Cobalt turnout motors

[subman]

Has anyone used these kind of pricey turnout motors on their layout and if so what are your thoughts on them? Does anyone in the U.S. carry them?

                                                                                                  Thanks

[rrinker]

 So I wasn;t the only one who checked the site out after seeing the ad. Mainly because the ad mentioned no prices. And I see why. Granted that's in AUD$ not USD but the current exchange rate is nearly 1 for 1 so they are VERY expensive. They also draw way too much current, makign the series LED option not possible.

 I've switches to servos, with proper controllers. Works out to be about the same or less per tunrout than a Tortoise INCLUDING buttons and LEDs AND DCC control - meaning, the servo plus the controller that has buttons and LEDs and is also a DCC controller costs about the same or less than a Tortoise. You don't have to use DCC, they wok fine on a plain AC power source, too. ANd there are cheaper controllers that don't have the DCC feature. FOr those with more traditional layout construction - plywood with cork or homasote roadbed and then the track - servos couldn;t be easier to install, just glue them right to the bottom of the plywood.

                               --Randy