{"id":294,"date":"2016-05-11T19:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-05-11T07:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2016-05-11T19:25:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-11T07:25:18","slug":"spot-the-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/2016\/05\/11\/spot-the-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"Spot the Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Spot Gen 3 can make the difference<\/h1>\n<p>I have been looking at getting some form of tracking device for some time and tried it with SpotaWalla and my iPhone but dodgy reception didn&#8217;t really make that any good. The next option was Spot Gen 3 and after much thinking I ordered one the other day. It arrived in a day and a half at a cost of $299 so not a bad price for the hardware for what it can do. I do various things in which it can be handy. Motorbike riding, Quad bike out in the backwoods, Jetskiing up long rivers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-custom-gallery su-custom-gallery-align-left su-custom-gallery-title-always\"><div class=\"su-custom-gallery-slide\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-Gen-3-2.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Spot Gen 3-2\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-Gen-3-2-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spot Gen 3-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"su-custom-gallery-title\">Spot Gen 3-2<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-custom-gallery-slide\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-Gen-3-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Spot Gen 3\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-Gen-3-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spot Gen 3\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"su-custom-gallery-title\">Spot Gen 3<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Anyway once I had it in my hot hand it was time to activate it. You need a yearly subscription and this can be done monthly (1 year needs to be done though) or yearly. The terms are both 1 year but the first allows you to pay by month at a higher rate. The yearly fee is US$164 and includes SOS, tracking at 10 minute intervals, OK, Custom message, Help.<\/p>\n<p>Once I had it activated I set it up via the web site and went to try it out. Turned it on and went outside and pressed the Check In button. I soon had an email saying I was using the default message and to change it. Should have got a txt as well but didn&#8217;t. Now know that it takes a few minutes to update after you set it up. Tried it again a short while later and almost instantly got a txt message and an email. The email had a link to click to show the location. As you can see below the accuracy was pretty amazing and it pinpointed exactly where I pressed the button both times.<\/p>\n<p>Will soon be doing a trip on the bike and will be trying out the tracking then. I also linked my Spot device to SpotWalla as the main spot site only holds data for about a month. More on that later.<\/p>\n<div class=\"su-custom-gallery su-custom-gallery-align-left su-custom-gallery-title-always\"><div class=\"su-custom-gallery-slide\" style=\"width:300px;height:300px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-3-Test.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Spot 3 Test\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jv.net.nz\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Spot-3-Test-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Spot 3 Test\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><span class=\"su-custom-gallery-title\">Spot 3 Test<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"su-clear\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>A link to what Spot Gen 3 can do is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.findmespot.com\/Gen3\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spot Gen 3 can make the difference I have been looking at getting some form of tracking device for some time and tried it with SpotaWalla and my iPhone but dodgy reception didn&rsquo;t really make that any good. 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