SPOT X vs garmin inreach mini?

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I have an InReach SE and love it.

2 way com is pretty nice.

Can the InReach mini be used as a stand alone device incase your phone gets damaged? Does it have a keyboard or some other way to input?

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I have an InReach SE and love it.

2 way com is pretty nice.

Can the InReach mini be used as a stand alone device incase your phone gets damaged? Does it have a keyboard or some other way to input?

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In-Depth Garmin inReach Mini Review

The Garmin inReach Mini packs some powerful features into s small and reasonably priced package.

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Scroll about a third of the way down and you'll see how it works. Basically, canned messages aren't too bad to send, but hacking out a custom message through the mini is a chore. To be fair, it's not much fun with an Explorer+, but it's a little less tedious.

An SOS message works through a dedicated button on the mini, of course.

I own a Garmin Explorer+ and prefer it to the mini, but both have advantages over each other.

 

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A save by the inReach system:

The 4,000th inReach SOS Incident: An Ultramarathon Emergency | Garmin Blog

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