Monday, Feb 15, 2016 at 21:33
G'day Stephen F2,
we've used
the Spot Gen 2 for a few years.
They are a great little item. We've been as far north as you can go in Australia and it has always worked.
Heaps better than a PLB because we can send out an OK message every night when we set up
camp and it gives a Google Earth link to our location to our nominated receivers.
It's got to the point now that our people worry when they don't get an OK and our location.
You can use them for constant tracking, which is what a motorbike riders like, but we just OK at the end of the day and have it just in case things turn bad.
It has the SOS button and Help. SOS is emergency and Help is not great but we're not dying, for example, I have a heart attack half way along the Tanami Road - SOS, or the motor falls out of the Cruiser and we have food, water, grog - Help.
It's simple and the cost hasn't been an issue for us - we paid about $150 about 4 years ago and it's about $115.00 a year to register with Spot. That changes with currency fluctuations but whatever it costs it's piece of mind if nothing else.
The Wife feels a lot more at ease travelling to remote spots knowing we have this. She doesn't like me asking where she reckons help is going to come from but I've learnt to shut up and drive....
I hope this helps,
Steve
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