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Around the World in 80 Days (well, the US in 44-sort of)
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<blockquote data-quote="SacramentoMike" data-source="post: 1189710" data-attributes="member: 11508"><p>I had the latest one, the Spot 3. It comes with a carabiner that goes through a belt loop and a strip of velcro tape so it hangs flat --at least when you're standing still. Not always in the wind on the road. There, it definitely moves around some and sometimes turns facing down, but still seemed to send a good signal consistently.</p><p></p><p>There was a discussion here about where to carry the gadget, and it convinced me that it was better to have it on my person than attached to the bike (it used to ride under the clear map window on my tank bag). There are really just two reasons to carry it: track your trip, and have the SOS button, just in case. If you need the button, you may not want to crawl around looking for the Spot. Or the bike. With two broken legs. <img src="https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/uhoh.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>By the way, I did the whole 44-day trip on TWO sets of AAA lithium batteries! Improved battery life was a claimed benefit of the gen 3: confirmed. My old Spot (that stopped working completely) was good for less than a week per expensive battery change.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SacramentoMike, post: 1189710, member: 11508"] I had the latest one, the Spot 3. It comes with a carabiner that goes through a belt loop and a strip of velcro tape so it hangs flat --at least when you're standing still. Not always in the wind on the road. There, it definitely moves around some and sometimes turns facing down, but still seemed to send a good signal consistently. There was a discussion here about where to carry the gadget, and it convinced me that it was better to have it on my person than attached to the bike (it used to ride under the clear map window on my tank bag). There are really just two reasons to carry it: track your trip, and have the SOS button, just in case. If you need the button, you may not want to crawl around looking for the Spot. Or the bike. With two broken legs. [IMG]https://www.fjrforum.com/forum//public/style_emoticons/default/uhoh.gif[/IMG] By the way, I did the whole 44-day trip on TWO sets of AAA lithium batteries! Improved battery life was a claimed benefit of the gen 3: confirmed. My old Spot (that stopped working completely) was good for less than a week per expensive battery change. [/QUOTE]
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