I purchased a Garmin inReach last year and I love it. We strongly considered the mini but it's nice to use the screen on the full size inReach and not HAVE to connect to your phone all the time.
The Garmin 66i came out right when we purchased the inReach. If you don't need one right away I would see if you can find a sale on that model. It has map functonality that the inReach does not and is actually a Garmin designed product (unlike the inReach series which is a Delorme product bought by Garmin).
We use the basic plan and turn it on/off as required through the year. For us it saves money but you can do the math.
I did use way more text messages to communicate with our hunting party in the back country last year so this year I might upgrade plans for hunting season.
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