I frequently mountain bike alone in areas without reception. I bought a PLB1 so I have an “oh shit” button if something goes wrong (or I run into someone else in a similar situation). No monthly fee was the huge selling point to me. I could care less if I can text or pair my phone.

I feel massively safer having this beacon in my pack. It also makes a great, albeit expensive, gift for friends who are similarly active.

Not the only use-case. It would also be nice to just have some limited communication abilities in areas pretty close to our house where we currently have non-negligible dead zones.

But thank you, I’d never heard of those before.