Pairs easily with my phone and runs well with the Earthmate app. I've taken it on a few backcountry excursions and find it very light and easy to use.

Had one for a month before I unfortunately, lost it and I replaced it with the InReach Explorer+. The mini is useful as a SOS and safety device but the size and basic features left more to be desired unless you want to just pay $349 to have a satellite hotspot for the very limited Garmin app on your...

Maybe I did something wrong, but I was extremely disappointed with the performance of this device while I was hiking on the AT in Maine last week. Whenever I wanted a weather report or to send a message, it responded with "Weak GPS signal, move to an area with an open view of the sky.

Very very hard to get program haven't done it yet

I bought this to let my partner know when I make it safely to trailheads, campsites, etc. It's also nice that I can let her know that I'm alive when I'm taking a little longer on the trail than usual.

I originally had the SPOTX but ended up returning it and going with the mini. I found that the satellite coverage for the SPOTX was poor and that about 90% of my messages were undeliverable. With the InReach Mini it worked great. For fun I brought both devices out to a remote fishing spot.

The Garmin inReach Mini 2-way Satellite Communicator is a real breakthrough in terms of convenience, giving you the ability to signal Search and Rescue in an emergency and communicate with them (or friends and family) by text or email, anywhere in the world, over the Iridium Satellite Network.