Sled gps tracker for theft recovery

[big_red1a]

Anyone have a gps tracker on there sled for security?

What brand?
Cost to buy?
From where?
Cost per month?
Realtime updates?
pics?

 

[big_red1a]

Anyone have experience with "Smart tracker" by rockymountain tracking?

 

[Crewchief47]

I have no experience with these things but these guys were listed on Canadianracingonline.com as an advertiser for a while.

http://www.goldeneyegps.com/index.html

 

[big_red1a]

I have no experience with these things but these guys were listed on Canadianracingonline.com as an advertiser for a while.

http://www.goldeneyegps.com/index.html

Thanks Crewchief47 looks very similar as the first option but i like that it is a Canadian company. I will give them a call!

 

[Crewchief47]

Anyone else gone this route?

 

[NFLD-Nytro]

Re: Sled gps tracker

Anyone have a gps tracker on there sled for security?

No.

 

[big_red1a]

gps tracker

I ended up finding a Canadian company Goldeneyegps.com ask for the model GE990 not on there web site but a less expensive version (under $300) I spoke with Rich he was a big help. The biggest bonus to this model IMHO is there are no monthy subscription fees just pay once!

 

[airboss]

I am currently using a "SPOT 2", which works great for me, as it has a handfull of different meesages which you can customize and send out, as well as having a tracking feature. More details on their website... I would include the link, but don't know if they are an advertiser or not on this site.

 

[Coyote]

Re: Sled gps tracker

Anyone have a gps tracker on there sled for security?

What brand?
Cost to buy?
From where?
Cost per month?
Realtime updates?
pics?

See my last trip march 23-27 ....down left, clic page 1-to 6 ...

http://share.findmespot.com/shared/face ... zFnbJmgy6h

More info

http://www.findmespot.ca/en/


And in Québec we have all the trails on GPS, i use my Garmin 1350 and i like the two product !!!!!!

http://www.fcmq.qc.ca/english/index1.asp?id=146

 

[Coyote]

my SPOT is back of my windshield (orange)

1875.9 km in 4.5 days

 

[Crewchief47]

I tweaked the thread title hoping to attact more conversation.

 

[mcamzr]

What about LoJack?

 

[KevinS]

I am currently using a "SPOT 2", which works great for me, as it has a handfull of different meesages which you can customize and send out, as well as having a tracking feature. More details on their website... I would include the link, but don't know if they are an advertiser or not on this site.

I didn't think that the spot batteries lasted long enough to use for this purpose.

 

[SnoWarrior]

LoJack and Gps transponders need an antenna to transmit. The antennas are easy to find with a cheap CB field strength meter and disable. If whoever is doing the stealing is good, will only take them 30 seconds to disable the system, even if it has its own battery. If the thief is an idiot…..then you would still need someone to triangulate the signal and search.

 

[airboss]

I am currently using a "SPOT 2", which works great for me, as it has a handfull of different meesages which you can customize and send out, as well as having a tracking feature. More details on their website... I would include the link, but don't know if they are an advertiser or not on this site.

I didn't think that the spot batteries lasted long enough to use for this purpose.

When this tread was initially started, I perceived the topic to mean tracking for "personal security" as opposed to theft recovery. The nature of our sport has us operating in areas of vast wilderness, which in most cases does not lend itself to adequate cell coverage, hence the reason for equipping myself with the SPOT. I had questioned the battery life as used on the SPOT 2, which uses 3 AAA lithium batteries. Here is the response I received from the fine folks who supplied me with this unit.... "The batteries should last for approximately 3 months if powered on but with no messages being sent. If the unit is off, the batteries should last 5 years until expiring. The unit can send approximately 700 messages with one set, or 7 days in continuous tracking mode, so you would have to do some math and estimate if that would suffice or not."