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The Delorme Inreach is on the Iridium band and is very popular with back country enthusiasts. It's a little pricey (16 CDN / month, if you dont use it at all,
by wstrange 10y ago
The Delorme Inreach is on the Iridium band and is very popular with back country enthusiasts.
It's a little pricey (16 CDN / month, if you dont use it at all, and about a buck a message if you do) -but for peace of mind they are fantastic.
- yardie 10y agoI use an inreach SE currently and these prices must be before my times. It's $25 annual activation fee. And the most basic plan is $10/month which I use for SAR. Also messages are 25cents.
- ChristinaM 10y agoCruising sailors love in Inreach too (at least in the Caribbean). It's great to be able to essentially text people at home with passage reports or just to keep up when you keep switching countries & don't want to constantly be buying new SIM cards (that don't work in lots of nice areas). I have a full-on Iridium sat phone. I've only made 2 calls on it. Mostly it it gets used to download weather forecasts and text people back home. Weather option on the Inreach are getting better though they're a long way from good enough for offshore use. There seems to be enough demand that they'll get there though.