Ocean SignalRESCUEME PLB1 Personal Locator Beacon - USA Programmed

Nice size. Battery experation date April 2029. Not a lot said about antenna. Your suppose to open flap, push button, pull out antenna, then lay it flat on ground with antenna facing up towards sky. Doesn't float and not designed to be used while floating in water. Guess if your boat sank you could float on your back and either set it on your chest or hold it above water. Either way you got to get that antenna pointed up and the beacon out of the water. Can't use antenna with it is attached to your gear unless you maybe figured out a way to attach it to top of your shoulder with antenna going up by your head. I bet that flashing intense beacon light would be annoying if you had it attached that close to your face. Ok, it might be a little uncomfortable operating it while floating in the ocean, but it's managable. Can be attached to your gear/belt by either floating poch or clip. Both are belt loop style. There's an additional string to us as back up. Registration was easy and needs to be renewed every two years. Testing easy, but only allowed during first five minutes at top of each hour. Personally, I'm really happy with it. I can take it with me wherever and it's small enough to stick on my belt and not get in the way.

Arrived in a timely manner in perfect working order with a 7year battery life. Easy to set up free NOAA account as well as test the beacon and gps on the unit. The battery seems to have a great life still based on the initial tests so I’m happy. Very small light unit as well so no reason not to take with you when out in the back country.

So far so good. I hope to never having to use it of course, but the 7 year battery life alone makes this worth the purchase. It comes with two different ways to secure it to where you want it to be, two thumbs up!And the small size is awesome! Does not get in my way at all, but is right there if need be.

Looks like a good device, small and light weight. Upon receiving the device I conducted a test. It indicated two green flashes, initially this concerned me but after a very long time on the phone with ACR finally got to a technician that clarifies that the number of flashes actually indicates the number of hours used. All new ones should have two green flashes. 1 green to indicate it passes and then one green to indicate less than one hour of use on the device. This is on page 9 of the manual but it is not clear or intuitive. If the device has been used for more than one hour then you need to count the number of yellow flashes to determine how long it has been used.

Haven’t used it yet, but hopefully I never will. After registration, this is a tremendously comforting piece of gear. Easy to activate. Small, lightweight. I never go out without now.Checking the battery / transmitter is a little complicated, but they provide clear instructions.