While it's plausible that I, too, will cancel my inreach subscription over this i'm not so entirely convinced.
My InReach (I have an Explorer, not the mini) is an exceedingly rugged bit of kit with an effectively infinite battery life.
It is, by no means, a sleek or svelte device like my iPhone but if I fell down on a trail and broke all my fingers (or had severe frostbite or something) I'm fairly confident I could operate the device with some combination of my teeth, nose and toes.
I'm also fairly sure that it will keep functioning even if I had accidentally dropped it off a cliff, in a blizzard, into an ocean.
The mini is basically the same kind of rugged so you know exactly what I mean :)
The battery also lasts basically forever.
I turned mine on about 48h ago before a trip and it's been on ever since and I just checked and the battery is at 86% with 2-minute tracking intervals.
Anyway I am still very happy for the starlink service for the 99% of people who don't have an InReach, it will definitely save lives, I'm just not yet ready to ditch my InReach.
My InReach (I have an Explorer, not the mini) is an exceedingly rugged bit of kit with an effectively infinite battery life.
It is, by no means, a sleek or svelte device like my iPhone but if I fell down on a trail and broke all my fingers (or had severe frostbite or something) I'm fairly confident I could operate the device with some combination of my teeth, nose and toes.
I'm also fairly sure that it will keep functioning even if I had accidentally dropped it off a cliff, in a blizzard, into an ocean.
The mini is basically the same kind of rugged so you know exactly what I mean :)
The battery also lasts basically forever.
I turned mine on about 48h ago before a trip and it's been on ever since and I just checked and the battery is at 86% with 2-minute tracking intervals.
Anyway I am still very happy for the starlink service for the 99% of people who don't have an InReach, it will definitely save lives, I'm just not yet ready to ditch my InReach.