Amazing Piece of Technology

By DeskDriver April 20, 2009

I recently purchased this beacon for a ski trip to Squamish. I could not have been more happy with this purchase! Functionality of the beacon and ease of use had me hooked within the first minutes of testing it. I have been using an Ortovox F1 for the majority of my time spent in the backcountry. I was very impressed with the single & multiple burial search functions, and how I was able to shorten my search times using the Pieps. Our guide mentioned that too much time is spent on beacon search, and not enough on shoveling and probing techniques. This being said I felt I was able to be more effective in rescue practice due to quicker and more effective search and pinpointing with the Pieps. The only negative comment is relative to the harness which I do not like. The pocket is very tight for the device and I found myself fiddling with it too much. Yes this is an expensive piece of equipment, but your life is priceless.

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