If you’re a true adventurer who lives to go off the beaten path, you know that being at the mercy of a cellular signal is a dicey proposition at best. Honestly, sometimes it’s easy to lose a cell signal on your way to the grocery store much when you’re miles deep in the wilderness. When cellular coverage isn’t reliable, satellites almost always are, and that can be a lifesaver.
The Garmin inReach Mini 2 Satellite Communicator is an absolute essential for long remote journeys or even short ones where you’re not confident of the cell signal, and it’s 25% off at Amazon right now. That’s a $100 price cut, bringing it down to just $300 and matching its all-time best price. (Satellite subscription is not included.)
More Power Than Any Phone
The Garmin inReach Mini 2 has 100% global satellite coverage and an incredible 14-day battery life, and yet it’s palm-sized — barely 4 inches long and only weighs 3.5 ounces — in case you were worried you would be adding an enormous device to your pack. It can easily attach to your gear with a carabiner, and the rugged polymer case is IPX7 water-rated so it will withstand foul weather.
The inReach can send text messages and even post to social media, and if you’re in a group or traveling with a partner who also has an inReach, they will work like walkie-talkies in the field. If you need to send out a distress call, the interactive SOS message goes out to Garmin’s International Emergency Response Coordination Center (IERCC), which is staffed 24/7 and ready to send help your way.
Use It Before You Go
The inReach Mini 2 also proves its worth before you head out on your adventure. Free access to the cloud-powered Garmin Explore website on your computer or laptop or via the app on your mobile device lets you plot your navigation and set waypoints before you leave, and then sync them to the inReach Mini 2. The Garmin Explore site and app can also be used to create preset messages and sync them to your device, and manage the inReach Mini 2’s settings.
Private pilots can use the inReach Mini 2 by pairing it to the Garmin Pilot app on a compatible smartphone to send and receive text messages from the cockpit, regardless of cellular reception, and the inReach Mini 2’s GPS and location-sharing abilities can be crucial in an emergency.
The Garmin inReach Mini 2 is at its lowest ever price right now at Amazon — just $300 — and it could be the best $300 you ever spend if it rescues you from a dangerous situation even just one time.
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