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<blockquote data-quote="Twigg" data-source="post: 1163695" data-attributes="member: 27619"><p>Yes, I made a mistake about the SOS function, I confused it with the Help that is polled and does show on Spotwalla.</p><p></p><p>In practise I'm not sure how much this really matters although everyone using Spot should be aware of the limitations.</p><p></p><p>The folk who need to be notified of an SOS are those you have listed in your SPOT profile, and they will get emails, texts and/or phone calls from the rescue center. Clearly those simply watching on Spot will be unaware of an incident, but Spot should have already activated an emergency response.</p><p></p><p>It would, in any event, be a mistake to rely on Spot if your principle reason for getting it was the SOS feature. There are much better devices available. Spot is a leisure item with some additional features, and designed as such. If you really want safety coverage an EPIRB would be a much better choice.</p><p></p><p>As you said, Spotwalla is for following progress. Spot itself has some safety back-up features that have proven useful, but are not meant to be relied upon if safety critical response is needed. For most it will work well but probably not as well as a dedicated system.</p><p></p><p>To steer this back to the original topic .... Bubbler, and any other data-based trackers would be very poor choices in this regard. They are capable of sending more detailed messages, but only if you have a dat connection.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Twigg, post: 1163695, member: 27619"] Yes, I made a mistake about the SOS function, I confused it with the Help that is polled and does show on Spotwalla. In practise I'm not sure how much this really matters although everyone using Spot should be aware of the limitations. The folk who need to be notified of an SOS are those you have listed in your SPOT profile, and they will get emails, texts and/or phone calls from the rescue center. Clearly those simply watching on Spot will be unaware of an incident, but Spot should have already activated an emergency response. It would, in any event, be a mistake to rely on Spot if your principle reason for getting it was the SOS feature. There are much better devices available. Spot is a leisure item with some additional features, and designed as such. If you really want safety coverage an EPIRB would be a much better choice. As you said, Spotwalla is for following progress. Spot itself has some safety back-up features that have proven useful, but are not meant to be relied upon if safety critical response is needed. For most it will work well but probably not as well as a dedicated system. To steer this back to the original topic .... Bubbler, and any other data-based trackers would be very poor choices in this regard. They are capable of sending more detailed messages, but only if you have a dat connection. [/QUOTE]
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