inReach Mini Lightweight and Compact Satellite Communicator

When we go offshore we like redundant everything. My InReach is just that. Something happens to the radio, we have a back up way to communicate to folks on shore.

I bought this to stay in touch in the mountains since where I horseback ride has limited to no cell service. I tried to send a couple of messages, however where I am in the Blue Ridge mountains has dense canopy so it won't send out the message until you can see the sky...so that's not helpful if it was a real emergency. Out west, where there are no/limited trees it would be great. Back to the drawing board for me.

I ride motorcycle in a lot of places with no cell service. I bought it mostly for the SOS feature. Hopefully I will never have to use ti but it is peace of mind for myself and my wife when I am out on the bike.

The only reason I am writing a review is because Garmin kicked me off my subscription plan and forced me to pay another activation fee for a change I didn't want. The fact that I just paid an activation fee must have triggered a message to leave a review even though the device is years old and I have had a subscription from the beginning. This is all happening while phones are adding built in satellite data, and it boggles my mind that Garmin is giving customers new reasons to want to leave.

I bought this a month ago to use while riding adventure motorcycles and dual sport motorcycles off grid. I thought I had my contacts entered correctly to share my location but turns out I did not. I find the interface very antiquated and the subscription fees a bit expensive for what it does. Not sure that I'm going to keep it since my iPhone has satellite capability already.

The first time I took it out into the field it failed me. I turned it on and synced it to the satellite before I left on my hike in the bush upstate NY. It kept telling me it was waiting for a satellite when I'm standing in the middle of an open field. Then it kept shutting off like it was over heating or something. Very disappointed.

Inreach stopped working on miles 30 through 40 on my 40 mile mountain run, causing my support to lose track of me for over 2 hours. Very frustrating I'd pay for a GPS that doesn't even work in the mountains, definitely regret buying and continuing my support of garmin. Definitely my last garmin device.

Almost useless as a communication device - unable to get it to connect to satellites consistently, and Bluetooth connection with phone is spotty. Sent a message to my wife and she got it 3 days later. Keeping it for the SOS feature, but will get rid of it after the AT

Got it and activated the unit, tested at home and everything worked great. Went on a bdr and had no cell signal, needed to let my wife know I'm ok and she never received the messages. The one thing I got it for, didn't work so wasn't happy and cancelled my suspension

i tried for 4 days to get it to connect and subscribe and be able to receive sos signal and couldn't connect. I had a friend try and it took him 4 hours using my adroid phone. He has a garimin inreach he bought a few years ago it took him 20 minutes to subscribe. It is the worst use of bluetooth and websights i've sever seen