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Safety and Survival
Satellite communicators - Spot, Zoleo, Garmin Inreach etc.
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<blockquote data-quote="Simmo" data-source="post: 669106" data-attributes="member: 4105"><p>I've mentioned this before. The Spot messenger was awesome for years with testing.</p><p></p><p>The one time I rolled the 4wd and needed 'non urgent assistance', it let every body know, with a gps coordinate of 000' 000' 00'.</p><p>Not ideal until I finally got to a phone and rang the panicking wife to explain where I was.</p><p></p><p>Complaints to the SPOT mob just had them saying that I must have been under trees with little GPS coverage. Hmm.. not!</p><p></p><p>Needless to say, the USELESS Spot messenger went in the bin and we bought a sat phone.</p><p></p><p>I've just bought my 80yo Dad an inreach GPS as he still likes to travel around in his campervan, but doesn't go extreme bush.</p><p></p><p>I think, as a bare minimum, a PLB is a requirement for remote trips.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simmo, post: 669106, member: 4105"] I've mentioned this before. The Spot messenger was awesome for years with testing. The one time I rolled the 4wd and needed 'non urgent assistance', it let every body know, with a gps coordinate of 000' 000' 00'. Not ideal until I finally got to a phone and rang the panicking wife to explain where I was. Complaints to the SPOT mob just had them saying that I must have been under trees with little GPS coverage. Hmm.. not! Needless to say, the USELESS Spot messenger went in the bin and we bought a sat phone. I've just bought my 80yo Dad an inreach GPS as he still likes to travel around in his campervan, but doesn't go extreme bush. I think, as a bare minimum, a PLB is a requirement for remote trips. [/QUOTE]
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