Best beacon?

[Skyline]

Looking to buy a new beacon this year mine is a few years old and I'm looking to upgrade ,my question is what are you using and how do you like it? I'm looking for a user friendly high quality beacon thanks for your input

 

[Chump]

Don't know what's new, but I have a DTS tracker. It's a few years old now, but for ease of use I find it works very well. Havnt had to actually use It in an emergency situation yet either though... But just searching at the quartz cabin and practicing with friends I feel confident that I would be able to locate someone relatively easy.

 

[Lowlife82]

Looking to buy a new beacon this year mine is a few years old and I'm looking to upgrade ,my question is what are you using and how do you like it? I'm looking for a user friendly high quality beacon thanks for your input

If your friends are in the running for one as well...I really like my mammut. Very user friendly and has the heartbeat option as well. If a multiple burial no point in digging if no heartbeat present. Move on to a heartbeat. My 2 cents

 

[cnelson6]

I also really like my mammut it's very easy to use and works well! Just did ast1 with the wife and they like those and pieps. Go to a dealer and try some and find which one that works for you as well. That's what we did and found the mammut was a little bit easier than the pieps.

 

[ralpher]

i bought the pieps dsp because it is easy to use
almost got the mammut one but no one i ride with has one and a bit more $$
cant go wrong with either

 

[Popik]

A quick google search will show that the Ortovox S1+ is the highest rated and easiest to use...for news anyway. Gt mine last week

 

[Lowlife82]

A quick google search will show that the Ortovox S1+ is the highest rated and easiest to use...for news anyway. Gt mine last week

Had 2 of these. One failed to go into search mode during a test. Find the mammut just as easy to use.

I liked these beacons until the failure though

 

[gibsons]

I have 2 tracker 2's and a pieps dsp. very happy with both and looking currently looking at the pieps dsp pro. What ever you choose, get use to it and learn it well, and as far as a beacon that picks up a pulse, I would have a hard time just flagging and carrying on if it detected no pulse. just saying.

 

[catmando]

The best one is the one you know how to use, I have always used pieps and really like them and the ease of use but regardless what you buy digital is the way to go,multiple burial is also a good thing to have . Practise lots with whatever you have,too many people just assume they know how to use em,

 

[trailblazer]

Mammut will receive a signal from the farthest distance,50m,mine has picked one up at 52 during practice. User friendly, multiple burial option,good large viewing screen that doesn't fade in sunlight, loud.Some other beacons won't interface with certain brands but Mammut has the widest frequency and has no delays regardless of the brand.There's a reason most guides,hell ski, cat ski outfits use them.

At the CAA workshop last year,they had the evidence in scientific graphs and studies showing the facts that the Mammut Pulse was the best option, although they certainty didn't push or recommend it,but I do.

 

[Mare]

I have used the Tracker DTS before, but just bought 2 Tracker 2's at the sled show this year. Easy to use IMO. Went out with a friend last weekend and did some beacon practices, the Tracker 2 did very well, my friend was using his Ortovox S1 (he swears by it) but it failed to even find my beacon when he switched to search mode. I was standing 3 feet from him, so not sure what was happening there. Just my opinion.

 

[lewishillbilly]

3 tracker 2's in my family and they've always performed very well.

 

[Summitric]

THIS WILL HELP YOUR DECISIONS............

Rating Scores - The Best Avalanche Beacons - OutdoorGearLab

 

[Summitric]

Cheapest place i found to purchase beacons..... Saved $250 a piece when i bought 3 of the s1+............

 

[pete gads]

My group asked Lori from zacs tracs what she thought was best. Her answer was any beacon. They are only as good as the person that holds them. She used an old sos and found a person faster than someone with a fairly new one. My group has the mammut

 

[Skyline]

THIS WILL HELP YOUR DECISIONS............

Rating Scores - The Best Avalanche Beacons - OutdoorGearLab

Thanks for all the input

 

[ralpher]

Mammut will receive a signal from the farthest distance,50m,mine has picked one up at 52 during practice. User friendly, multiple burial option,good large viewing screen that doesn't fade in sunlight, loud.Some other beacons won't interface with certain brands but Mammut has the widest frequency and has no delays regardless of the brand.There's a reason most guides,hell ski, cat ski outfits use them.

At the CAA workshop last year,they had the evidence in scientific graphs and studies showing the facts that the Mammut Pulse was the best option, although they certainty didn't push or recommend it,but I do.

the pieps dsp will also go to 50 m
and the new dsp pro will go to 60 m

 

[neilsleder]

My group asked Lori from zacs tracs what she thought was best. Her answer was any beacon. They are only as good as the person that holds them. She used an old sos and found a person faster than someone with a fairly new one. My group has the mammut

I asked Lori what beacon she would want to find her if she was buried and she said her husband cause it's trained to find her first before any other one, I ride with my wife and liked that feature on there beacons. She has the Barryvox pulse beacon. But she said a close second would be the Barryvox (Mammut) element because it's easy to use and has one of the longest rages. That's the beacon I have and really like it.

 

[cancritter]

great info for us new types..keep it comein

 

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