Must Have Boondocking Items?
Let's have a little fun. What do you consider to be "must have" items when you go boondocking? I'll start: 1. Two AGM 6v or Group 27 12v batteries 2. Solar power (100 watts) 3. Propane (2x5...
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Jedidad wrote:
Something I haven't seen mentioned (but I did not read every single post) is an emergency locator system like the SPOT Satellite Personal Tracker.
http://www.findmespot.com/en/index.php?cid=100
You get into an emergency situation out in the boonies and this unit will use satellite to contact rescue.
Here's a blurb from their website:
"Once activated, SPOT will acquire its exact coordinates from the GPS network, and send that location along with a distress message to the GEOS International Emergency Response Center every five minutes until cancelled or until the batteries are depleted. The Emergency Response Center notifies the appropriate emergency responders based on your GPS location and personal information – which may include local police,
highway patrol, the Coast Guard, our country’s embassy or consulate, or other emergency search and rescue teams – as well as notifying your emergency contacts about the receipt of a distress signal."
Doesn't a cell phone do the same thing? I have heard of people being rescued with a cell even if they cannot get service
