Thread: Buying McMurdo FastFind 210 --- and activation in Canada

Aircraft Spruce has the Canadian coded Fastfind 210 for the same (reasonable) price as the US coded FF210. Happy with the price and unit so far (hope to never use it). My friend Andy went in on the purchase as well, and since the total was more than $500, the shipping was free (bonus!).

Can't help you with the Canada part, but I bought one at Oshkosh, got a few people together for a mini group buy from Wicks, they gave us about $25 off and sold them for about $275 each. Hope this helps.

Thanks for the coupon code. Getting a PLB has been on my wish list for a few months. This discussion motivated me to place an order today.

I have one and its registered in Canada. There are no issues to be concerned about.

Quote: Originally Posted by Rick_A So is the Fastfind 210 really a great bargain or is there something that justifies the higher price of the other PLB's? I think that the Fastfind 210 is just what many of us have been waiting for- a lower cost 406/ GPS PLB. I've been watching them for a couple years, waiting for the price to come down. Sooner or later it always does, and this appears to be the unit. PS- I was part of Glenn's...

I bought one at OSH from either Gulf Coast or Pacific Coast Avionics for $275. I activated it in my tent at OSH using my laptop and a wireless connection. It resides in a cell phone case clipped to the right hand 'map pocket' in my -8. Well worth the money IMO.

Quote: Originally Posted by flickroll I bought one at OSH from either Gulf Coast or Pacific Coast Avionics for $275. I activated it in my tent at OSH using my laptop and a wireless connection. It resides in a cell phone case clipped to the right hand 'map pocket' in my -8. Well worth the money IMO. ...that price 2 years ago... $275 is a really good deal... I know it's been two years since I just got a "renew the...

Alfio - beacons registered in Canada must be coded for Canada. There is a country code programmed into the data stream. Some US vendors understand this and will ship to you a beacon that's properly programmed (normally available by special order, telephone contact required since most web commerce sites offer no ability to specify PLB programming). Some have no clue and figure if it's good for USA it's good for everywhere....