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My spouse would like to be able to know that I'm safe when I go on all-day (or longer) rides. Been looking at GPS trackers, like SPOT.
Recommendations please...thanks.
My spouse would like to be able to know that I'm safe when I go on all-day (or longer) rides. Been looking at GPS trackers, like SPOT.
Recommendations please...thanks.
Welcome to the forum mrsvan. It's nice to hear positive info. GaryWe've used a SPOT for 2 years now and we love it! It's satellite based so no worry about coverage. Just mount it & go! Our family (especially grandkids) enjoy tracking us on the computer and we can send canned messages (everything ok or arrived safely)with the push of a button! In case of trouble, also can send an SOS signal to SPOT and they will send help to your last location (beamed every 10 minutes). Works great for us as we live in the mountains and my husband frequently likes to ride alone!
I did a Best of Forum A while back. It may help. OMMy spouse would like to be able to know that I'm safe when I go on all-day (or longer) rides. Been looking at GPS trackers, like SPOT.
Recommendations please...thanks.
Reading many, many reviews of SPOT, and I'm reluctant to purchase, given the quite large number of negative reviews.
CRADAR is a man-down application that runs on any Android phone.
CRADAR senses when you fall, waits 30-120 seconds (whatever you set it for), and if it doesn't see you move at least 8 feet, sends a text message to one of your contacts telling them you might be hurt. This gives your contact a chance to call you to see if you're ok.
In the text message is a link to Google Maps with your GPS coordinates.
If they don't get an answer, they know exactly where you are, and have the GPS coordinates so other people can find you too.
One other interesting tool for folks with an Android phone is CRADAR.
http://actionxl.com/CRADAR.html
I run it on my HTC Flyer which is also my GPS device. Not yet crash-tested, but passed the bench-test.
I have had my spot for three plus years. I agree that it is not perfect, but it is a tremendous source of peace-of-mind to both me and my family and at a relatively low price. The device is probably the cheapest farkle on your motorcycle. The annual subscription fee is the only cost that I really considered and is definitely worth the price.
Here is how I use mine. Many times I leave the house for overnight weekend ride not knowing exactly where I might go. I usually tell my wife that I will be heading to someplace I think will be a good ride but on the the way I see an alternate and off I go that way. When I stop for the night I call her on my cell if I can. If not I remove the spot from the bike, make sure I am in a clear area with a good view of the sky and press the "checking in" button. Within 10 minutes my wife and daughter both receive a text messages on their cell phones stating that I am "checking in". On their smart phone (or by viewing my tracking page) from a computer they know exactly where I am for the night.
Heaven forbid that I end up having an accident that is not witnessed by someone and to compound my problems my bike and I end up off the road and out of site. Incapacitated so that I am unable to press the help buttons on my Spot or if I can reach the spot unable to move to an open area so the satellite can see me I still know that the likelihood of being found is good. My wife, friends, family AND the authorities will know exactly where I was 10 or 20 or 30 minutes before I stopped moving. They will know what road I was traveling on and which way I was headed. That will reduce the search area from somewhere in Northern California to a few dozen miles on a specific road.