Sat phone info

[martinpar4]

Looking into either renting a sat phone. Heard you can rent them instead of buy. Or buying a in reach for this year's hunt. Just wanting some info on which way to go on equipment or buying/rent.

Thanks

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[Idahobowhunter1]

Looking into either renting a sat phone. Heard you can rent them instead of buy. Or buying a in reach for this year's hunt. Just wanting some info on which way to go on equipment or buying/rent.

Thanks

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I'm in the same boat. This will be my first hunting season with a kid, so part of me being able to hunt as much as I do is if I can be in contact in case of an emergency. I've always used a spot locator, which my wife enjoyed so she could see that I'm ok. Problem is there is no two way communication.

That being said I will be renting a satellite phone for a couple trips this year since I'll have zero reception. I've thought about buying one, but as pricey as thy are id like to try them out being dropping that much cash. I've never rented one before so I can't give you any goods sites. There are quite a few out there and many of the plans are pretty reasonable.

 

[Don K]

I have rented from https://www.mobal.com/satellite-phones-rental/ in the past and they were good. I also had a SPOT that I got rid of and bought a Inreach.

IMO, buy a Inreach, link it to your phone and go that route. Works awesome and the money you save on the rental will pay for the unit.

 

[Dakota Drifter]

I've rented sat phones in the past and now I just use the Inreach.

 

[Team Kabob]

Where are you going? When I was in AK a iridium sat phone was the only they would use



TK

 

[sneakypete]

I almost rented one last year, but the place I did was out of San Diego. I found them on the internet. Sorry I can't recall there name.

 

[RANGER619]

I use Explorer Satellite out of Florida.

 

[Slugz]

IMO......Work has me all over the globe in remote locations......just last week we tried to use a SAT phone someone had and it would only work in a certain spot.....couldn't move at all......that's been my experience with all makes and models of SAT phones.......for that reason my company went to In Reach and have had zero issues since then.

 

[Idahobowhunter1]

With inreach it's just texting though right? No two way communication?

 

[Slugz]

With inreach it's just texting though right? No two way communication?

True no voice comms.

"Send and receive 160-character text messages with GPS coordinates to cell numbers or email addresses worldwide."

http://www.inreachdelorme.com/

Hope that helps.

 

[SunnyInCO]

True no voice comms.

"Send and receive 160-character text messages with GPS coordinates to cell numbers or email addresses worldwide."

http://www.inreachdelorme.com/

Hope that helps.

Very interesting that Garmin purchased DeLorme in March. Probably will have a wait until next year to see if there is any intergration between the company's products.

 

[brianboh]

Spot has the satellite phone 50% off. Actually all items are. For 250 for the phone not a bad deal

 

[Idahobowhunter1]

Spot has the satellite phone 50% off. Actually all items are. For 250 for the phone not a bad deal

I saw the SPOt sale today. Anyone have experience with the SPOT phone or maybe Global Star satellite network. I read their first generation satellites were plaqued with issue, but they now run off new 2nd generation satellites?

Originally SPOT sat phone is $500 but with the sale it's $250. The rate plans seems decent. Love to hear someone with actual experience using the phone.

I've been leaning in the direction of InReach, because of the reliability. It would be nice to be able to actually speak to someone though....

 

[Rockymtnarcher]

I am interested in what Idahobowhunter1 asked as well. What does linking the inreach to a cell phone do?