5:10 MapShare can be set up with password access. 6:43 Your first example implies that the phone has access to the Internet. Iridium is always used for communication, unless you are connected to the Messenger app (not Explore) with active Internet.
Great job again with your reviews. I have an Iridium Sat Phone and have no problem making calls from inside my house here in Florida. I previously had an Inmarsat and could not even make calls outside if a tree was anywhere nearby.
This is great, I bought mine after seeing this video, as a photojournalist on the go I can use it to keep my editors chill about my whereabouts and my wife happy that we always can text each other no matter where I am. Thanks for the review
Great video Andy, I was really into sat phones 20 years ago and bought a globalstar handset that used a vodafone sim. It was actually cheaper to use in Europe than the roaming prices back then, I sold it to a professor in manchester uni who was taking students trekking in Borneo. They are interesting devices.
I love the safety aspect of this device, but I am leaning more towards the 67i with maps, might cost double, but if you are paying the expensive mostly/yearly subscription, might as well use extra functionality.
I can imagine this being useful on my sailboat off shore, on a passage though for SOS we use EPIRB's, Useful for text to family and friends that'd be it. I guess there's a few areas in the UK where its useful but hell its a cool gadget (that'll gather dust)
@@Superfandangoo very much more accurate than an epirb. I didn't have a personal eprib, just the boat one, if I went over, the epirb doesn't know. I always kept the garmin attached to me when sailing
@@Superfandangoo I have an epirb on the boat, well did. The inreach was my plb. Yeah you have a subscription but I used it for motorcycle trip tracking. I first got one when I went overland to Mongolia.
@andykirby theoretical scenario... legal options aside, what handheld would give you the longest range? Imagine world end emergency and all moderrn tech is down ... satellite, mobile networks, Internet etc
A HF handheld... well portable radio like the Icom IC705 and a portable magnetic loop antenna would get you worldwide comms (of course not reliably as it depends on the ionosphere)
shocking how expensive the inreach mini 2 is. especially compared to other Garmin products. for example, a fish locator has a full color touch screen, detailed maps, GPS, as well as sonar, a transducer, and very detailed menus and features. A locator such as the Striker 4 has all of those feature and is only about $150. By comparison, and inreach mini has way way less to it than that, and shouldn't cost more than $100. Instead, it sells for $300-400 and on top of that you have to pay monthly for it. I understand the subscription fees, but the base unit is extremely expensive for what Garmin sells in comparison, when you look at the piece of hardware and how it lacks so much compared to other Garmin products.
Yeah I say this at the end, it's not for anything other than SOS though, weirdly also they have been rolling it out to different countries so who knows if its really global...
Satellite SOS is essential but expensive ($400 device plus $175 annual subscription) for a system you will hopefully never have to use. If your on the least expensive $175 annual plan, you also have to pay $0.50 for each custom message and $0.10 for each “Tracking Point”! Garmin messaging is second rate compared to other satellite messengers and the built-in navigation is really poor as it comes out of the box; the TracBack feature can actually get you lost and should not be trusted. Change your settings to HIGH DETAIL and START TRACKING via the DEVICE not the App to avoid tracking points and always use Start Tracking and never rely on TracBack! Seems like as much as Garmin charges for the privilege of using these devices they would be less problematic out of the box..
@@triradio the only way that starlink will be used is if companies use them instead of Iridium. I cannot see Iridium killing these. The service is tried and tested.
5:10 MapShare can be set up with password access.
6:43 Your first example implies that the phone has access to the Internet.
Iridium is always used for communication, unless you are connected to the Messenger app (not Explore) with active Internet.
Wait..... so... the earth is not flat??
Used one when I travelled to Mongolia across Russia. Brilliant device. Would not go on am adventure without one.
Hi Andy , be great for my passion bikepacking! Especially around the wilds of Wales. Great review 👏
Great job again with your reviews. I have an Iridium Sat Phone and have no problem making calls from inside my house here in Florida. I previously had an Inmarsat and could not even make calls outside if a tree was anywhere nearby.
This is great, I bought mine after seeing this video, as a photojournalist on the go I can use it to keep my editors chill about my whereabouts and my wife happy that we always can text each other no matter where I am.
Thanks for the review
Thats awesome to hear. What's the most remote place you've used it?!
@@andykirby in Honduras in a region called La Moskitia for Natgeo!
Great video Andy, I was really into sat phones 20 years ago and bought a globalstar handset that used a vodafone sim.
