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[Mav]

I don't have one as yet but plan on getting one. I do a lot of remote area 4 wheeling usually it is just my wife, kids and I in the one car and nobody else along. This device would definitely be of use should we break down in the wilderness or heaven forbid someone gets a snake bite etc. It is very dry out where we 4wd and temps can soar into the 120's easily during summer, with youngsters onboard we need a way of alerting people of trouble. Very little in the way of cell coverage out here either.

 

[Mav]

Well I have just purchased a SPOT system from a US ebayer seller, I should have it by the end of next week. Then I will purchase the service with GEOS international price to be on the safe side. Will also get the tracking feature and see how it goes.

 

[FlyNdrive]

Let us know how it works Mav.

-Ben

 

[Mav]

Let us know how it works Mav.

-Ben

Will do Ben, I gather you want to know if yours will be worth bringing down with you?

 

[FlyNdrive]

Will do Ben, I gather you want to know if yours will be worth bringing down with you?

You know for testing I could of sent you mine.

Will had his sent from Colorado to North Carolina through FedEx while it was left on. It left a tracking hit every time the package was in a clear line of sight for the duration of the trip.

 

[Lost Canadian]

Interesting story about my SPOT. I'm not sure what happened but my SPOT was either stolen or I lost it while out on Titicaca in Peru. Anyway if anyone is worried about the service I will vouch for GEOS 911 people. Somehow the 911 was tripped after my SPOT went missing. I was nowhere near the distress call when it went off but the good people at the GEOS 911 center in Houston somehow managed to hunt me down while I was in a bar in Cusco to ask if I was alright.

How they found me I have no idea, it must have taken some searching, but they did it, which is really cool!

 

[Mav]

Interesting story about my SPOT. I'm not sure what happened but my SPOT was either stolen or I lost it while out on Titicaca in Peru. Anyway if anyone is worried about the service I will vouch for GEOS 911 people. Somehow the 911 was tripped after my SPOT went missing. I was nowhere near the distress call when it went off but the good people at the GEOS 911 center in Houston somehow managed to hunt me down while I was in a bar in Cusco to ask if I was alright.

How they found me I have no idea, it must have taken some searching, but they did it, which is really cool!

Well that is a great testimonial for the product, I am even happier with my decision to purchase one.

 

[Jerry]

Not only first class service but potentially life saving response. A Spot Personal Tracker will be on my Christmas list. Thanks for posting your experience.

 

[Tress]

Wow, i can tell you my mother is happy to hear of that response time, must have been quite a startle to have someone approach you in a bar about a A Spot 911. Were they able to tell you where the signal was sent from?

 

[Tress]

Did they charge you for the money it took to respond to the 911?

:REOutIceFishing:

 

[Lost Canadian]

Wow, i can tell you my mother is happy to hear of that response time, must have been quite a startle to have someone approach you in a bar about a A Spot 911. Were they able to tell you where the signal was sent from?

It was a cell phone call to someone I was travelling with. Now that I've been home for a few days I've been able to get the full story. As it was told to me the GEOS 911 center got in touch with my emergency contact. My emergency contact not knowing exactly where I was put them in touch with the family of someone I was travelling with. That persons family then gave the GEOS 911 people the cell phone number of the person I was travelling with, and while sitting in a bar in Cusco his phone rang and he said to me " it's for you, someone calling about a GPS emergency or something like that..."

Did they charge you for the money it took to respond to the 911?

No. I bought in for the works, the basic 911 coverge, tracking, and the $8 GEOS services insurance.

 

[Mav]

Well my SPOT hardware turned up today from the Canadian ebay seller, now I just have to buy the service which I will do either today or tomorrow.

It is a lot smaller than I expected, I was expecting something the size of a Fluke multimeter but this is more like a mobile phone size.

I like the phrase on the lid of the box as you open it which says. WELCOME - Opening this box is the first step to making sure you don't come home in one.

 

[FurthurOnTheFly]

Just though I'd throw this out there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cf7-9te-TMM

 

[Schattenjager]

On that video he said it is good to "21 feet above sea level" at 2:09 on the video clock. Did he mean to say 21K?

 

[Mav]

On that video he said it is good to "21 feet above sea level" at 2:09 on the video clock. Did he mean to say 21K?

Yeah I heard him say that too, I did not get what he was trying to say though cause what difference would altitude be to the signal so long as it had good LOS to the satelites?