For hikers who want to go into the wild on there own, or want a back up system for a group of hikers this is a great solution and it is low cost too.Spot is a GPS device that also has a messenger system built in although this is limited to "Help", "OK", or "911". Although for a week hiking or longer it is an excellent solution that only costs $150, plus an annual subscription of $99 per year.
For an additional fee of $50 a year you can also have the device send you a location update every 10 minutes which could be an extremley low cost "child-tracker" or stick it in your car boot as a anti-theift device.
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