Garmin inreach Mini
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- Jurassic pusher
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Garmin inreach Mini
A friend told me about this, a great review on DC Rainmakers site, could it be the answer to all of Spots downfalls?
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inReach isn’t perfect; the price being the main sticking point.Jurassic pusher wrote:A friend told me about this, a great review on DC Rainmakers site, could it be the answer to all of Spots downfalls?
- JohnClimber
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Info here
https://www.globaltelesat.co.uk/garmin- ... 5ab7bb6989
And subscription plans
https://www.globaltelesat.co.uk/delorme ... tion-plans
https://www.globaltelesat.co.uk/garmin- ... 5ab7bb6989
And subscription plans
https://www.globaltelesat.co.uk/delorme ... tion-plans
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The mini looks like a great little device to me. Basic communication, price is a lot more competitive to Spot, and the option to use the subscription as and when. The first Garmin\InReach devices are proper pricey, but this is nearly half
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Real user experiences on battery life? I've read very bad reviews.
My SPOT membership is about to finish and may swap for a In REach Mini
My SPOT membership is about to finish and may swap for a In REach Mini
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dont know but also watching them with interest- I bet it makes SPOT up their game - as the two way communication seems much more useful[ if you ever actually need the emergency option]
- Jurassic pusher
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Since my original post (last May), I bought one 5 weeks ago £250 from Blacks/Millets, it`s first proper outing was the just passed Dales Divide.
I am very impressed with it, easy to use and the menus etc are quite straight forward and I no tech expert!! Sending and receiving texts from home anywhere was nice (but not real deal maker for me)
The battery reached the 25% remaining level after being on for 45-47 hrs so Garmins prediction of a 50 hour battery life is a little conservative, I plugged it into a battery pack but it may well have lasted upto 60 hrs
It was set to track every 10 mins.
As I am not going to need it now for such intense tracking I will down grade my Garmin Subs plan, something a Gen 3 Spot is not able to do
So overall for me it is ideal, if I was in need of regular high level of tracking then a Spot may prove to be more cost effective.
I am very impressed with it, easy to use and the menus etc are quite straight forward and I no tech expert!! Sending and receiving texts from home anywhere was nice (but not real deal maker for me)
The battery reached the 25% remaining level after being on for 45-47 hrs so Garmins prediction of a 50 hour battery life is a little conservative, I plugged it into a battery pack but it may well have lasted upto 60 hrs
It was set to track every 10 mins.
As I am not going to need it now for such intense tracking I will down grade my Garmin Subs plan, something a Gen 3 Spot is not able to do
So overall for me it is ideal, if I was in need of regular high level of tracking then a Spot may prove to be more cost effective.
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another option is to "suspend" the inReach when not requiredJurassic pusher wrote: ↑Thu Apr 25, 2019 8:01 pm As I am not going to need it now for such intense tracking I will down grade my Garmin Subs plan
still need to pay the annual fee
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I just got one for my 25year long service award present.
Only just tested it out and like it a lot - even a numpty like me can use it
Only just tested it out and like it a lot - even a numpty like me can use it
2924 miles per Gallon
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Does that base "safety plan" come with the GEOS search and rescue stuff, or is that extra? (assuming they even do it)
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All the plans have basic GEOS
It is possible to purchase extra cover and /or medivac
I did suggest to Garmin there should be an SOS plan; no tracking at all, no messages
Essentially turns the inReach into a PLB.
Said was a good idea and would consider, seems they haven’t
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Just as a little reminder (posted this multiple times on other threads), you might want to have a look at protegear.de for some (likely) more usefully and cheaper data plans:
https://www.protegear.de/english/dataplans-for-inreach/
https://www.protegear.de/english/dataplans-for-inreach/
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Thanks Gian. Those are better data plans.
I guess I'll have to separate tracking intervals and fiddle with the options to get it last for 1 week during HT550.
I guess I'll have to separate tracking intervals and fiddle with the options to get it last for 1 week during HT550.
Battery life: Up to 50 hours at 10-minute tracking with 5-minute logging (default); up to 30 hours at 10-minute tracking with 1-second logging; up to 20 days at the 30-minute interval power save mode; and up to 1 year when powered off