High-sensitivity handheld units have been on the market for a while and they work pretty good in tree cover but they can still lose a signal in a canyon.
For a unit to be dependable enough to stake your life on - it's got to be able to "get out" in challenging conditions.
Otherwise.. I agree with a previous commenter.. this thing could get you killed... if you were badly hurt and decided to stay put because you thought that this thing successfully notified help.
I think the concept is good but it's not ready for prime time and needs a 2.0 version.. start with the better chip... and perhaps have a light that says "we've received your signal and help is coming" or some such.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I'm pretty shocked to be honest.
High-sensitivity handheld units have been on the market for a while and they work pretty good in tree cover but they can still lose a signal in a canyon.
For a unit to be dependable enough to stake your life on - it's got to be able to "get out" in challenging conditions.
Otherwise.. I agree with a previous commenter.. this thing could get you killed... if you were badly hurt and decided to stay put because you thought that this thing successfully notified help.
I think the concept is good but it's not ready for prime time and needs a 2.0 version.. start with the better chip... and perhaps have a light that says "we've received your signal and help is coming" or some such.