Does your idea of an outdoor adventure culminate by starving, freezing, or bleeding to death? Of course not! 

Don’t take chances-take the MicroPLB-GXL personal locator beacon (PLB) from Microwave Monolithic’s Inc. If you get into trouble where there is no cell phone tower, activating the pocket-sized MicroPLB-GXL will beam your unique ID and coordinates to a global satellite system, where the Cospas-Sarsat organization of global Search and Rescue partners will receive your distress signal.

If you’re looking for a meaningful gift for an adventurer that you want to come home alive, look no further than the MicroPLB-GXL. Once “Government-Only” technology, and featured in the new Terminator Salvation movie, this gadget is finally available to the public. Microwave Monolithic’s is “dead-serious” about getting you the smallest, lightest weight, yet most powerful and reliable PLB ever made; settle for only the best when your life is at stake.

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I never thought I’d be suggesting a product made by Black and Decker, but for all the people that live in areas susceptible to severe storms, this isn’t such a bad piece of gear to have floating around. 
The Storm Tracker is a battery-operated UHF/VHF black and white television, lantern, and AM/FM/NOAA weather radio. The radio and flashlight run via batteries that recharge from manually generating power with a hand crank;  the television uses nine C batteries.  With automatic storm alert warning alarm and the seven-channel NOAA weather frequencies, you’ll get all the advisories and emergency information even when you’re powers out.

*Unfortunately it does not include a rebate for all those useless black and orange tools you’ve acquired.

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