Post by: vegasvfr on May 12, 2016, 06:48:33 PM
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Post by: Brick on May 13, 2016, 12:21:05 PM
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Post by: RIDEMYST on May 13, 2016, 12:49:46 PM
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Post by: TN2Wheeler on May 13, 2016, 01:40:16 PM
Post by: Downs on May 22, 2016, 01:47:26 AM
I've never had to use it for an emergency situation. I have the full featured subscription that has tracking and all that with it. I find the tracking most useful for keeping the family updated on my whereabouts. But at least on the Gen 1 I find the tracking to be lacking at higher speeds. Such as interstate speeds. It doesn't seem to track me until I slow down in a town or stop for fuel or something. I can ride 100 miles at 65 to 75 and only have two tracking dots when they're supposed to track every 10 or 15 mins I think. I'd have to look that up again.
The Gen 1 spot has a very long battery life. 14 days on standby and 7 days in tracking mode. In my experience those numbers are conservative and I've gotten much longer life out of the unit than 7 days even when tracking constantly.
Here's a SPOT map of a Friday/Saturday ride and camp. It ran for the full two days and that's the number of tracking pins I got. It could just be a problem of I have it mounted in a bad spot and I'm blocking it's view of the sky too much. I've though of mounting it on the top case instead.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10ce3574146983646b
Post by: Brick on May 22, 2016, 06:20:41 AM
I know we are supposed to have them on our person but I always said I didn't want to land on it should I crash. However now I have a jacket with a pocket for one and will try it there.
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Post by: TN2Wheeler on May 22, 2016, 06:28:59 AM
Post by: Downs on May 22, 2016, 01:40:24 PM
Downs how many miles did you ride in those two days? And I assume you turned it off at night? I know I do.
I know we are supposed to have them on our person but I always said I didn't want to land on it should I crash. However now I have a jacket with a pocket for one and will try it there.
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Brick
250-300. A bunch of it off road. And it wasn't full day riding either day. between setting up camp and tearing down and what not maybe 6 hours of riding per day tops. There should be a lot more tracking point on there. I think I'm going to move it to my top case or onto a bar mounted spot and try that out and see if it's better. I carried mine in a pocket for a few trips but worry about falling on it and causing even more injuries and I experienced similar tracking issues as what I have now.
Post by: Brick on May 22, 2016, 08:55:11 PM
Have you tried www.spotwalla.com? It produces a great route for trips or hat day rides. And you can give your friends a url to check and even leave messages for you.
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Brick
Post by: Downs on May 22, 2016, 10:26:21 PM
Here's one from today with the unit in a different spot. Mounted on my brake fluid resivour which is about 12 inches up and 18 inches to the right of where it was.
better but not as good as I hoped. Next experiment is to move it to the top case where it has basically unlimited view of the sky.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a (https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a)
Post by: TN2Wheeler on June 01, 2016, 06:27:10 AM
if you go back to my post it's a link to Spotwalla ;)I find mine works better when mounted above other things (cables, GPS, etc). Even so on heavily forested roads, of which there are many here, I see drop outs (skipped updates). The SPOT unit pings the satellite a limited (?) number of times at each 10 minute update. If it can't "see" the satellite that update is skipped.
Here's one from today with the unit in a different spot. Mounted on my brake fluid resivour which is about 12 inches up and 18 inches to the right of where it was.
better but not as good as I hoped. Next experiment is to move it to the top case where it has basically unlimited view of the sky.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a (https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a)
Post by: stevegrab on June 01, 2016, 04:46:15 PM
Sounds like the times my GPS (in heavy tree cover) shows me riding off the side of the road (I swear I was still on the pavement not flying through the air over the ravine).if you go back to my post it's a link to Spotwalla ;)I find mine works better when mounted above other things (cables, GPS, etc). Even so on heavily forested roads, of which there are many here, I see drop outs (skipped updates). The SPOT unit pings the satellite a limited (?) number of times at each 10 minute update. If it can't "see" the satellite that update is skipped.
Here's one from today with the unit in a different spot. Mounted on my brake fluid resivour which is about 12 inches up and 18 inches to the right of where it was.
better but not as good as I hoped. Next experiment is to move it to the top case where it has basically unlimited view of the sky.
https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a (https://spotwalla.com/tripViewer.php?id=10d0e574269cdb3b4a)
I've never used one, but think they are a really good idea and great piece of mind for family. We've jokingly referred to them as ankle bracelots for riders, but Woovis said he calls his "my freedom pass, because with it I am free to travel at will and Pam can see where I am".
Post by: RichGrab on June 02, 2016, 10:51:57 AM
We've jokingly referred to them as ankle bracelots for riders, but Woovis said he calls his "my freedom pass, because with it I am free to travel at will and Pam can see where I am".but Woovis said he calls his "my freedom pass, because with it I am free to travel at will and Pam can see where I am".
Freedom Pass - that's a good one.
Post by: Brick on June 02, 2016, 04:08:45 PM
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Brick
Post by: stevegrab on June 07, 2016, 02:11:38 PM
Yea but a couple of years ago I was doing the Three Flags ride and we were going through Navada. Dan Thomas wanted to park at the Mustang Ranch...Then you find some truck driver to take your SPOT to the next town, and leave it at the hotel for you ;)
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