Mt. Whitney Portal Store & Hostel Forums General Mt. Whitney Portal Store Message Board Problem with SPOT #2 , Voluntary return program

I know a lot of you carry your SPOT's, and count on them to work, so I wanted to make sure that you had heard about the problem Spot has found with the NEW unit.

Off the Spot web site:

Spot is conducting a voluntary return on any new model SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger™ (SPOT 2) purchased since October 1, 2009. During recent testing, Spot discovered that some of the new SPOT 2 devices might not meet battery and messaging operating specifications.

http://www.findmespot.com/exchange/


Scott McCay

Just to give you an idea how tough version 1 is:

I headed up into the Owens Peak Wilderness with my SPOT this afternoon, did a climb up to the PCT and Morris Peak and then headed home. When I got there, SPOT was no longer tied onto the cargo rack of my motorcycle. I headed inside, turned on the computer and checked my SPOT Track.

The last track point showed up as too old, so I figured that it was lost. I checked again a while later and a new track point showed up. I copied the coordinates to my GPS, headed out to the garage and drove back out.

I didn't even need to get out of the car! My GPS was reading 27' to go when it showed up in the headlights.

It hit the ground at 45-50 mph and only had a covering of dust on it. No dings to speak of and it put out two more track points on the drive back home, so it's still working fine.

Amazing! And, it just goes to show that I am lucky.