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CETCME PLB, any good?

boland posted 6 May 20216 May 2021

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I'm looking to buy a PLB, and I saw this affordable PLB at SafetyBeacons: https://www.safetybeacons.co.nz/catalog/product/view/id/27/s/cetcme-vpl8-plb It meets all my requirements, but I can't find a lot of reviews about it. Looking through various topics here, I see a lot of references to KTI. But, they are no longer in business, and it looks like they have been replaced by CETCME at this store. Any thoughts on this particular PLB? Or should I chip out a bit more and go for a more established brand, like Ocean or ACR?

waynowski commented 6 May 20216 May 2021 • edited 6 May 20216 May 2021

never heard of them either looking at the website chinese company that makes maritime comms devices, including epirbs should be reliable if thats the industry they are in. http://www.cetcme.com/en/bigproducts.asp?anid=89

Ian_H commented 6 May 20216 May 2021

I guess it's OK, NZ website states it meets the COSPAS/SARSAT standards and relevant AS/NZ standards. It seems to have a LCD read out of the GPS coordinates and compass direction, might be useful if you dropped your phone but still had the PLB and a map to locate yourself on.

Peter_Hackett commented 7 September 20217 September 2021

Best to ask Maritime NZ beacon registration center how many false activations they have had. If it is really good, why haven't other retailers in NZ been selling them? The GPS only shows up after activating it. Not much of a warranty too. Only 1 year.

madpom commented 7 September 20217 September 2021

Pretty safe offering a warranry on a plb. Or a parachute. Who's going to claim?

Ian_H commented 12 September 202112 September 2021

@Madpom, did you ever figure out if you lost your PLB in the fall/on that trip in 2009 or if you never took it with you? :)

madpom commented 12 September 202112 September 2021

Sitting on the sideboard at home

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Forum	Gear talk
Started by	boland
On	6 May 2021
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