Personal Locator Beacons

[CXS]

I'd like to hear about personal experiences with PLB's since my wife and I wheel alone a lot and would like to be able to call/signal for help if things go sideways. Anyone with info and which are good and which aren't? Yes, I can read "reviews" but the people that post to review sites seem to be either people with complaints or people selling them which aren't reliable resources to me.

TIA!

 

[JB.]

Well, fortunately my only experience with one is carrying it around and filling out the mandatory NOAA registration form every two years.

I do a lot of solo remote travel so I try to cover all my bases. I have a SPOT, too, but that can be problematic in canyons, etc, plus I like redundancy.

I have a McMurdo Fastfind which will have to be replaced in about a year due to the 5 years being up on the sealed battery.

 

[ebg18t]

We carry an ACR Rescue link PLB on the boat. I am pretty sure they offer some land based options. ACR is very popular in the marine world. I know SPot offers land options, but it might be worth seeing if a regular PLB would work on land.