Just a heads-up for gear junkies & expedition paddlers. I don't think this offends any forum rules... and I'm not shilling for DeLorme ;-) This device - coming in October supposedly - looks like it combines the features of the Spot with a poor-man's Sat Phone. It's a smallish add-on device that lets a mobile phone (of the right sort) send & receive messages via an Iridium satellite. As these messages could include emails, updates to blogs as well as Yells for Help, it has potential for use as a tool for kayak adventurers who want to post bulletins from remote areas. Things I like the look of: - pole-to-pole coverage - allows 2-way comms with SAR or medical (a big advance on Spot & PLB) - waterproof to IPx7 - battery life of about a week (AAs of all types) - cost $250 with $10 / month connection fee Negatives: - needs two electronic devices to be working (double the chance for snafus) Google inReach DeLorme for more. Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 21 2011 - 17:03:26 PDT
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