Thread: Garmin In Reach

Originally Posted by Dyls

Im on the fence with an inreach. Recently i found out thst Garmin was hacked a couple years ago and their entire system went down until they paid something like a $10,000,000 ransom, which they ended up doing. Very slim chance but it could happen again right when you need it most. Ive only got a plb and may get an inreach in the future but i wouldn't rely on it being my only piece of emergency communication.

There’s a number of reasons why it might fail if provided all sorts of random scenarios, just like every piece of equipment. That reason seems pretty ridiculous though lol.