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12-26-2019, 08:12 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: WMU 108
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Looking for GPS capable of texting
Hi Folks. Looking to purchase a GPS unit that can be used to send a text and check in at home when out and about. I know nothing of make model or what to expect in price for one. Looking for something that will text from somewhere a cell phone can’t. Like I said, I know nothing about them. What’s out there?
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12-26-2019, 08:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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I have a delorme inreach.
it can do the whole SOS stuff as well, but you can also text to the emergency center to let them know why its an SOS. (i have never confirmed this though)
anyways it takes awhile to text on it, as you select one letter at a time but it does work. I text my wife letting her know I am safe and sound. She really appreciates it. And she can text me as well.
The plans are monthly so you can change your plan for hunting one month to unlimted texts, then drop it to nothing the next.
Last edited by freeride; 12-26-2019 at 08:30 PM.
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12-26-2019, 08:25 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: GRAND PRAIRIE
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Your GPS units are approximately 600 to $800, for the the new Garmin 66 I it's around 900 plus your plan
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12-26-2019, 08:26 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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Garmin 66 I 
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12-26-2019, 08:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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I have an inreach mini. $20/month once activated and can suspend service free of charge indefinitely. 500 bucks or so upfront for the unit, but no regrets buying. Worth the peace of mind when hunting solo in grizz country, and for keeping in touch on overnight trips.
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12-26-2019, 08:29 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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sorry I have an old Delorme inreach.
seems like they went up a lot in price from what I paid.
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12-26-2019, 08:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J.B.
I have an inreach mini. $20/month once activated and can suspend service free of charge indefinitely. 500 bucks or so upfront for the unit, but no regrets buying. Worth the peace of mind when hunting solo in grizz country, and for keeping in touch on overnight trips.
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Can you set it up so the service could be a few selective months?
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12-26-2019, 09:04 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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Yes.
You do pay an activation fee if you cancel for a month then reactivate it.
If you do a hold you only pay 4 bucks a month I believe (i would have to check my bill) so depending on how many months you want it you can decide which is better for you
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12-26-2019, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
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Why not use a phone? They do everything a gps will do wont they?
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Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought..... 
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12-26-2019, 09:09 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: WMU 108
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ken07AOVette
Why not use a phone? They do everything a gps will do wont they?
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Where I’m wanting to use it there’s no cell service
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12-26-2019, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Alberta for the most part
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freeride
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I had a spot phone, then they must of sold to some other company, as when I had there phone, I could suspend the phone then when I wanted to phone I could just call them and boom the phone had servise, now I have a 500 paper weight=, as the new company stopped the all suspend, and wanted a 12 month service no suspending,
so no spot anything for me now.
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12-26-2019, 09:13 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freeride
sorry I have an old Delorme inreach.
seems like they went up a lot in price from what I paid.
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Does your Delorme in-reach still work with the garmin sevice
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12-26-2019, 09:18 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2012
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I didnt carry it hunting this year as I was in cell service the whole time.
Last year it worked fine though...
Are you saying its changed now?
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12-26-2019, 09:22 PM
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Inreach
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12-26-2019, 09:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by freeride
I didnt carry it hunting this year as I was in cell service the whole time.
Last year it worked fine though...
Are you saying its changed now?
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No just wonder if your old delorme unit works with garmin service now
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12-26-2019, 09:34 PM
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Banned
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Join Date: Mar 2009
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nimrod
No just wonder if your old delorme unit works with garmin service now
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I’m sure it does
Same satellites
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12-26-2019, 09:39 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Alberta
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KBF
Where I’m wanting to use it there’s no cell service
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Ah
Then you have to have a sat phone data package? Owch
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Only dead fish go with the flow. The rest use their brains in life.
Originally Posted by Twisted Canuck
I wasn't thinking far enough ahead for an outcome, I was ranting. By definition, a rant doesn't imply much forethought.....
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12-26-2019, 09:41 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Lethbridge
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KBF
Can you set it up so the service could be a few selective months?
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Yup, I activated mine in late August, and suspended it in December. No charges while service is suspended.
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12-26-2019, 11:13 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2011
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Garmin inreach explorer+
cant recommend it enough!! I offroad motorbiked through mongolia for a month this past summer and was looking for a GPS that could do mapping as well as text with/do SOS. In the early spring around may campers village usually has an annual sale, i got the GPS 20% off. I got a basic plan from garmin for $20/month which included SOS and 5 preprogrammed text messages. Additional custom messages had a small fee per message. But every night id check in with the misses back in canada with a preprogramed text message and she could send ones back at no cost. Insane battery life also
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12-27-2019, 01:24 PM
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I've been thinking of an In-Reach. Never know when it might save your hide.
It also would have saved a very embarrassing day for me a few years ago.
Horrible feeling when you get 'found' by search and rescue even though everything was fine. We had a little wreck and my partner gave up, had to spend a night out with VERY limited gear. We were fine but had no service to notify anyone of our plan. Probably the most humbling experience of my life and a waste of very important resources.
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12-27-2019, 04:08 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
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InReach! Pair it with a smart phone for regular texting.
I have used it all over the world...
Peter
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12-27-2019, 04:51 PM
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Is InReach the make or model?
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12-27-2019, 04:52 PM
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Garmin inreach
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12-27-2019, 04:53 PM
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The older ones are DeLorme inreach
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12-27-2019, 04:54 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2010
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I use the Garmin mini this fall it worked fine kind of a pain to text on but it's the cheapest one out there
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12-27-2019, 09:31 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2018
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I have used Spot in the past but switched to a Delorme Inreach Explorer and haven’t looked back. The two way messaging is a lifesaver. Pairs to my phone through the Garmin app and makes texting and mapping much easier. Recommend.
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