Item Weight | 7 ounces |
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Product Dimensions | 2.9 x 0.94 x 6.54 inches |
Item model number | 005-2006040 |
Batteries | 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required. |
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
Display Size | 2.7 Inches |
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Supports Bluetooth | Bluetooth |
Battery Life | 240 Hours |
Voice command | Keypad |
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Brand | SPOT X |
Model Name | Spot X |
Vehicle Service Type | Car |
Screen Size | 2.7 Inches |
Special Feature | iOS App, Android App, Subscription |
Connectivity Technology | Bluetooth, USB |
Map Type | Satellite |
Sport | Hiking |
Included Components | SPOT LLC 005-2006040 |
Battery Life | 240 Hours |
About this item
- SYNC WITH BLUETOOTH: Connect your SPOT X to your cellphone so you can communicate with family or even Search and Rescue. SPOT X can also be used as a standalone communication device with it's own dedicated US mobile number to receive messages.
- PEACE OF MIND: Send an SOS to the 24/7 Search & Rescue services, message back and forth about the nature of your emergency, and receive confirmation when help is on the way.
- 5G Interference: Although this interference can affect your ability to receive messages on your SPOT X, it will not prevent your SPOT X from sending messages nor will it interfere with outgoing SOS messages.
- WHAT'S IN THE BOX: SPOT X device, Strap and Carabiner, Micro USB data/power cable, Quick Start Guide, SOS mirrored sticker, warranty card and kickstand; Subscription required; Two service plans available
- PURCHASE, ACTIVATE, EXPLORE: Get your SPOT X 2-way Satellite Messenger; Activate by selecting your service plan; Get out there and explore the world with peace of mind
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ASIN | B07DYC1PGR |
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Customer Reviews |
4.0 out of 5 stars |
Best Sellers Rank | #12,649 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics) #37 in GPS Trackers |
Date First Available | June 22, 2018 |
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Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Product Dimensions : 2.9 x 0.94 x 6.54 inches; 7.04 ounces
- Item model number : 005-2006040
- Department : unisex-adult
- Batteries : 1 Lithium Polymer batteries required.
- Date First Available : June 22, 2018
- Manufacturer : SPOT X
- ASIN : B07DYC1PGR
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Pursue Your Passion | Embrace the JourneyAdd these rugged, pocket-sized devices to your essential gear and stay connected wherever you play or work. |
Sleek and Rugged | Meant for AdventureSPOT gives you a critical, live-saving line of communication when you travel beyond the boundaries of reliable cellular service. |
Guard Your GearSPOT offers advanced tracking for your most values assets. Follow SPOT Mapping on your phone or computer. |
Go Anywhere | Do AnythingThe SOS Feature on Spot X & SPOT GEN 4 alerts GEOS International Emergency Response Coordination Center with your GPS coordinates and information to local teams who can take life saving measures. All with the push of a button. |
Share & Save your Adventures and Favorite Locations
- Visualize your Story
- Enhance your Map Experience
- Get notified immediately with email + SMS Alerts
- Geofence Targeting to trigger alerts or mark map zones
Spot X | Spot Gen 4 | Spot Trace | |
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Price | — | $99.95$99.95 | $79.95$79.95 |
Messaging Capabilities | ✓ | ✓ | |
Handheld Size | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Bluetooth Compatible | ✓ | ||
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Subscription Applicable (Globalstar) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Uses | 2-Way Communication with friends and family during hiking, outdoor adventures, camping, boating, and more! Works as a standalone communication device or paired to your cell phone. | Satellite communication for friends and family during hiking, outdoor adventures, camping, boating, and more with the push of a button! | Advanced tracking for your most valued assets and possessions. Instantly receive a text or email when movement is detected and follow on SPOT Mapping on your phone or computer. |
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SPOT offers peace of mind, using 100% satellite technology. SPOT products keep you connected to the people and things that matter most. SPOT allows you to track assets, send and receive messages, send your GPS position and status, mark waypoints, track your progress on SPOT Mapping and notify search and rescue officials in the event of an emergency.
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Why do I need a satellite messenger?
SPOT X and Gen4 provide reliable connectivity when you lose cellular coverage plus you can send an SOS to the 24/7 Search & Rescue services.
Can my device be experiencing 5G interference?
SPOT devices are meant to be used off the grid when cell service isn't available. When using your device inside 5G coverage you may experience interference.
What if I only go adventuring a couple times a year?
Our Flex service plans are perfect for our seasonal adventurers.
