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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
| Quote: | Originally posted by Roberto
There was a well-publicized case of it's use where Cameron Steele activated it in an emergency situation while pre-running. Yep, it worked.
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That's a good thing it did work, as Spot is one of his sponsors!
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Yeah, I believe that was the first year of sponsorship.
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bajaguy
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Nope
"........Re: Evac insurance. Double check this, but I believe it only covers the person who PURCHASED the unit. But you can extend policy I believe.
Well worth it in my opinion, especially since AMEX has newly discontinued evac insurance as part of certain card plans........"
Nope, check the link............they have individual and family plans for the evacuation insurance.
Get the optional SAR insurance when you buy/activate your SPOT, it will save you $$$ if you do it at that time.
BTW, the SAR option and the Evacuation insurance are TWO DIFFERENT plans.
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tripledigitken
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Does anyone know of an evac story out of Mexico initiated by Spot?
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bajaguy
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Contact them
| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
Does anyone know of an evac story out of Mexico initiated by Spot? |
https://www.geosalliance.net/geoslogin/questions.aspx
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captkw
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capt mike
roger,affirm...mas plata= more money K&t
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tripledigitken
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bajaguy,
Thanks I just did. The technology of the product has a decent record of getting the signal out to the message center, after that the next step is
what concerns me.
The problem as I see it, and the reason I have not gotten one, is what agency in MX would respond to your call? What evidence of that part of the
system works? What MX agency would drive out to San Fransisquito to transport an injured hiker out and to medical care for instance? Without that
assurance it's just a tracking GPS.
Ken
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Udo
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I signed up for the different plans and that is why my SPOT plan cost $189.00, instead of the advertised $99.00.
Read the information available on the sign-up site very carefully
| Quote: | Originally posted by bajaguy
"........Re: Evac insurance. Double check this, but I believe it only covers the person who PURCHASED the unit. But you can extend policy I believe.
Well worth it in my opinion, especially since AMEX has newly discontinued evac insurance as part of certain card plans........"
Nope, check the link............they have individual and family plans for the evacuation insurance.
Get the optional SAR insurance when you buy/activate your SPOT, it will save you $$$ if you do it at that time.
BTW, the SAR option and the Evacuation insurance are TWO DIFFERENT plans. |
Udo
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Cardon Man
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| Quote: | Originally posted by tripledigitken
bajaguy,
Thanks I just did. The technology of the product has a decent record of getting the signal out to the message center, after that the next step is
what concerns me.
The problem as I see it, and the reason I have not gotten one, is what agency in MX would respond to your call? What evidence of that part of the
system works? What MX agency would drive out to San Fransisquito to transport an injured hiker out and to medical care for instance? Without that
assurance it's just a tracking GPS.
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Those are valid questions. I can't imagine there's a plan in place to help someone in the circumstances you describe.
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lizard lips
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I have used Spot on many of my travels and family and friends were able to track me when I worked in Jordon, UAE, Central and South America and really
anywhere I travel. I have to renew my program which I will do shortly.
It's really great for me as I work in some remote areas of the world. I have not bought the evac but mainly use it so that many can see where I was
and if anything happened to me the last location would be a starting point.
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TMW
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Spot has a button for need help and an SOS button. I know the need help will be sent to those people you have on your list. We saw this done with Mike
Younghusband when he walked down Baja last year. Now I would assume the SOS button will also be sent to the same list of people. So whether or not the
Spot people contact local rescue people or not your list of people will know something is really wrong and you need help soon. If I were on that list
I would do everything I could to find out what was being done and most likely on my way.
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bigzaggin
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Ding!
Even if a wife/loved one knew to post your SOS on Nomad (with a location!) imagine how many folks would scramble. It's not about a Mexican rescue
org. per se...it's about people KNOWING you are in trouble.
The area I frequent down there - I'm guessing certain Nomads could navigate far better than any local rescue gang.
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bajalou
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From the Spot website http://www.findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=102
"SOS: Use this function In the event of a life threatening or other critical emergency to notify emergency services of your GPS location and that you
need assistance. The GEOS International Emergency Response Center alerts the appropriate agencies worldwide – for example contacting 9-1-1 responders
in North America and 1-1-2 responders in Europe.
HOW IT WORKS:
Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress message to the GEOS
International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled or until the batteries are depleted. The Emergency Response Center notifies
the appropriate emergency responders based on your GPS location and personal information – which may include local police, highway patrol, the Coast
Guard, our country’s embassy or consulate, or other emergency search and rescue teams – as well as notifying your emergency contacts about the receipt
of a distress signal.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Even if SPOT cannot acquire its location from the GPS network it will still attempt to send a distress signal – without exact location – to GEOS,
which will still notify your contacts of the signal and continue to monitor the network for further messages.
9-1-1 EMERGENCY SERVICES POWERED BY GEOS Search and Rescue"
Have heard that in remote areas of Mex. they would notify the Army/Navy as well as the municipality.
No Bad Days
\"Never argue with an idiot. People watching may not be able to tell the difference\"
\"The trouble with doing nothing is - how do I know when I\'m done?\"
Nomad Baja Interactive map
And in the San Felipe area - check out Valle Chico area |
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Roberto
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One thing that is not totally clear from the website is this. Unless you have the Connect option, where you can actually send text messages, the two
buttons send a "canned" message to different recipients. You can change the text of the message that is sent, but not from the SPOT device. You have
to do it from the SPOT website.
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bigzaggin
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We basically set our two messages to: 1.) All good turning in for the night and 2.) We're fine, but need help (ie, we're not in medical peril, but car
is broken, etc.) Obviously option #3 speaks for itself. Then we predetermined a send time with the families back home. Seems to work pretty well
(unless you accidentally sink 10 Tecates and forget to hit send).
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