Wireless kill switch in USA

Bigtalljv · 03 October 2017, 21:34

I know these threads about kill switches usually go south but I’ve just heard of this and it sounds good. There are people who’ve used them and seem to like it. They thought of several things, you can connect multiple wireless fobs to it for either captain, cuts power, or passenger and it just alerts. Also allows restarts shortly after killing the engine so other can pilot the boat if captain goes over.

https://buy.fellmarine.com/mob-xtag.html

lakelandterrier · 03 October 2017, 21:52

Is is not more simple - and a lot cheaper- just to have a spare kill cord easily accessible?

LT

Bigtalljv · 03 October 2017, 22:59

This would be so you are not tethered physically to the boat. Allows you to move around more, like if you’re fishing or something. I could see the benefit, there are times I reach to grab stuff and forget I’m tethered and get tangled up or kill the engine.

Xk59D · 04 October 2017, 00:23

Biggest issue is the engine is still running when you hit the water....and hard to beat basically a string for reliability and cost.

paintman · 04 October 2017, 07:38

If they're that confident in their product I'd prefer to see an actual demo on their website instead of that weird animation.

ETA
Long discussion on this forum:
http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-...ll-switch.html