Spot Testimonials

Who Should Use SPOT?

As a former SAR Tech-EMT with 14 years of experience and more than 350 SAR missions, it is my opinion that every hunter, hiker, dirt biker, fisherman, horseback rider, backpacker, geocacher, 4 wheeler, ATVer, cross country skier, snow mobiler, mountain climber, desert racer, adventure racer, mountain biker, Forest Ranger, Game Warden, etc., etc., should carry a SPOT device. Period.

Wade Nelson
HardcoreOutdoor.com

SPOTsave #1: SPOT Saves the day, and the stolen motorcycle at the Baja 1000 race

“No one figured the best use of the SPOT was for retrieving a STOLEN motorcycle in the middle of the Baja 1000!! Seems that after one of our riders was evacuated from a crash in a remote area by helicopter, some opportunistic vultures decided to steal the bike. While they had the presence of mind to knock off the rallytracker, they obviously did not know there was a SPOT Satellite Messenger located on the bike. Thanks to the SPOTcasting tracking feature, the bike was retrieved! SPOT saved what was left of the day. SPOT served us well for tracking our race progress as well as alerting us to obvious malicious, criminal activity after our rider went down, in effect—-the new Baja LoJack!”

Baja.net Forum

Chuck Wallace, M.D.
501x Team Rider
2007 Baja 1000

SPOT 9-1-1 Messaging Offers Communication at Home

My wife Debbie says that SPOT is the best thing since soft butter. The folks that called her from the GEOS Emergency Service Center that SPOT uses for 9-1-1 dispatching, were kind, caring, and friendly. After I pressed 9-1-1 and notified emergency responders that I was in trouble, they kept her up to date and called her many times to check on her and report the progress of the rescue. It’s damn tough being the one at home wondering where your other half is and how he is. She thinks I should have my SPOT surgically implanted so I’m always safe.

Will Eisemann
Grand Junction

Search and Rescue Runs Field Test with SPOT

Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to evaluate your product. At this time I do not know what position the Sheriff’s office is going to take regarding obtaining these units, but I personally think it would be a valuable tool for our team to have. And, besides Search and Rescue, I can envision many potential users for it in both the public and private sectors. Lastly (and most important) I belive that, in the near future, we will be seeing 9-1-1 SPOT activations which will result in much prompter rescues….as well as lives saved. Well Done SPOT.

Steve Engquist
Deschutes County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue

SPOT Sponsors Team Across the Atlas 2008

"The SPOT Unit is a great product that can find the right use in many different situations and adventures. We tested it during a ski trip, but I think that a long hiking trip would be perfect too. We loved the fact that when our cell phones would get out of range, the Spot Unit kept functioning. I know for sure that our friends and family appreciated seeing our position on the web, as the adventure progressed. It also created a buzz in the media world: newspapers, TVs and radios loved the idea to track our exact spot on a daily basis. The downside is that you can’t hide anymore…. either you make it, or you don’t. Everyone can see it. Just joking of course, we loved it ! and we’ll definitely use it again on all of our future trips."

Pietro Simonetti
Team Across the Atlas 2008
New Record for Skiing All 28 California Resorts in 4 days, 10 hours and 7 minutes.
www.acrosstheatlas.com