forepaw Report post Posted June 29, 2022 When I need to carry a PLB, it is the ACR SARLink. No subscription or fees needed, and no messing around chit-chatting via text. If you activate it, you WILL have SAR arriving courtesy of NOAA sat. monitoring and probably USAF para-rescue, depending on location. You would have to be pretty careless to activate it by accident, but if you did, you would need to call someone right away to hopefully get it cancelled before the crews got airborne. I have on one occasion carried a sat. phone (rental) where there was truly no cell service, but in most places I have found that I could hike up somewhere and at least send a text. NOAA notifies you when a battery replacement is needed (about every 5 yrs.) and will also prompt you to update with current information every 2 yrs. That's about it. It is a serious rescue beacon. Pre-owned ones are probably a good deal, since it is easy to re-register as the new user. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
