Neat Survival Product
Does your wife worry about you breaking a leg or something, while out hunting?
This looks like a great idea; more reliable than a cell phone, not as expensive as a satellite phone…
From their site:
SPOT. The World’s First Satellite Messenger.
With the SPOT Satellite Messenger, you and your loved ones have peace of mind knowing help is always within reach. SPOT is the only device of its kind, using the GPS satellite network to acquire its coordinates, and then sending its location – with a link to Google Maps™ – and a pre-programmed message via a commercial satellite network. And unlike Personal Locator Beacons, SPOT does more than just call for help. Tracking your progress, checking in with loved ones, and non-emergency assistance are also available, all at the push of a button. And because it uses 100% satellite technology, SPOT works around the world – even where cell phones don’t.
Wow, that’s fairly cheap as these sorts of things go. I wonder how well it really works.
January 28th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Apparently, works quite well. Know some people who tested one. Going to look them up at SHOT.
We’re getting one for our son the European traveler, so we’ll at least have an IDEA of where he is.
January 28th, 2008 at 1:37 pm