006-07-27
Surprising excellent quality Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Having only had this product installed for about 7 months I can't give long term life expectancy information, but I can say that BuryFlex was extremely easy to work with.

I have worked with other 'flavors' of RG/8 coax from 9913F7 to cheap stuff and some was easier than others. BuryFlex beats them all in flexibility, hence the name. I got 150' direct from Davis RF. I have appx 90 ft run from the shack to a 5el 6M yagi at 40 ft. It feeds around the rotor and directly to the match. I have not noticed any degradation in the signal due to using it in such a manner. I run approx 150W PEP on 6M and I highly doubt the BuryFlex even realizes it :)

Although the jacket appears to be very tough and resistant to extreme weather conditions, I chose not to directly bury it as I live in a area with dry rocky soil and feared it may get nicked. Rather I ran the BuryFlex and rotor cable inside 1" PVC piping from tower base to shack. After 7 months of wind blown sand, high UV exposure (CA Mojave Desert) and extreme temp ranges (below 0 to above 110 degs F) the jacket appears just like the non-installed spare cable stored in the shack, just maybe a bit dirtier.

All in all, the BuryFlex is competitively priced at around 66 cents a foot. I think if someone needs 9913 / RG/8 type coax, this should be investigated as a viable alternate source.

Gene KI6LO
K1ESL Rating: 2006-05-15
My standard Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I've bought several stretches of this for re-cabling my antennas (replacing some RG-58 from my old cheap days!) and it's great. Not surprisingly I am getting much better performance from the radios now!

The outer jacket is durable yet you can still bend it reasonably to get throught attics, around the rotator, etc. Getting PL-259s on it is, uh, a bit challenging. Since there's not really a category for sources, I'll just say that I get all my cable and wire from The Wireman (www.thewireman.com). Flawless experience!
N4NYY Rating: 2005-12-29
Super ! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I have it in a swamp. Works as good as advertised. Better than LMR-400, because it is not as stiff.