Beacon..........do you carry one ?

On your back country trips.........no cell coverage.....?

Have you invested in some type of S&R beacon.........?

I carry a Res Q Link........haven't used it yet........but........

could save your life.......or some one else..........just a thought......

https://www.amazon.com/ACR-PLB-375-...8-1&keywords=resqlink+personal+locator+beacon

 

I carry the same. Plus a Spot beacon so I can also send periodic "OK" messages a few times a day to keep family members from worrying.

 

I have an EPIRB but went to a SPOT a couple of years ago.

I figure I gave up some potential SHTF functionality for more practical usage to me. Sure, I'd trust the USAF and NOAA to handle a SAR more than GEOS in a real emergency but 99% of the time breadcrumbs and an email to my wife are really what I need.

 

Yes....I carry the ACR. It's NOT AAA!

Gotta be a life-threatening situation to activate.

I carry it backpacking, and dirt bike riding that takes me 100miles deep into Utah backcountry.

 

Yeah, but I use it to light up long stuff sticking way past the back of the truck.

 

I just use an unnecessary amount of periods.

 

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I clicked for bacon.... Damnit!

 

Thats.........a........ thought........... provoking..............question.

 

get a Beacon............$260

 

Have a Delorme inReach (newer ones are Garmin inReach). Carry it when out wheeling as a backup. A few years back I was on a mountain in Colorado and a person from another party took a bad fall, and the inreach made the difference in getting SAR there sooner (no cell. The folks from GEOS quickly connected me with the county sherriff’s office, and in a fairly tight valley we were able to get a message out every 5-10 minutes. From that experience, I have confidence in the system behind the inreach. Also, the maps on the app that comes with it are pretty nice.

 

Someone say bacon ?