Three antennas, and the range the maker publishes
A transceiver is the only product on this site whose purpose is to be found rather than used, and it is also the only one that is useless alone: it works as part of a set with a probe and a shovel, and all three have their own shelf here. The shelf is narrow because the market is — the corpus names BCA, K2, Arva, PIEPS and Mammut and very little else — and that is the honest shape of it rather than a gap in the search. The first figure is the antenna count. Three antennas are now the expectation: the third resolves the direction ambiguity that two cannot, and it is what makes a search converge instead of circling. The second is the search strip width, the band a searcher can cover in one pass, published in metres and derived from the receiving range. It sets how quickly a slope can be swept, and it is a manufacturer figure measured under conditions the listing does not state. The third is multiple-burial handling — whether the device can mark a found signal and move on — and it is the feature that separates the models by a hundred euros. Then the ordinary things that decide whether the device is used: the battery type and how the charge is displayed, the display itself and whether it gives a direction as well as a distance, and the harness. Prices run from 246 € for a bare transceiver to 458 € for one sold as a rescue set with a probe and a shovel. Nothing here is described as making anything safe: a transceiver shortens a search, and the page reports what the maker publishes. We compare antennas, stated search strip, display, multiple burial, batteries, stated battery life, service interval and weight.
Multi-antenna digital transceiver, real-time display, no motion sensing
The cheapest transceiver here, and the listing says plainly which features it leaves out.
Best for: A first transceiver, bought with a probe and a shovel at the same time
≈ $287 / £214 / €241
457 kHz, 215 g, 11.5 × 7.1 × 2.4 cm, strap and AAA batteries included
The thinnest multi-antenna unit here, and the only new one that publishes its frequency, its size and its weight.
Best for: A skier who wants the full Tracker with the features the Tracker S leaves out
≈ $350 / £323 / €370
One bullet point, and it lists the activities the device is for
A 349 € rescue device whose entire published description is a list of five sports.
Best for: A buyer replacing a Barryvox they already know, or one who will read the maker’s own manual first
≈ €315
Sold used. 457 kHz to EN 300718, 60 m range, 50 m strip, 198 g
The best-documented listing on the shelf, sold second-hand, with no price in any of the six stores.
Best for: Nobody, on the strength of this listing alone — see the question below
Sold as a safety pack; the listing never says what is in it
A pack at 352 €, and nothing published says which items the pack contains.
Best for: A buyer who will confirm with the maker exactly what the pack contains before ordering
≈ €352
BCA Tracker S, 260 cm aluminium probe, shovel with saw and extendable handle
The only complete set on the shelf that lists what is in it — transceiver, probe and shovel, each described.
Best for: A first buyer who wants the three items in one order and does not want to choose each one
≈ $360 / €454
Only the specifications at least four models out of five state. A column that is more empty than full compares nothing.
| Model | Price | Amazon reference | Antennas | Batteries | Display |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BCA 23H2000.1.1.1SIZ | 287 $ | B0CBVFGW29 (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces) | Multiple, stated; the number is not published | Not published | Instant real-time display, stated |
| Mammut 2710-00140-1015 | 315 $ | B073XGGK72 (one reference across 5 Amazon marketplaces) | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| K2 2332003.1.1.1SIZ | 350 $ | B00G7IUO9Q (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces) | Multiple, stated; the number is not published | AAA, included | Not published |
| Arva ARPACKV3NEO | 352 $ | B07Y2TMXYN (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces) | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| SnowBigDeal C2312001010-SBD-010-000-260-SBD-020-010 | 360 $ | B0G84DJ7LB (one reference across 6 Amazon marketplaces) | Not published; the transceiver is the BCA Tracker S | Not published | Not published; the transceiver is described as fast at processing a signal |
Specifications: manufacturer sheets and Amazon product pages. Prices and availability: Keepa. No product on this site has been physically tested.
Most recent revision in this category: September 28, 2026.
The live figure beside a product went and asked the shop for it the moment this page opened; any amount written into the text has not moved since the sentence was drafted, and it is the first of the two that counts.
