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08-21-2010, 10:33 AM
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It's important to remember that not all units are made the same or do the same thing. If you are going to buy either an EPIRB or a PLB just remember to make sure that it's GPS enabled. A non-GPS unit will locate you to an area of about a square mile... that's good, and better than nothing, but a mile is still a lot of territory to cover, especially at night.
A GPS enabled unit will accurately locate you to an area of about the size of a football field. Much better and it increases your probability of early detection. In an emergency, that can be the difference of dying of hypothermia or living. It's that simple. Although there are tons of really good, really expensive units on the market, I happen to like the ACR brand. At the risk of sounding like an advertisement, you can find a really nice unit that will do everything you want it to do here: http://www.getfeetwet.com/products/S...74NH_ZACR.aspx At $209 it's affordable and for lakes or near offshore (where most of us do our boating) it's a good unit for the price. Certainly better than nothing, and much less than $500-1000 for a lot of the other units. 
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