[pct-l] Anyone have experience with SPOT-2 satellite messengers? Any alternative options?

[Bill Burge]

We used the Spot Connect and loved it.

Even without a working smartphone, the Spot Connect isn't "worthless".  You can still send out the 911/HELP! message... 

SomeGuy
Bill Burge
bill at burge.com



On Jan 22, 2013, at 2:53 PM, Dan Jacobs <youroldpaldan at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 12:50 PM, Dan Engleman <danengleman at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> I own a Spot 1 and a Spot 2.   I used Spot II on a thru hike, in 2011.  If I do another thru hike, I will probably take the older version of Spot with me. Reason being, you don't have to have a phone with you to make it work; if something happens to your smartphone (which happened to me in the Sierras) your Spot 2 is worthless.
>> 
>> Dan
> 
> I believe you are speaking of the SOPT Connect, which can link to a
> smartphone to send short messages. The SPOT 2 does not need any other
> device to use all of its features. The 1 and 2 designations when
> referring to the SPOT units is a version number: 1 is the older
> version, larger, heavier, uses AA batteries; 2 is the newer version,
> uses AAA batteries, is smaller, lighter, has a slightly better
> transmitter, and the ability to send a "custom" message that the user
> sets up ahead of time on the SPOT website to send a message like an OK
> message.
> 
> With any SPOT device, if there is a recommendation in the owners
> manual to use lithium batteries, do just that. Another email list I
> belong to had a report of alkaline batteries ruining two SPOT units.
> SPOT tech support said that using any other batteries besides lithium
> can cause permanent damage that won't be covered under warranty.
> 
> Dan Jacobs
> Washougal
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