Beartooth

i love mesh networking. ..

but i'll be honest on this review even thou it's cool and the video is slick something does not quite ring true about this product (yet) -- it feels a little bit like someone saw the gotenna thing and then got a bunch of people together to build a similar unit to compete with it, i'm sure it's great but the video made it seem like the audience for this was just skiers, canyon hunters and people at concerts.

i do like the idea of the walkie talkie but i don't know if i want to use my mobile phone to do it, i mean if it's got a button the unit then it might be ok but what happens if my phone battery goes dead or i drop my phone down the slope or smash it in the cave, can you imagine being so gutted that you can't use either to call for help? -- oh but you already marked it on the map right? oh that's right the battery went dead.. . hmmm..

personally, i'd have a combination of garmin (track record) and the other guys i posted from the other day, gotenna.

• OS and Android Compatible
• LOS (Line of Sight) Range: 5 Miles for Voice, 10 Miles for Text
• NLOS (Non- Line of Sight) Range: 2 Miles for Voice, 4 Miles for Text
• 900 MHz Digital Transceiver (US Spec: 902MHz - 928MHz)
• 1W Transmit Power (30dBm)
• Up to -148dBm Receiver Sensitivity, 178dB Link Budget
• Mesh Networking for Extended Range
• FSK and LoRa Modulation with Frequency Hopping
• AES 256-Bit Encryption
• Bluetooth 2.0 Connection to Smartphone
• 4 Day Battery Life (5/5/90 Duty Cycle)
• 3000mAh Battery (1.5x iPhone 7 Battery Capacity)
• USB Micro Port With Fast Bi-Directional Charging (2.1A)