Useful safety concept?
 

Chuck Gould wrote:
I couldn't quite figure out your cryptic reference to your email
address.

Since Reggie has also expressed an interest in the additional contact
information, I'll go ahead and list it here.

Quote:

Safety Turtle (www.safetyturtle.com)

The Safety Turtle Wireless Alarm is an ingenious combination of
wireless signal-outfitted wristbands/collarbands and a wireless base
station receiver that sounds an alarm the instant a child or pet falls
or ventures into water. The base station can be positioned anywhere
between 200 and 1500 feet away from the water(depending on model
desired). Safety Turtle retails for $235 and can be purchased online at
safetyturtle.com or at retail stores throughout the U.S and Canada.

So there ya go. I don't know anything more about this than what we have
all read here, but for those interested in additional investigation
that would be the starting point.


If they could find a large enough market to offset the fixed cost, the
price could come down considerable, but with the cost of boats, the $235
is nothing. For the cost of winterizing a small boat, you get long term
piece of mind.

Useful safety concept?
 

"Reginald P. Smithers III" wrote in message
...
Chuck Gould wrote:
I couldn't quite figure out your cryptic reference to your email
address.

Since Reggie has also expressed an interest in the additional contact
information, I'll go ahead and list it here.

Quote:

Safety Turtle (www.safetyturtle.com)

The Safety Turtle Wireless Alarm is an ingenious combination of
wireless signal-outfitted wristbands/collarbands and a wireless base
station receiver that sounds an alarm the instant a child or pet falls
or ventures into water. The base station can be positioned anywhere
between 200 and 1500 feet away from the water(depending on model
desired). Safety Turtle retails for $235 and can be purchased online at
safetyturtle.com or at retail stores throughout the U.S and Canada.

So there ya go. I don't know anything more about this than what we have
all read here, but for those interested in additional investigation
that would be the starting point.


If they could find a large enough market to offset the fixed cost, the
price could come down considerable, but with the cost of boats, the $235
is nothing. For the cost of winterizing a small boat, you get long term
piece of mind.

There is a huge market. Swimming pools and that is the major target. I bet
a lot of that cost is insurance.

Useful safety concept?
 

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ups.com...


Quote:

Safety Turtle (www.safetyturtle.com)

The Safety Turtle Wireless Alarm is an ingenious combination of
wireless signal-outfitted wristbands/collarbands and a wireless base
station receiver that sounds an alarm the instant a child or pet falls
or ventures into water. The base station can be positioned anywhere
between 200 and 1500 feet away from the water(depending on model
desired). Safety Turtle retails for $235 and can be purchased online at
safetyturtle.com or at retail stores throughout the U.S and Canada.

So there ya go. I don't know anything more about this than what we have
all read here, but for those interested in additional investigation
that would be the starting point.


Ocean boaters should take note of this additional product description:

"Warning: Please be aware that Safety Turtle is not suitable for use in
seawater."

Eisboch

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:
On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 14:37:01 -0500, " JimH" not telling you @
pffftt.com wrote:


"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
roups.com...
This was in this morning's email.

Presented here as an interesting idea, so the specific contact details
for additional information or purchase information have been eliminated
from this post. In the unlikely event that somebody would be interested
in contacting the firm that makes this device, Email me at

and I'll send the contact info via that route:

Chuck, remind me again how this is not SPAM.

Allow me Chuck.

It pertains to me because I boat with my dogs and occasionally have
children aboard not to mention my nieces. If I am distracted for some
reason, it would be an additional piece of safety alert that could be
very important in certain situations.

Others may have that interest also and I can think of several other
applications in which this could be very useful.

According to JimH, if you are distracted for any reason, even for a
second, you are an idiot. He said so. No matter what, another boat
overtaking you, running over a crab trap, lines caught in prop,
anything.

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JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"JimH" wrote in message
oups.com...

JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
" JimH" not telling you @ pffftt.com wrote in message
. ..

