Thread: Garmin InReach Mini vs Spot Gen 4

I have the old Inreach, cant fault it. Never had to use the SOS function, hopefully never do. But being able to send and receive messages from anywhere to anywhere is where its at for me. Can call a helicopter, call home, if Im needed elsewhere I can receive messages every time I turn it on. Sometimes it take up to 10-15 minutes for a message to send, sometimes seconds, all depends on the satellites. And tho it may take a minute or 2 to type up a message, I dont need to spend the coin to get the new Mini that works with a cell phone - I head for the hills to get away from a cellphone so a few minutes in camp messaging mates or home is a small price to pay for keeping it simple. And a number of the helicopter companies are using Inreach for their drop off parties, and they monitor their messages all day long.