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Tick Talk
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Shame on Breitling

Well, that is complete hype!  I cannot imagine a rescue scenario where someone could attract attention with just the Breitling's frequency.  As I said...NO ONE IS LISTENING.  Their justification not to upgrade to a 406 MHz frequency is bogus because they know that the watch will not provide sufficient power.

So, let's pretend you are climbing a mountain and fall.  You break your leg!  Your partner (because only an idiot would go out alone) has a 12 hour hike back to the car and another four hours driving to cellphone range.  You also forget to leave an itinerary with relatives so that no one would notice if you are late.  Off he goes and, assuming nothing happens, he returns in a helicopter some 20 hours later.  In his panic, your friend forget which mountain he left you on and failed the basics of marking the site or building a fire, etc.  Now the Breitling Emergency might be useful, provinding you are still conscious and alive to activate it !?!?!

Or you could have purchased a proper Emergency Locator Beacon with built-in GPS at 1/3 the price of a Breitling Emergency and stayed with your friend until help arrived in less than half the time.