spot rescue device

[hawkeyethearcher]

http://findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=102

nice piece of equipment. cost is $150 plus $120 per year of service.

might be nice for hikers or runners. i don't really see the need as a diver unless you hvae your own boat. in southern cali there is always a lifeguard around or i am on a dive boat

[lord odin]

Nice but i'd rather people not know where I am.
Those football players that died on that boat could have used this device.

[hawkeyethearcher]

funny you should mention that cause the exact same thing happened to other boaters this past weekend and they were saved

[Frinky]

In the beginning of the year 20/20 had a story about those thing's. A lot of false alarms and idiots that have no buisiness hiking.

Two that i remember:
One guy did'nt have a singal on his cell, so he hit the rescue button because he drank salty water.

A father and son could not find the way back to their car and the father contacted rescue so they can fly them back to the car.


http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_14169778

"There's controversy over these devices in the first place because it removes the self-sufficiency that's required in the backcountry," Scharper told The Associated Press last fall. "With the Yuppie 911, you send a message to a satellite and the government pulls your butt out of something you shouldn't have been in in the first place."

[hawkeyethearcher]

well i am sure it is just like calling 911 when you don't need it. fines and possible jail time for to many uses.

oops guess i am wrong about the fines but they will come if this catches on. it is new so a learnign curve is needed

if having something like this gets lazy or scarred people off there couches and into hiking,etc then it is worth every false alarm.

[hawkeyethearcher]

all the problems mentioned in the article are very easy fixes.

how about the thing wont work without a code you get after you register it. one of the most common thing in electronics today.

how about a test during registration. that way people know you a read the manual or skimmed it for info.

[Argonus]

There's going to be a lot of "false/ignorant/lazy alarms", with this.. for sure; as you guys pointed out.

....pulling rescue teams away from actual crises. A great device, but... yeargh.

[d rod]

Pretty cool but I do agree with some testing and fines/penalties, it is a great thing. If there were to be a $100 service charge to use, I'd be very selective when to use it and wouldn't mind paying it if I were to be in dire straits.