On satellite beacons, rescue, and safety while elk hunting.

[Skillet]

We use the inReach a lot, and a few of the guys in the fishing fleet in Southeast AK tried Zoleo over the last couple of years.  None of the two I talked to about it liked Zoleo over inReach.  They said the service wasn't as good, for whatever reason.  Just an FYI-

[hughjorgan]

We use the inReach a lot, and a few of the guys in the fishing fleet in Southeast AK tried Zoleo over the last couple of years.  None of the two I talked to about it liked Zoleo over inReach.  They said the service wasn't as good, for whatever reason.  Just an FYI-

Kind of strange since they run off the same satellites


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[Skillet]

We use the inReach a lot, and a few of the guys in the fishing fleet in Southeast AK tried Zoleo over the last couple of years.  None of the two I talked to about it liked Zoleo over inReach.  They said the service wasn't as good, for whatever reason.  Just an FYI-

Kind of strange since they run off the same satellites


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Yeah, I was thinking it might be a hardware issue like antennae or something like that.  Not sure, but both guys said they were going back to inReach.

[KFhunter]

"There is no phone app that can turn your phone into a satelitte communicator."

iphone 13 might be a game changer


https://www.tomsguide.com/news/iphone-13-satellite-communication-everything-we-know-so-far

[Stein]

We use the inReach a lot, and a few of the guys in the fishing fleet in Southeast AK tried Zoleo over the last couple of years.  None of the two I talked to about it liked Zoleo over inReach.  They said the service wasn't as good, for whatever reason.  Just an FYI-

Kind of strange since they run off the same satellites


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Yeah, I was thinking it might be a hardware issue like antennae or something like that.  Not sure, but both guys said they were going back to inReach.

Antenna, transmit power, circuitry, no reason to expect two different models from two different companies would have identical performance.

[logger]

We use the in reach on our logging jobs, they work great but are slow in response, It gets things in motion but the delay is more than one would think and we are usually in a tree farm so what i'm saying is don't wait till the last minute! if at all possible

[Sundance]

I have an InReach and really like it. You are allowed preset messages at no additional charge that you set up online with your account. They send to a preset email (my wife) with GPS coordinates attached. I have messages like “hunting here”, “animal down”, “packing out”, “camping here”, “I’m hurt send help”. When paired with my iPhone via Bluetooth it takes seconds to send the messages. I send them every time I get out of the car and when I’m in the field. Several years ago I was lake checking in since I’d killed a bull, I sent my wife a message and she forwarded the GPS coordinates to a buddy who I was supposed to meet that night at a campground. I was surprised and happy to find him at my truck with a packboard ready as I walked up at midnight.