[pct-l] SPOT Redux

[Andrea Dinsmore]

I've been following 4 hikers from Skykomish into central Oregon. The only
time it seems to "disappear on me is when they go off line to recharge the
battery every couple of weeks. Other wise it's been a pretty good tracker
from the computer end.

PCT MOM


On 8/11/08, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> People who use it as a toy *seem* to like it (esp. on the Western trails).
> However, if you pay $$$ for something, you tend to spin it in a good light.
> :)
>
> To me, it seems just that: A toy. Something to play with.
>
> Not a serious emergency tool. Too unreliable.
>
> Which is funny, because marketing spins it as an emergency tool and not a
> toy.
>
> So, glad people like it and enjoy it. I just wouldn't buy it to use as an
> emergency tool. Put it in the same category as a cell phone: Possibly good
> to have in an emergency; but don't count on it as working necessarily.
>
> Just read the following and decide for yourselves:
> http://www.gpsmagazine.com/2008/01/spot_satellite_messenger_perso.php
>
> http://www.backpackinglight.com/cgi-bin/backpackinglight/spot_satellite_personal_tracker.html
>
>
> (Hey..I read AdBusters from time to time and tend to take a jaundiced view
> towards marketing hype. I promise I won't post anymore about this product.
> :D)
>
>
>
>
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