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Battery life | 3.6 | — | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
User interface | 3.1 | — | 4.0 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
Easy to use | 3.2 | — | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | — |
Value for money | 3.1 | — | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | — |
Touch Screen | — | — | — | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
Sold By | SPOT LLC. | 6ave | Sports-and-Gadgets | HALF TIME | HALF TIME | Amazon.com |
mounting type | found in image, Dashboard Mount | — | found in image | Handheld | Handheld | Wrist Mount |
batteries included | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
battery average life | 240 hours | 336 hours | 30 days | 336 hours | 336 hours | 165 hours |
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Customers are satisfied with the accuracy of the location tracker. However, some customers have reported issues with the service, saying that the messaging is very slow and the signal is tracked with a certain delay. They also say that the functions are slow and that the Bluetooth range is very limited. Opinions are mixed on battery life, value, ease of use, performance, quality, and signal strength.
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Customers like the accuracy of the location tracker. They say it gives them the exact coordinates and a map to where it is. Some say the lat/long accuracy is very good. They also say it helps to keep an accurate account of the locations.
"...The unit successfully sent predefined messages, location tracks, and received custom messages from my wife and other contacts...." Read more
"...However, when a message does go through, the lat/long accuracy is very good...." Read more
"...The location seems pretty accurate, so I am fairly confident it will suit our needs in tracking our high altitude weather balloon payload when it..." Read more
"...I would estimate the tracking points are accurate to about 50 feet. As soon as I put the tractor back in the barn, the device goes to sleep...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the performance of the location tracker. Some mention that it works well, while others say that it doesn't work.
"...Outdoors, it always works. It tracks, sends and receives messages perfectly...." Read more
"...I'm a long time Spot user, and back packer, and this product is poorly designed and unnecessarily difficult to use...." Read more
"...The device was working fine, sending my loved ones my whereabouts on a nightly (thanks to me, not the subscription) basis...." Read more
"...Which is not too bad. But it worked flawlessly when I was riding in the mountains, where there’s no cell reception at all!..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the quality of the location tracker. Some say it's perfect and does exactly what they need it to, while others say it is not a reliable device to track anything more valuable than a pet. The reliability is minimal, and the breadcrumbs are unreliable.
"...Outdoors, it always works. It tracks, sends and receives messages perfectly...." Read more
"...No reception - no tracking.Spot doesn’t use cell service. It uses satellites...." Read more
"...it easy to keep my family in the know to where I'm at with the tracking function, and if I need them, or they need me, it's just a text away...." Read more
"This device stops tracking after a long stop... fine.It starts some 30 to 60 minutes AFTER it detects its moving again... NOT FINE...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the ease of use. Some mention the device is super easy to use, straightforward, and easy to set up. However, others say that it's cumbersome, hard to get set up, and requires a lot of attention.
"...The set up process was easy, although set aside some time to enter your contacts and set up predefined messages. The bluetooth to phone is great...." Read more
"...Things I wish it did better: the user interface. It's a little cumbersome to see what did and didn't get sent...." Read more
"...The Spot Trace was easy to activate and pretty much ready to use within minutes of receiving it...." Read more
"...Tried trouble shoot again. Tried to install Spot X App but would not install. Message was a newer app was available which is The Spot App...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the signal strength of the location tracker. Some mention that it can send regular text messages through, which is a good feature. They also say that the unit successfully sent predefined messages, location tracks, and received custom messages from. However, others say that sometimes messages won't actually be sent or received for long periods of time due to issues with the device and mobile connectivity.
"...Spot X has issues sending text messages and check ins to 5G enabled smartphones that are in a 5G area...." Read more
"...This was by far the best deal out there. Plus you get to send unlimited check in messages and unlimited preset messages..." Read more
"...No reception - no tracking.Spot doesn’t use cell service. It uses satellites...." Read more
"...this works essentially the same way except with the convenience of sending custom text messages (along with preloaded ones) to individual contacts..." Read more
Customers have mixed opinions about the value of the location tracker. Some say it's well worth the price, with a reasonable monthly subscription fee. They appreciate the clear explanations of all services and the piece of mind it provides. However, others say it’s kind of expensive, and not worth the cost of the device or the subscription.
"...it will give people a way to reach you (and you them) in a semi-reasonable amount of time...." Read more
"...This is a nice product. It boots up quicky and after an initial satellite find, it locks on really quickly...." Read more
"...15mins down the road before I get the first alert - Extremely Overpriced at $250/annual, when I first started with this it was $150/annual..." Read more
"...the SPOT within a month of its release and found the subscription plan to be very reasonable for what you're getting...." Read more
Customers are mixed about the battery life of the location tracker. Some mention that it saves battery, while others say that it eats up batteries like crazy and stops working.
