Best price for 406MHz EPIRB?

[whiteman]

My EPIRB's just about out of date. The GME 406 and Garmin 400 seems to be $449 regardless of where you buy. Anyone seen better specials on these or other 406MHz models?

Or do I buy another 121.5MHz EPIRB for $169 to last to Feb 09 and hope for a big price drop in the other?

(Kerry, I know about the differences between the safety margins - I have been training as a long distance swimmer to offset the risks)

[Marlin_Mike]

shop around mate, prices vary dramaticcally.

Mike

[withoutatrace]

Recently bought a GME406 from Northside Marine for $399.00.

Whitworths have them for the same price.

WOAT

[seatime]

Whitworths have the GME MT400 406 Mhz for $399, that's about the cheapest 406 around.

[whiteman]

That's more like it. Thanks for the tip.

[Spaniard_King]

yep got one from Twitworths the other day $399.. best I could find

Garry

[Mighty_Quin]

Wait for Sanctuary Cove boat show and get 15% discount from Whitwortrhs.

[Shane Boese]

Got mine from Leisure Marine $ 399.00 three weeks ago.

Regards Shane

[whiteman]

Bias TSV will match Whitworths price of $399. Let's go shopping!

[ozscott]

they usually will only give you boatshow price on stocked items...not ordered...so unless you camp out you might miss out on the 15%

[PinHead]

how much is your life worth ?????

[Mod11]

So, the question is " do I spend $169 now, for 2 years worth of coverage and then hope to get the 406 at much better than $399 ? ".

So, if the 406 comes down to say $299 in 2009, that's only $130 diff. Then again, the 406 may just remain at the $400 price after 2009 ? who knows !!

If you buy the 121, you will have double the security after 2009 won't you ? or are the authorities going to completely NOT cover the 121 range ?

The question is still, what is my life and the life of my crew worth ? The 406 has a much improved location range and that really means less time at risk.

Seems like a no brainer to me.

chilli

[seatime]

If you buy the 121, you will have double the security after 2009 won't you ? or are the authorities going to completely NOT cover the 121 range ?

chilli

121.5 Mhz won't be be monitored by SAR satellites after Feb 2009.

121.5 Mhz will be still used as a homing frequency for searching aircraft though, the 406 Mhz EPIRB's also transmit on 121.5 for that purpose.

regards

[whiteman]

And the best news is the Garmin 400 uses the same screw hole pattern as the old 300 series so no drilling required!

[DR]

http://www.whitworths.com.au/main_itemdetail.asp?item=74522&search123=epirb&intAbsolutePage=1