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...
This was in this morning's email.

Presented here as an interesting idea, so the specific contact details
for additional information or purchase information have been
eliminated
from this post. In the unlikely event that somebody would be
interested
in contacting the firm that makes this device, Email me at

and I'll send the contact info via that route:

*********

Hi Chuck,
snip

Grant


Chuck, remind me again how this is not SPAM.

Chuck works for a magazine. Magazines have new product pages which are
nothing but a brief mention of thing that might be interesting to
readers.

I understand. I would have had no problem with Chucks post if he did
not copy an email he received from a manufacturer specifically
mentioning their products name and with Chuck offering to act as
middleman to facilitate the sale of the stuff.

As it stood his post was pure Spam and as Head Sheriff of the NG he
should have know that and modified his post as I suggested. I am just
reminding him of the rules so he learns to walk the walk.

It is interesting to see his deputies come to his rescue though. (not
you Doug). ;-)


Maybe he's trying to decide whether to give it space in the magazine. But,
that doesn't matter. If you don't like certain messages, DON'T ****IN' LOOK
AT THEM, PUSS WAD.

He just HAS to stir ****. It's his only reason for living.

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Bert Robbins wrote:
JimH wrote:

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
ps.com...

JimH wrote:

"Chuck Gould" wrote in message
oups.com...

This was in this morning's email.

Presented here as an interesting idea, so the specific contact details
for additional information or purchase information have been
eliminated
from this post. In the unlikely event that somebody would be
interested
in contacting the firm that makes this device, Email me at

and I'll send the contact info via that route:

*********

Hi Chuck,

snip

Grant


Chuck, remind me again how this is not SPAM.

Gladly:

1) I have no financial interest of any kind in the item described.
2) There is no pricing or commercial contact information included, (in
fact, it was deleted), merely a description of a new product.
3) I do have contact information available to anybody interested via
email- but I didn't post that here to *avoid* falling into a spam
category. Spam is a commercial solicitation in a non-commercial venue.
If somebody wants the commercial solicitation, I will put them on the
track to get it- but it isn't appearing here.
4) There is no personal endorsement or recommendation that anybody
actually purchase one of these for any purpose, merely an invitation to
discuss whether such a device by this or some other manufacturer with a
similar concept might be a useful safety device.


1. You mentioned the manufacturer
2. The manufacturer mentioned the specific product by name
3. You offered to act as a distributor for the manufacturer

If it smells like a duck and quacks like a duck...........

What you should have said:

======================
"I received an email from my brother in law........ummm....I mean a
manufacturer of a safety product for boaters and would like your
opinions on it.

The company manufactures a device that is worn either around the
child's wrist or on their lifevest or around the pet's collar or
lifevest and sends a wireless signal to a base station (positioned
anywhere on the boat) if the child or pet falls overboard. The base
station then alarms loudly so that the adults on board know immediately
that there is a child/pet that has fallen overboard and can rush to
help."

What do you think?

============================

Personally I think that anyone who leaves a child unsupervised around
water, even for a minute, is insane.


Get a life.


You parents left you untended for days at a time and it didn't harm
you...eh Bert?

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Short Wave Sportfishing wrote:


Yeah - only one problem - it's practically useless in salt water.

That would be a serious limitation indeed.

But a lot of boaters in the midwest, up around the Great Lakes, and
owners of small runabouts will never see sal****er. (We have posts here
every so often: "After all these years I'm about to put my boat into
sal****er, what special precautions must I take?")

It might be interesting to know if the salt content screws up the radio
transmission or if it interferes with the initial activation of the
sensor.

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On 1 Dec 2006 09:18:53 -0800, "Chuck Gould"
wrote:

It might be interesting to know if the salt content screws up the radio
transmission or if it interferes with the initial activation of the
sensor.

The sensor should not be an issue unless it is not corrosion
resistant. More likely they are concerned with grounding out the
transmitted signal.