Tell me about Garmin InReach
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- stevewaters
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Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
With Protegear's data plans, can you stop them for a few months and restart without penalty ? or do you always need to have the SOS monthly plan as a minimum ?
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
Going off what the site says, once you've paid the activation fee (don't miss that, it's expensive at €79), you basically just pay for the periods you need in the year.
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
Do you mean, when tracking by iridium is done and sent to a webpage (-map) there may be a few gaps. These gaps will be filled once the device is connected to the mobile phone (via bluetooth to the Earthmate app) and thus, logged points will be uploaded to the webpage via Earthmate filling in the above mentioned gaps?
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
stevewaters wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:44 pm With Protegear's data plans, can you stop them for a few months and restart without penalty ? or do you always need to have the SOS monthly plan as a minimum ?
Exactly. It works all automatically. I don't have to bother about anything. After some trips you may find you could change dataplan (for more or for less services), which you can do at any time.
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
True, 4 AAA batteries and a much easier system, the 3 gen SPOT is possibly the best option for tracking only use.ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:30 amMy Gen 3 goes a lot longer than that on a set of fresh Lithiums. Spot quote over 400 hours given a clear view of the sky.
Yet don't expect 400 h when tracking in Scotland...
It's more like 100 - 150 h (from mates experiences).
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
ExactlyAlpinum wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:46 pmDo you mean, when tracking by iridium is done and sent to a webpage (-map) there may be a few gaps. These gaps will be filled once the device is connected to the mobile phone (via bluetooth to the Earthmate app) and thus, logged points will be uploaded to the webpage via Earthmate filling in the above mentioned gaps?
Kind of useless for knowing where someone *is*
But useful for seeing where they’ve *been*
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
Sorry, misunderstood your first response.
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Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
Guess where mine is used.....Alpinum wrote: ↑Thu Jan 23, 2020 2:56 pmTrue, 4 AAA batteries and a much easier system, the 3 gen SPOT is possibly the best option for tracking only use.ScotRoutes wrote: ↑Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:30 amMy Gen 3 goes a lot longer than that on a set of fresh Lithiums. Spot quote over 400 hours given a clear view of the sky.
Yet don't expect 400 h when tracking in Scotland...
It's more like 100 - 150 h (from mates experiences).
Re: Tell me about Garmin InReach
That's why I thought it'd be helpful to put in some numbers from experience outside of labs and ideal conditions.