Spot 2 vs Spot 1

[Stephen[_3_]]

I searched but could not find any identified issues with Spot 2
RECENTLY. Are the SPOT 2 devices working well? Or should I purchase a
SPOT 1. Thanks, Steve

[Tony[_5_]]

On Jun 18, 8:02*am, Stephen > wrote:
> I searched but could not find any identified issues with Spot 2
> RECENTLY. Are the SPOT 2 devices working well? Or should I purchase a
> SPOT 1. *Thanks, Steve

i really like my SPOT 2. there were some early complaints about
battery life but im still running the original batteries and probably
have about 50 hrs of run time on the device.

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On Jun 18, 7:02*am, Stephen > wrote:
> I searched but could not find any identified issues with Spot 2
> RECENTLY. Are the SPOT 2 devices working well? Or should I purchase a
> SPOT 1. *Thanks, Steve

I replaced my earlier SPOT with the new SPOT 2. I LIKE IT. The buttons
are user-friendly. Battery life has not been an issue (It worked well
throughout the Region 9 contest at El Tiro on the same batteries it
came with, and that I had already used on flights back at homebase).

My favorite feature is the Comment button. Every couple of hours, I'll
send an OK message. But my sons can't tell which one is the last OK
message for the day. With the addition of the comment button, at the
end of the day I send the comment, "Done flying for the day. All is
well." With this, my sons don't have to wonder whether or not I'm
still flying.

Raul Boerner

[Ramy]

On Jun 18, 7:20*am, wrote:
> On Jun 18, 7:02*am, Stephen > wrote:
>
> > I searched but could not find any identified issues with Spot 2
> > RECENTLY. Are the SPOT 2 devices working well? Or should I purchase a
> > SPOT 1. *Thanks, Steve
>
> I replaced my earlier SPOT with the new SPOT 2. I LIKE IT. The buttons
> are user-friendly. Battery life has not been an issue (It worked well
> throughout the Region 9 contest at El Tiro on the same batteries it
> came with, and that I had already used on flights back at homebase).
>
> My favorite feature is the Comment button. Every couple of hours, I'll
> send an OK message. But my sons can't tell which one is the last OK
> message for the day. With the addition of the comment button, at the
> end of the day I send the comment, "Done flying for the day. All is
> well." With this, my sons don't have to wonder whether or not I'm
> still flying.
>
> Raul Boerner

Same here. The Spot 2 UI is much better, I get no gaps in my trace
thanks to better/redundant transmissions, and so far have at least 50
hours on the batteries.

Ramy