We bought a bundle that came with the iprobe, pieps mini transceiver and a shovel at the snowmobile show this year for a good price- it was the same or less as similar bundles with a regular shovel/probe/transceiver- I don't know if I would pay $100 extra for the iprobe over a standard probe but it seems like a neat idea. I haven't really had a chance to try it out and see how well it works.