Crickets 2026 Skidoo Release

[christopher]

! You will like the new sleds though I will guarantee that! Remember also the gauge is always being worked on an updated 360 days a years so updates are coming when they improve, not really a spring check thing.

Are you suggesting that A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR???

 

[14mkramer]

Rip ken block.

Exactly and even when that accident happened there was no buddy tracking available. I’m not quite sure if it was instant or over a few minutes. Most people wouldn’t have the skill set to perform a life saving procedure to get a hole opened up in the throat area. I watched a buddy almost die during a baseball practice after taking a 3rd base line drive to the neck area. Even with amenities being close by it’s a very scary experience.

 

[Fat_Tones]

To be fair, is buddy tracking really a safety feature or an excuse to scatter like butterflies in the trees?
I have a similar system at work that has GPS location for workers working alone. Its a piece of technology IMO that promotes a false sense of security, accidents can happen and happen quickly, but if you are alone, its a victim location system.

Don’t get me wrong, I would love for doo to have stand alone tracking but will Polaris play nice and allow doo to communicate with their systems? The cat Garmin buddy tracking doesnt even work In Canada I am told.

V2V tracking is definitely not a substitute for keeping visual contact, or at least it shouldn’t be. It can definitely give a false sense of security and even lead to bad practices if you rely solely on it. That goes not just for buddy tracking but for GPS navigating also. I’ve been guilty of getting tunnel visioned with it, but if you treat it as an additional layer of safety, it’s a pretty awesome tool to have.

The fact on how many people are asking for this, I think it would be great to, is awesome but also shows that this is not just do something and make it happen. The gauge is cell based as it has to go market wide, not just for mtns. The ability for trails to be opened or closed in real times was the biggest push. And since the largest market needed that it went there first. But the team hears it all, see's it all and its not just as easy as trading with another manufacture or just building it otherwise it would be done. Keep yelling for it from the roof tops. Also not buying sleds won't get it done, and that would work about as well as people think not buying gas for earth day works, they just buy more on another day! You will like the new sleds though I will guarantee that! Remember also the gauge is always being worked on an updated 360 days a years so updates are coming when they improve, not really a spring check thing.

The lack of tracking feature has definitely made me hesitant, as I’ve been desperately wanting to try a Skidoo, but am super reluctant to ride without V2V since it’s the wife and I alone 95% of the time and we go in pretty deep. as much as we try to keep to the rule of keeping eyes on each other, it’s pretty easy to get separated. I realize there is the Trail tech option. I rode a Doo for the first time ever in Fernie back in January. It was an Expert 165 turbo, and even though I don’t normally like riding turbos, I really liked that sled…a lot.

 

[caper11]

Are you suggesting that A LOT CAN HAPPEN IN A YEAR???

900etec maybe?

 

[christopher]

I understand that "MY" situation while riding is WILDLY different than most everyone elses.
I find myself regularly out riding with groups of other people I do not know.
What I take notice of is those riders that have the 7S system on their Poos do a MUCH BETTER job in keeping track of all the members of their groups.
Their situational awareness of where each of their group members is surprisingly high, regardless of the fact that they are often NOT able to maintain line of site, or even clearly HEAR the other sleds.