Garmin 010-01879-00 InReach Mini, Lightweight and Compact Satellite Communicator, Orange

As a solo backcountry bear hunter often out of reach of cell service, I find peace of mind with this Satilite communicator. So far so good, I feel the Anual subscription is a bit high cost imo.

Nice unit, but very expensive.

Im a long time and formerly happy InReach user. Due to changing needs I bought 2 more devices for family members. I logged on and activated the devices and then found out that Garmin has removed the feature to add additional users. This is their hamfisted and lazy approach to recent privacy laws. (There was a confusing warning that stated you could only connect one user per device but nothing that said you could no longer create users.) Your choice is to setup a different *account* for each person, maintain payment information, contacts, and preset messages multiplied by the number of devices/people you have or upgrade to Pro and pay much more. I broke down and decided to create a Pro account just to save the hassle. I tried to cancel service on the devices but the website said activation and cancellation on the same day is prohibited. So tomorrow, I cancelled service on the two new devices and got charged $143.00 for cancellation on *each* device. I was unaware Id signed a service contract with early termination and of course will dispute this. Anyway, I then tried to create the Pro account. The website allows you to get a couple steps into the process and then says Pro customers must call a specified phone number in order to activate. Despite increasing frustration I called the number and got a generic message that said To access your mailbox press the pound key.... So to sum up, if you are an enthusiastic user of InReach and wish to purchase additional services you are penalized with having to do everything multiple times and hope you keep all your devices up-to-date and consistent for your family and hope your credit card isnt compromised since youll need to update for each member. If you decide to pay business rates to avoid the hassle you simply cant set up devices at all. I hope the executive at Garmin who over saw this complete mismanagement of GDPR changes loses their job.

I used it on a 10 day trip in the Alaskan Bush. Loved it. I’m glad I upgraded my plan to unlimited texts for the month as I could keep in touch with my family and logistics trail.

Outside the return window, so.... $350, gone.

Awesome device.

Good size and not heavy. Hopefully won’t have to use it, but glad I got one

Without an external battery the battery life is not very long, the tracking is not very accurate. But the ability to send and receive messages while afield is indispensable

I have both the explorer SE+ and this device. For my use case (primarily disaster comms via connected iPhone) I’d buy this in preference to the more expensive unit with its color display.

I use this a emergency backup when I dont have service, just for peace of mind. It works great for most things, but I havent been able to get the firmware update or sync to work. The Bluetooth doesnt work, either, so I cant connect it to my phone. But Im able to send messages and other use other satellite functions. Its overpriced, but if youre outside cell service regularly then its worth having.