Spot LLC has issued a product recall on the SPOT Satellite Communicator which is bundled and sold exclusively with the DeLorme Earthmate PN-60w. This comes just over a year after Spot had to recall its then recently introduced second generation SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger, or what is now known as SPOT 2. And, as was the case then, it appears the contract manufacturer in China installed a part that was not up to spec.

This recall does not affect the regular SPOT GPS Satellite Communicator or other SPOT Products.

More information at: http://www.equipped.org/blog/?p=324

Thanx for informing. I had a Delorme PN60 with SPOT Communicator in my Amazon.com cart, ready to be purchased. I will delete it from my cart now. Thanx again.

Ridge Runner wrote:Thanx for informing. I had a Delorme PN60 with SPOT Communicator in my Amazon.com cart, ready to be purchased. I will delete it from my cart now. Thanx again.

From what I have been told, if you wait a few weeks for them to work the old ones out of the system for replacement, you should be OK. Or, if you have a smart phone and don't need the GPS, wait until SPOT Connect is available, expected RSN....