Originally submitted at Eastern Mountain Sports
Combining the technology of the Smartphone with the communication ability of the SPOT satellite system means you can keep everyone updated and safe when out of cell signal range.
Love the product overall
Pros: Share trip with friends, Tracking, SOS ability, Sends messages to family, Analyze trip later
Cons: Missed sending one messag, Tracking inconsistent
Best Uses: Hiking in remote areas, Backpacking
Product tracked most of the time. It had two gaps where it didn't send. My first message that I sent to my family was never delivered. It did send my second message to my family and posted it on Facebook. It sent coordinates. I liked being able to export my trip to Spot Adventures, document things I learned and add pictures.
I'll have to figure out what to do with my cell phone's battery life going down quickly even though it was in Airplane Mode most of the time. I took my Droid out of airplane mode to check my status. It took too long to turn back on if I turned it off completely so I only turned it off completely a few times. Note later: I found out that turning it on and off was what drained the battery. Staying in Airplane Mode made it last a lot longer.
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