Monday, Sep 05, 2005 at 13:27
OK. That looks about par for the course.
As a matter of fact the KTi RB3 is also available from the ExplorOz
shop for $295.85 or the RB3S with Strobe for $323.06.
The best price I have seen so far for the 406MHz digital is from Marine Wholesalers who feature an ACR GlobalFix 406 MHZ EPIRB CAT II for $846 with a built in GPS (making them more accurate) or the same unit minus the GPS for $538.
Safety is important but I still think they are over priced at the moment.
Just as a matter of interest, I understand that good old Aussie intervention on the 406 digital standard has seen a significant reduction in previous prices of these units due to the re-classification recently introduced.
The original standards determined automatic deployment when submerged in
water making the manufacturing costs higher.
But now with the CAT II units which are manually deployed (much more practical in non-marine environments) the price has come down a fair bit. (just not enough for me to upgrade yet though)
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