PLBs Can Save Your Life

[CT-Rich]

Here is how my safety gear is stowed. Line cutter is on the BCD weight pouch strap and everything else is stowed in the Hollis mask pocket. I still have additional space left over. Every thing is snapbolted to a line to make it harder to lose.

 

[tursiops]

Can you get at that line cutter with either hand?

 

[CT-Rich]

Can you get at that line cutter with either hand?

Yes, it’s on the lower right chest. I often have a BCD knife on the same location on the other side. This pic was takenwhile it was on a hanger in the basement, so it may not be as illustrative as it might be....

 

[Dan]

Here is how my safety gear is stowed. Line cutter is on the BCD weight pouch strap and everything else is stowed in the Hollis mask pocket. I still have additional space left over. Every thing is snapbolted to a line to make it harder to lose. View attachment 517289 View attachment 517290

Where do you put your PLB canister?

 

[CT-Rich]

If I had a canister, it would fit in the mask pocket, but I don’t. The Nautilus Lifeline is rated to ~400’ with the lid closed.

 

[outofofficebrb]

Does anyone know if the ACR PLB400 will fit in the small HDV size? Also, does anyone have a photo of their PLB with a Light Monkey custom one yet?

Thanks!

 

[MrBigfins]

I have the large hdv canister and do feel it would fit in the smaller. I opted for larger to stow additional items. Plus I had room in the mask bag for large, so it wasnt an issue yo just go large

 

[tursiops]

A new review has been published. Most interesting and full of good data. Compares PLBs and other devices that provide emergency response and messaging.
Best Satellite Messengers and Personal Locator Beacons in 2019

 

[outofofficebrb]

A new review has been published. Most interesting and full of good data. Compares PLBs and other devices that provide emergency response and messaging.
Best Satellite Messengers and Personal Locator Beacons in 2019

Thanks for sharing. One thing to note is buoyancy of the units and coverage. The former can be fixed but not the latter. I was on the SPOT and Garmin websites before and I know they use Globalstar. There is limited coverage where it works so check the coverage map. It isn’t sufficient for us if we are out in remote areas especially on liveaboards. At least with the PLB1 they mention, which has been mentioned here, you can use it anywhere, including the middle of the ocean or the Poles. That is the nature and benefit of using COSPAS-SARSAT.

 

[tursiops]

Thanks for sharing. One thing to note is buoyancy of the units and coverage. The former can be fixed but not the latter. I was on the SPOT and Garmin websites before and I know they use Globalstar. There is limited coverage where it works so check the coverage map. It isn’t sufficient for us if we are out in remote areas especially on liveaboards. At least with the PLB1 they mention, which has been mentioned here, you can use it anywhere, including the middle of the ocean or the Poles. That is the nature and benefit of using COSPAS-SARSAT.

Garmin uses Iridium, not GlobalStar, so has arguably better coverage than SARSAT because Iridium is low-earth-orbit so covers the poles and takes less energy to transmit to it.