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Description Technical Specs   The SPOT Satellite Messenger helps you get back alive…with Help after cell phone signals die. Awards • Backpacker Magazine 2008 Editors’ Choice Award • Cabela’s 2008 Buyers’ Choice Gold Medal Award • Consumer Electronics Association 2008 Innovations Design and Engineering Award 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. SPOT features four key functions that enable users to send messages to friends, family or emergency responders, based upon varying levels of need: 9-1-1 – Alert the GEOS Emergency Response Center to your exact location. SPOT sends one message every 5 minutes until power is depleted or 911 is cancelled. Help – Request help from friends and family in your exact location. SPOT sends one pre-written message every 5 minutes for one hour or until Help is cancelled OK – Let contacts know where you are and that you’re okay. SPOT sends three identical messages to the SPOT service for redundancy. The first of those three pre-written messages is delivered to your friends and/or family. Tracking – Send and save your location and allow contacts to track your progress using Google Maps™. This feature allows friends and family to follow your progress in real time using your password, or to save waypoints so you can review your entire route at a later date. SPOT sends one message every 10 minutes for 24 hours or until SPOT is powered off. *Additional cost subscription is required for Tracking function and service. *Low-Cost satellite service subscription required.   Average Customer Review: Based on 1 Reviews. Write a review.

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SPOT Review: This Could Save Your Life! August 21, 2008 Reviewer: Michael (GearZone.com Tester) from Utah, United States   I’ve tested the SPOT Messenger while expedition adventure racing, mountain biking, hiking, kayaking, river boarding, mountaineering, road trips, and watched online while family members used SPOT. Overall I am very pleased with SPOT, and my wife always feels better when I take it. If you know its limitations, and know how to use it, you should be happy with SPOT too. The most important function is very easy. If you need Rescue service for a serious emergency situation, just turn on SPOT by pressing the ON/OFF button (when power is on, the indicator light will blink once every 3 seconds), wait an additional 2 seconds then press and hold down the 911 button for at least 2 seconds. The other functions are fairly easy to use. The only tricky function is the Tracking function. You need to hold down the OK button for at least 5 seconds to go into track mode. Before you can send an OK message you have to take SPOT out of tracking. The easiest and most reliable way I have found to do this is to turn the unit off, then back on. I assume the 911 message works the same, but can’t confirm this because I haven’t need Search and Rescue to come pull me out of the backcountry yet. Hopefully that won’t happen. The limitations that I see for SPOT aren’t bad if you use the unit correctly. The unit needs to have a clear line of site to the sky to work. This means that you need to have SPOT outside, preferably with the SPOT logo up. In my testing SPOT works well in a car as long as you set in on the dash, and fine in the top mesh pocket of a backpack. I wish SPOT had a separate button and indicator light for tracking. Talking with the manufacture their design goal was to make SPOT as small, lightweight and inexpensive as possible. I think they did a pretty good job, even though I would make a few changes if I were in charge. In the future SPOT will go with me during my backcountry workouts, races, adventures and road trips. I will also send it with family members when they are doing the same. It is a small price to pay for peace of mind. Was this review helpful to you?

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