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  1. 21st June 2008, 07:23 PM #1
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    Has anybody seen these before?

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    It's a GPS/Satellite personal locator that does just a wee bit more than an EPIRB.
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    Looks like an American reworking of one of the new EPIRB's.

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    richie richs dad had 1 in the movie 10 years ago
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    I looked in to one of these as I'm just getting back into the state forest and national park trails and after having an accident a while back I am pretty cautious. They look like an excellent idea because you can just log on to say your okay or you can send a distress message.

    There is a yearly maintenance fee however.

    I decided against it because a good epirb is cheaper and no ongoing cost and should be able to get help pretty quickly. And also a lot of the places I go I won't get a gps signal so it ain't so useful.

    In America they are really popular and gaining quickly.

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    We looked at one of these ( another brand) about 5 years ago for our Autistic boy who was 17 at the time and would abscond from his community home sparking a police search & causing us premature ageing.
    After a few escapes the "carers" got better at security.
    A recent revisit to these devices shows there are a much larger number of distributors and prices have fallen dramatically. They are similar to vehicle tracking devices, they even have one with a 5 year battery that can go onto plant & equipment and be activated remotely.
    The problem ( for our need) with them 5 years ago was the few available all had to be activated by the user.
    Look around google under "personal locater"
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