Recent opinions about milinium I, plus, prime, II

[jimbob]

Ive looked over some past threads about the diff opinions of the  millinium varieties. You all do this or use the 3pdt? Opinions about the other milliniums?

[petemoore]

I say: "3PDT, use 'em if you got 'em" for easy indicator LED wiring.
 I've got some large toggle 2 x DPDT I also used.

[Yuan Han]

3PDT's for me.

[R.G.]

Some historical perspective:

The Millenium bypasses were developed at a time when the only available 3PDTs were quite expensive. For instance, the first 3PDTs I found cost me $20 each, in quantities of 50 at a time.

In the years since then, the price has dropped on 3PDTs to where they are only slightly more expensive than  DPDTs. This is largely because there are far-East makers who have cloned 3PDTs and made them available cheaply. I suspect the wholesale price of a 3PDT is under $3.00.

It's really a question of economics - do you have or can you get 3PDTs cheaply? Would you rather run hookup wire to a complicated switch than build a small electronic circuit? If the answers are yes, get the 3PDTs. If the answers are no, use the various Millenium Bypasses.

[cd]

Personally, the answer is which is more reliable?  The common blue 3PDT or a good DPDT?  I find the Carling DPDTs to be more reliable, so I use those with the Millenium.

[RDV]

I recently built a 'Rodent' from GGG and used the built in Millinium1+ with very good results. I took the trouble however to find the recommended JFET(2N5485). There's no lag at all and works perfect.

RDV