Paul, Pretty much coming to the same conclusion as you. I just verified the cost of Spot's service plans. Yup, no monthly plan.
Wouldn't mind supporting a local company. Spot's HQ is only 8 miles from Touche's home dock in Mandeville. However, right now I only need tracking for ONE offshore race, maybe 30 hours. There might be another race later in the year. I'm reluctant to pop for $150 annual fee every year just for one or two races. Of course, as soon as I buy an inReach and set up for monthly fees, they will drop their monthly fee in favor of an annual fee. I think I will stick with the iPhone app. The NOR requires tracking from when boat leaves dock. If we sail out of cell phone coverage, too bad. Dennis C. Touche' 35-1 #83 Mandeville, LA On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 9:58 AM, Dreuge via CnC-List <[email protected]> wrote: > One of the reasons I love this list because of the many useful tidbits of > information. Case in point, yesterday’s mention of the DeLorme inReach SE > satellite communicator. I did a quick look at it features compared to my > presently owned SPOT Messenger, and I find that the InReach provides all > and much more including two-way texting and location pings. Location pings > are real time location requests from followers via website (which sends out > request to satellite->device for location info). Add to that lithium > rechargeable batteries and MONTHLY subscriptions which SPOT has stopped > doing. Also, not that it matters to most, but InReach provides 100% global > coverage whereas SPOT is limited to near land masses (i.e. don’t expect to > cross the Atlantic or go to Hawaii with SPOT coverage). > > I only wished I knew about the InReach a month ago, as I just renewed my > SPOT subscription for $160 ($149.99 + $9.99 hidden network service fee). > > I would have gladly have purchased a new DeLorme inReach SE ($224 REI free > ship) and purchased the Rec. plan $35/month. It would have only cost me an > extra $99. For sure I will NOT be renewing with SPOT. >
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