"...Now onto the bad part:1. It uses AAA batteries...." Read more
"...Anywhere else indoors is a black hole. Battery life is reasonable although I don't think it'll run 10 days 24x7 with tracking at 10 minutes...." Read more
"...The Gen3 did start to fail a bit, turning off at random, quit tracking even though I would refresh/update...." Read more
"...On finishing my hike I found the device had turned itself off. No tracks were dropped for the entire hike...." Read more
Customers are dissatisfied with the service provided by the location tracker. They mention that the messaging is very slow, the signal is tracked with a certain delay, and the functions are slow. The Bluetooth range is very limited, and it does not track as fast as the trackers on cellular phone towers. It takes around five minutes to send a message, and would not send anything timely. The sync and connection rate is painful, and can take a very long time to upload data to the satellites.
"...saying log on and change your settings... there are NO settings to change this delay time.I paid a year in advance...." Read more
"...battery status is only reported when low• speed is not reported•..." Read more
"...more than 10 min, the problem of this device is to pair whit gps signal could be delayed...." Read more
"...However, transmission hasn't been totally reliable. SPOT is only able to upload data to the Globalstar network, and does not receive any in return...." Read more
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First, this is important to understand: it's a satellite device. You really have to be outside in order for it to work reliably. It looks like people are picking these up expecting them to be some sort of everywhere-Blackberry'ish device. It's not. But it's close enough such that, properly configured, it will give people a way to reach you (and you them) in a semi-reasonable amount of time. It also does a stellar job of tracking and reporting your outdoor location.
Bottom line: I've spent about 2 weeks with it on my hip, indoors and out, and here's what I've found. Outdoors, it always works. It tracks, sends and receives messages perfectly. In the car it's a little less reliable but setting it in a little suction cup holder on the windshield also works perfectly. In the house, if I set it on a table by the window it works some-to-most of the time. Anywhere else indoors is a black hole. Battery life is reasonable although I don't think it'll run 10 days 24x7 with tracking at 10 minutes. So take a solar battery if you're going to be off-grid a while.
Things I wish it did better: the user interface. It's a little cumbersome to see what did and didn't get sent. It would be nice if there were an "if you really want to send this, you need to stand still and hold it up in the air" beeps after a couple of minutes of not sending. Email-to-text has room for improvement but if you just text message phones it works well. Also, there's no 2-way coverage in Australia? Really?! The one-way beacon worked great there but it would be nice to text from the outback. But for the Americas, Western Europe and Africa it seems to have you covered. I'll say that the one-way version also worked flawlessly in The Gambia a couple of years back.
But for $20 bucks a month ($30 a month if you want to spend your whole trek texting all your buddies every waking minute) it's a good deal. You just have to understand what you're getting.
Received followup phone call from Robin at customer service and she really knows the Spot X. First and foremost is that she let me know that Spot has fixed the issue with some Android phones not connecting. App connects perfectly with my phone now. She also spent time to straighten out my account and transfer credits from old Spot to new Spot X and make sure account was properly set up. She went above and beyond including settiing up a share page for tracking.
I have spent some time setting it up and is as good if not better than I was hoping for!
A correctioon on signal issues when in Tmobile 5G is that it will send but may have issues receiving messages. Have not experienced any issues with that as it is working great.
Needless to say with the fantastic service and the Spot X working I will be keeping it and stay with Spot.
Robin has promised another followup on Monday to go over any issues.
Saturday 3.9.2024
Tried to set up spot. Installed The Spot App and added the new Spot X to our Spot account. Spot X would not connect to Android phone but would show Spot devices. Did trouble shoot as per Spot and Google search nada.
Sunday tried again and sent check ins and some worked some not. Tried trouble shoot again. Tried to install Spot X App but would not install. Message was a newer app was available which is The Spot App. Finally gave up.
Monday 3.11.2024
Called Spot service, got a nice representative Nicole and spent approximately 2 hours on the phone.
So this is what we figured out:
Spot X will not Bluetooth connect with new The Spot App. Need to use the Spot X App.
Spot X app will not install on my Android phone. Does not say that anywhere in the documentation! Says android version 7 or above I have version 13. Before buying a Spot X would suggest that you try to install Spot X app NOT The Spot App if you want to use the Spot X with a phone. I don’t believe the documentation is accurate about which operating system will work. Believe best way to know is as previously mentioned.
Spot X has issues sending text messages and check ins to 5G enabled smartphones that are in a 5G area.
Need to send messages to an email if want to make sure that recipient receives messages.
Best we could figure out is that the Spot X will receive text messages from 5G phones in 5G area but haven’t truly tested this yet.
The work around she suggested is to use a contact’s email and have them text back responses. This may work but seems overly cumbersome.
Have had a Spot 1 since 2009 and would like to stay with Spot but at this point considering switching to Garmin inreach or just stick with Spot 1. She created a work order so will wait a bit and see if any of these issues can be resolved. Have until April 6th to return.
Will update this review if Spot can work out these issues.