Wait..... so... the earth is not flat??

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.

Searched so much this is the best explanation of the inreach system thanks!

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.

Used one when I travelled to Mongolia across Russia. Brilliant device. Would not go on am adventure without one.

Looks like a great piece of kit for the adventurer.

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.

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)

That’s a fab wee gadget!

Good watch Andy

Awesome review - we’ll done 😊

Superb presentation. 👍

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

I think this is the best review on KZfaq for the in reach. 73

what about the zoleo device?

great item for a scuba diver or anyone else that can get lost at sea

@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

Nice one randers

Nice video. Is that a IC-705 in the background. 73 W4KEF

"Broken fingers not going to be able to communicate" you so funny. pmsl.

Imagine this, M25, mid winter, 0.5cm snow, you're stuck 15mins from home... out comes the Garmin lol

I’ve noticed battery life drains if in tree canopy clear view of the sky results in less battery use.

Thats a neat litle Unit , esp if out at Sea and a Man over on a Single crewed Boat .

👍🏼👍🏼

All of us need something like that if we go in to nature . Specially during winter

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.

The latest iPhones have emergency communications via satellite.

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.

Whats the best way to get in contact with you Andy? I've sent you an insta DM