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Review Date
September 28, 2001 Overall Rating
 4 of 5
Value Rating
 4 of 5
Used product for
1 to 3 months
Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5,
1 votes
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Reviewed by: Kind Herb(Unregistered User)
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Advanced
, from Lake Tahoe, Ca.
Price Paid:
$0.00 Riding Style:
Alpine Meadows Product Year:
2001 Summary:
Definately the best digital transceiver on the market. If I was buried in
the snow I would pray that the person looking for me has a Tracker
in hand.
Recommend wearing an analog beacon, but have a Tracker in
your pack to search with! Strengths:
Two attennaes, great visual indicators. Just follow the arrow
to the victim.
Actually makes multiple burial searches simpler, by being able
to focus in on the strongest signal and mute out all others.
As with all transceivers, you must practice with it! Weaknesses:
Short range compared to most transceivers.
Digital Cell phones can render the
unit useless. Make sure they are turned
off!
Has on/off switch. Not good if you forget
to turn it on. Similar Products Used:
Ortovox F1, Ortovox M2, SOS F1, Pieps 457
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Review Date
February 2, 2000 Overall Rating
4 of 5
Value Rating
 3 of 5
Used product for
3 months to 1 year
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Reviewed by: Canuck Rutherford(Unregistered User)
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Advanced
, from Vancouver, Canada Riding Style:
Whistler Product Year:
1999 Summary:
A good beacon for inexperienced people. The lack of range is compensated for by faster search times once a signal is picked up. Strengths:
very easy to learn how to use. No grid search pattern required, you walk along the flux line to buried beacon. If I was buried, I'd want my "less than expert" rescuers to be using these. Weaknesses:
smaller range than conventional beacons. multiple burial searches are tricky and require considerable practise. Understand that signal is faster than conventional beacons which results in locating similar units before others.
Similar Products Used:
none
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