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Has anyone on here tried this out? Any comments on quality/reliability/etc? I frequently get out into the backcountry here in Colorado, and would love to have
by JPKab 2y ago
Has anyone on here tried this out? Any comments on quality/reliability/etc?
I frequently get out into the backcountry here in Colorado, and would love to have an affordable sat phone.
- lxgr 2y agoI don’t think it’s publicly available yet.
- davkan 2y agoTangentially, as a fellow CO backcountry enjoyer, since iOS launched satellite messaging i’ve been using boltwx[1] for weather reports and it’s amazing. I created an iOS shortcut to build the message with coordinates so after acquiring a satellite signal it’s just a quick button press to get weather in the backcountry. I was considering getting an inreach before trying the service. [1] https://www.boltwx.com/ https://www.boltwx.com/
- lxgr 2y agoVery interesting, thank you! I wonder how Apple thinks about services like this? Do you know if this is using "iMessage for business" or is otherwise blessed by Apple?
- wilson090 2y agoIt has potential to be incredible from a safety perspective and will save lives (I have an inreach but there are many people in the backcountry who don't, which makes sense given the cost and pricing model). I look forward to seeing the reliability data -- reliability is the one thing that kept me on inreach when the iOS sat feature came out.