Has anyone checked out another "PLB-like" product that was announced yesterday?

Its called the "spot". Check it out at the following URLs:

1.Media announcement: (http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site...amp;newsLang=en)

2. Company page: (http://www.findmespot.com/)

Supposedly it uses GPS to broadcast your coordinates to a website for friends, family and emergency services. Its relatively cheap ($150) and requires a subscription. It should be released for sale this November. This company also makes some pretty steep claims of reliability. Hopefully its not another false assurance sold to unsuspecting outdoor consumers like the TraceMe product. Perhaps this should be Doug's next blog entry ;^).

Cheers,