Gear Review
Pieps DSP Advanced Smart Transmitter
not so cool
By LifeLONGBackCountrySkier
Ranked #125 - Avalanche Beacons
February 20, 2008
It works, like all beacons, but has very big issues. I have seen it not be able to find its own kind in a practice run. The smart probe technology seems kind of like a scam, I know I don't want anyone turning off my beacon until my face is sucking in O2s again. And the multiple burial signal blocking or "flagging" would be worth the extra cost if I could tell where that last signal was that I just "blocked". For the price the technology doesn't even come close to the other intelligent beacons, like the incredible Ortovox S1. Peips makes a beacon that works, but better is the beacon that works well for everyone, not just scientists and tech geeky individuals.
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Change me.
1 Comments Last Reply: December 16, 2010 By: veldonmose1065653
LifeLongbackcountryskier has been in the back country too long. Do some fact checking before you post; especially if you are going to bag on a product when you are actually talking about its strengths. The first fact you might want to check when you return from the backcountry.....a meter is longer than a yard so 70 meters is roughly 76 yards not 64 yards like you listed in your first post.
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