Sharing a Spot 2

[HOser]

I've done due diligence by searching this forum, and I combed through the terms and conditions at Spot's website, but I couldn't find a clear answer to if sharing of a Spot and 911/tracking service with non-family members is allowed.  I've seen plenty of references on these forums to sharing Spots, so I'm guessing it's allowed, and I see from the Spot terms and conditions that the owner of a Spot can designated additional "authorized users", but I wanted to be clear on how this works before outlaying the cash for one.

In short, a friend and I want to share costs on a Spot 2 but I want to be sure that both of us are allowed to use 911 and tracking even when only one of us is the official owner of the device and the service.  Can someone please elaborate a bit on if this is allowed, and how it works?  How many "authorized users" can somebody designate, and can they all use 911, without fear of penalty?  Is it easy to use the Spot website to switch who gets the "I'm OK" and "Help" messages?  I understand the owner is responsible for any misuse by others, no problem with that, but I just want to be sure use by others isn't limited.

Thanks in advance for the help!

[ScottM]

I don't know of any limitations on sharing of SPOTs.  It's easy to log in to the system and change the 911, help and OK message contact info.  SPOT is well aware that a 911 from a SPOT may not be concerning the actual owner of the unit, so I don't think there are any problems there, as long as you remember to change the info whenever someone else is using it.

Of course we (at trackleaders.com) do this all the time with our demo fleet, but we don't have any special permission to do this, it's fair game for any unit.  Unless someone knows different?

I like your signature...

[HOser]

Scott, thanks a lot for the reply!  Appreciate the reassurance, sounds like there aren't any gotchas to sharing a Spot then.

[bmike-vt]

I have multiple profiles set up for myself (wife for local rides, wife and in-laws for a specific ride I do every year, in-laws for when I'm riding in their locale, etc. etc.)

Seems you'd just need to update multiple contact #s and such for each person using the device...