The McMurdo Fast Find Ranger: could save your life

We’ve teamed up with top brand McMurdo to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a prize that might one day save your life.

The Fast Find Ranger personal locator beacon can be used anywhere in the world to send a distress signal from the pocket-sized unit to orbiting satellites.

It doesn’t need a mobile phone signal and has a built-in GPS to give rescue services an accurate fix of your location.

Ross Wilkinson, sales director for the company, said: “Our Fast Find PLBs are widely recognised as essential safety devices by outdoor enthusiasts from mountaineers and adventurers to everyday ramblers, and have been instrumental in a vast number of documented rescues worldwide.

“In 2010 alone 308 people were rescued from outdoor environments globally using information provided by the Cospas-Sarsat system.

“The Fast Find Ranger represents the next generation of our PLB range, with styling and usability enhancements as well as GPS as standard to offer even further peace of mind to all safety-conscious adventurers.”

The ground breaking Fast Find Ranger is a stylish and versatile 406MHz GPS emergency beacon set to become a must-have safety device for anyone venturing into the outdoors.

With GPS as standard to enable a typical position accuracy of +/-62m, the Ranger is a lightweight, compact device, designed to fit into small pockets or backpack compartments.

It features new contemporary styling, with retro reflective detailing for improved visibility in low light, a six-year battery storage life and non-slip, impact resistant ruggedised casing providing ultimate protection in harsh outdoor environments.

McMurdo is a world leading producer of emergency positioning indicating radio beacons, personal locator beacons, search and rescue transponders, Navtex and VHF radios for the maritime and leisure markets, including shipping, yachting, and outdoor adventure pursuits.

The high quality product range is manufactured in the UK utilising the very latest technology available, and in partnership with the world’s safety regulatory organisations.

The McMurdo Fast Find Ranger retails at £270 and we have one to give away to a lucky winner.

For a chance to win your very own Ranger, answer correctly the following question:

The McMurdo Fast Find Ranger’s built-in GPS will give a typical accuracy of +/-:

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Winners will be chosen at random from correct entries. Closing date is 31 August 2013. One entry only per individual; duplicate entries will be disregarded. No cash alternative to the prize will be offered. Winners will be notified by email and the draw organisers’ decision will be final.

More details of the Ranger PLB are on the McMurdo website.