must haves for backcountry questions...SPOT??

[muleywannabe]

I am turning 30 here pretty quickly and my wife would like to get me a cool gadget for hunting and to keep in touch with her while I hunt the world(or so she says...LOL) I have been reading about the SPOT. Looks cool but know nothing about it. I want it to work for me in the mountains or in Alaska while hunting moose. Any suggestion on this product or something close? great idea for a gift but I want it to work for sure.

thanks guys...

[MuleyMadness]

How about IPHONES.

[Tonoonyi]

My brother uses a spot when he rides his horses in the hills. It is pretty cool to be able to watch him working his way through the mountains on my computer. You can even see it in google earth.

He can also send an all is okay message each day so his wife doesn't worry if his spot doesn't move for awhile.

[killerbee]

i have SPOT, my family loves it, and you can promgram your own messages. read up on their website, i think they are coming out with a new one with some really cool features

[muleywannabe]

Okay cool, thanks for the comments guys. I will check more into them.