re spot messenger

[bmwlarry]

I have always carried a Spot Messenger with me when I bike in case I need help and it also lets my family look up on a webpage and know where I am at all times. Do any of you use the device and where do you carry it?
Thanks

[NancysToy]

Hey Larry, I see by your avatar you got the camper hooked up.

[Gordy]

I have always carried a Spot Messenger with me when I bike in case I need help and it also lets my family look up on a webpage and know where I am at all times. Do any of you use the device and where do you carry it?
Thanks

I also carry spot and it sits on a mount I made on handlebars but it will also work if left in the trunk

[ArkTerry]

I love my Spot and attach it to the passenger side grab rail with the fabric elastic Velcro strap that came with it.

[Camdenlake]

Sounds like a neat item. Is there a subscription cost?

Josh

[Mike_R]

Hi Guys,
New to the forum and CanAm. Just wanted to add my .02 to this tread.
The most important thing is to make sure that you carry SPOT on you.
Most guys mount it on the bike. So, if you crash and your 5 feet away from the bike with injuries,
You won’t be able to get to the button to push for help. I have been carrying spot for about 4 years
and would not go anywere with out it.

Oh, P.S. I love my 2011 Spyder RT

[NancysToy]

Hi Guys,
New to the forum and CanAm. Just wanted to add my .02 to this tread.
The most important thing is to make sure that you carry SPOT on you.
Most guys mount it on the bike. So, if you crash and your 5 feet away from the bike with injuries,
You won’t be able to get to the button to push for help. I have been carrying spot for about 4 years
and would not go anywere with out it.

Oh, P.S. I love my 2011 Spyder RT

Good advice! Same thing applies to your cell phone, for the same reason.

[dancogan]

We used the Spot on our trip to Montana last year. It was neat for our kids to actually track our progress. We mounted it on the front hand brake reservoir (ISCI) that we have on the Spyder. While it makes more sense to have it on your person, then you're also less likely to have access to it to send those periodic updates while you're on the road.

[glynnk]

Attach it to a belt loop on my pants.

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[Phil]

Wow! I must have been living under a rock! This is a great device. I get the technology. It took a minute to understand how such a low power device can communicate with a Globalstar Satellite. But then it hit me that when you do very slow baud rates and repeat it, if necessary, then it will work very well with low power and ultra small antennas. Brilliant.

And the annual fees are very reasonable too. I really don't get out in the wild much, but my mind is working overtime for other applications of this cool device and service.


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[SpyderAnn01]

I usually travel with Joe and other than him no one really cares where I am

[murphybrown]

I have always carried a Spot Messenger with me when I bike in case I need help and it also lets my family look up on a webpage and know where I am at all times. Do any of you use the device and where do you carry it?
Thanks

Yep use and love (one concession I had to make with my family before they would approve of my wandering around untethered!!). First I started out using the provided strap with it literally wrapped/strapped to my handlebar...then at Spyderfest ISCI installed a ram mount which is positioned fairly close to center of handlebar...because it is a ram I swivel it to face upright and away I go...with family/friends "spying on my travels"...really is a wonderful device and I personally wish everyone carried one...personally know of a couple from Canada that got lost in our area because they took a side road trip, if they had had a Spot they would be alive today because they would have been found.