It was actually cheaper to use in Europe than the roaming prices back then, I sold it to a professor in manchester uni who was taking students trekking in Borneo.
They are interesting devices.
Interesting thanks! Yeah they are cool devices, it's pretty amazing how they send such a tiny signal into space!
I love the safety aspect of this device, but I am leaning more towards the 67i with maps, might cost double, but if you are paying the expensive mostly/yearly subscription, might as well use extra functionality.
I can imagine this being useful on my sailboat off shore, on a passage though for SOS we use EPIRB's, Useful for text to family and friends that'd be it.
I guess there's a few areas in the UK where its useful but hell its a cool gadget (that'll gather dust)
I use mine a lot . Just keep on safety plan it could save your life. I have mini and 66i
Searched so much this is the best explanation of the inreach system thanks!
Glad it helped 👍🏼
I think this is the best review on UA-cam for the in reach. 73
Looks like a great piece of kit for the adventurer.
Good watch Andy
Thats a neat litle Unit , esp if out at Sea and a Man over on a Single crewed Boat .
That's when it would come into its own.👌🏼
we use EPIRB's
@@Superfandangoo very much more accurate than an epirb. I didn't have a personal eprib, just the boat one, if I went over, the epirb doesn't know. I always kept the garmin attached to me when sailing
@@thecivvie Really? I will look into it further, I was always led to believe a plb was prefered over these not just for the on going subscription cost
@@Superfandangoo I have an epirb on the boat, well did. The inreach was my plb. Yeah you have a subscription but I used it for motorcycle trip tracking. I first got one when I went overland to Mongolia.
That’s a fab wee gadget!
great item for a scuba diver or anyone else that can get lost at sea
Yeah absolutely 👍🏻
Imagine this, M25, mid winter, 0.5cm snow, you're stuck 15mins from home... out comes the Garmin lol
Absolutely!!!🤣
I’ve noticed battery life drains if in tree canopy clear view of the sky results in less battery use.
probably becasue searching for satellite
"Broken fingers not going to be able to communicate" you so funny. pmsl.
Awesome review - we’ll done 😊
Superb presentation. 👍
@andykirby theoretical scenario... legal options aside, what handheld would give you the longest range? Imagine world end emergency and all moderrn tech is down ... satellite, mobile networks, Internet etc
A HF handheld... well portable radio like the Icom IC705 and a portable magnetic loop antenna would get you worldwide comms (of course not reliably as it depends on the ionosphere)
what about the zoleo device?
Nice one randers
shocking how expensive the inreach mini 2 is. especially compared to other Garmin products. for example, a fish locator has a full color touch screen, detailed maps, GPS, as well as sonar, a transducer, and very detailed menus and features. A locator such as the Striker 4 has all of those feature and is only about $150. By comparison, and inreach mini has way way less to it than that, and shouldn't cost more than $100. Instead, it sells for $300-400 and on top of that you have to pay monthly for it. I understand the subscription fees, but the base unit is extremely expensive for what Garmin sells in comparison, when you look at the piece of hardware and how it lacks so much compared to other Garmin products.
Nice video. Is that a IC-705 in the background. 73 W4KEF
Yep itt sure is!
All of us need something like that if we go in to nature . Specially during winter
The latest iPhones have emergency communications via satellite.
Yeah I say this at the end, it's not for anything other than SOS though, weirdly also they have been rolling it out to different countries so who knows if its really global...
@@andykirby plus there will be a subscription fee for it after the first year, not sure on costs though.
👍🏼👍🏼
Satellite SOS is essential but expensive ($400 device plus $175 annual subscription) for a system you will hopefully never have to use. If your on the least expensive $175 annual plan, you also have to pay $0.50 for each custom message and $0.10 for each “Tracking Point”! Garmin messaging is second rate compared to other satellite messengers and the built-in navigation is really poor as it comes out of the box; the TracBack feature can actually get you lost and should not be trusted. Change your settings to HIGH DETAIL and START TRACKING via the DEVICE not the App to avoid tracking points and always use Start Tracking and never rely on TracBack! Seems like as much as Garmin charges for the privilege of using these devices they would be less problematic out of the box..
Starlink will kill this very soon, they will have mobile support very soon.
Well... there is that!
Doubt it. You would still need a starlink dish. Hard to trek with one
@@triradio the only way that starlink will be used is if companies use them instead of Iridium. I cannot see Iridium killing these. The service is tried and tested.
Starlink is expensive
Whats the best way to get in contact with you Andy? I've sent you an insta DM
You email me andy cloudsto com