If you’re the kind of person that thinks a good ride is one that takes you as far away from people and civilisation as possible, then you’ll likely be aware how quickly a small accident or mechanical issue can turn into a real problem.
Even the most misanthropic adventurers amongst us will still probably have some people we'd like to reassure of our safety or reach out to in the event of a problem, and that’s where this box of tricks comes in.
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As the name suggests, the Gen3 is a GPS tracker, but it’s a very different proposition than your common or garden GPS. It doesn’t do navigation for a start but it does have a whole host of other features built in.
It’ll obviously track your location and it’s possible to share and let people track your progress via Google Maps. It’ll send your location at 10 minute intervals, though it is possible to reduce that down to 2.5 minutes if you cough up as additional €99 on top of the annual €165 service subscription. That might sound like a lot of cash for real time tracking, but the Gen3 has a few other tricks up it’s sleeve, namely the ability to send pre-set ‘check in’ and ‘assistance’ messages via SMS or email to a preselected list of people, independently of there being any mobile phone coverage.
It does that by using a commercial satellite network to pass on your location from the GPS satellite system and it means you should be able to get a message with your position through within 20 minutes pretty much anywhere on earth.
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