Spot X with Bluetooth 2-Way Satellite Messenger | SOS Protection, Handheld Portable 2-Way GPS Messenger for Hiking, Camping, Cars, Subscription Required

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Bob

"New review: Well guys I've had a year now to test it out and besides a small radius around my house, it actually works really well...."

Marcel

"Used this device recently in the backcountry on a quick 3 day hunt. I was able to send and recieve texts no problem average send..."

Russell P. Anton

"Others have said this, I’m also saying it. Don't say you weren't warned. I have been a satisfied Spot customer through two previous generations of..." "Others have said this, I’m also saying it. Don't say you weren't warned. I have been a satisfied Spot customer through two previous generations of Spot devices. The SpotX is not like any of them, and is NOT user friendly in the least. I am not a satisfied SpotX customer. In fact, I’ve gotten rid of my SpotX and, for now, am reverting back to the use of my Spot Gen3. In the winter I spend a lot of time solo kayaking the Everglades, Big Cypress and the 10,000 Islands area of the FL Gulf. My wife puts up with this because she can follow my tracks. I got the SpotX for the added benefit of free form texting back and forth. I started last winter with my SpotX and a heart full of hope. On my 1st outing, a test, so, I had cell service, my wife called me while I was on the water. She was seeing no tracks. I called Spot on returning to shore and after a couple of conversations I learned that my device went into “pause” mode. The reason it did is that SpotX has a battery saving “feature”. A built in accelerometer, and if it senses no physical movement of the device, like the shaking it might experience while walking, it decides that you aren’t moving and it goes into pause mode almost immediately, and will not drop any more tracks until it decides you started moving again. You can’t get around this. Kayaking, the device is basically resting on the deck. So, you just can’t track kayaking. I’d bet you can’t track road biking. So, for the rest of the winter I reverted back to my Gen3 Spot device. On returning home to MI in the late spring I hoped to be able to use the SpotX for hiking and backpacking. First, let me say, unlike previous Spot devices the SpotX demands to be kept horizontal. Even the slightest angle, and you’ll receive warning messages that things may not go well unless you get the device horizontal. It is MUCH more sensitive to it’s positioning and the need for open sky. On my 1st hike I dropped zero tracks. I had the device on a carabiner hanging from my belt at my side. I guess it didn’t have a clear enough view of the sky, my body got in the way. You are supposed to get confirmation of sent messages. A check next to the message if it got through. A “?” If they can’t determine if it got sent, and an ”X” if for sure it didn’t get sent. I sent messages where that tiny status character wasn’t totally displayed. So, you have no idea if your message got sent. On one test hike I started SpotX, turned tracking on, and mounted it high on the back of my backpack. On finishing my hike I found the device had turned itself off. No tracks were dropped for the entire hike. The device itself, has a tiny keypad that, irritatingly, sometimes the key you hit doesn’t take. So, you have to re-enter it. You need to focus on every letter you key in. I cannot overstate how tiny the text of messages are, the status indicators as well, maybe more so. You better have 20/20 vision to use this. To sum it all up, after very thorough testing and numerous conversations with all levels of Spot technical support; this device is very finicky, unreliable and requires a lot of your attention. I ask myself, why am I out there? To focus all my attention and energy on making certain the device I am relying on for emergency communication, is in fact, functioning, and functioning as it should. I’ll stay with Spot Gen3 for now. Perhaps when the pain of this experience is a faded memory next winter I may take a look at Garmin InReach Mini. I hear that’s much better."

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