Thread: Anyone using a Garmin inReach ?

Whats the experience of them ?

My wife would really appreciate the added comfort of knowing how I am, mostly so she can cash in the insurance.
I have a PLB and Rino, but obviously useless with negotiating an extra day on the hill from the bush.

Cheers

There's a couple threads the gear section with some good info, pricing etc

Here's one of them

http://www.nzhuntingandshooting.co.n...ication-36113/

We've been using them on The Hunters Club for the past few shoots, had a prototype unit with us in Fiordland for the liveaboard episode earlier this year. Absolute gamechangers, there's a few things they will no doubt improve on for the next iteration (touchscreen would be nice) but the freedom they provide to communicate to the outside world is terrific.

The cost isn't prohibitive, but you won't want to go willy nilly texting descriptions of your meals and how pretty the sunset is, as you'll chew through your monthly allocation fairly quickly doing that, but we think they're really going to disrupt the existing PLB market, such a big step up on that technology.

Cheers. I'll add one to the birthday list.

Here's a bit more info for you.

https://www.facebook.com/NZHunterMag...4689678587757/