Spot, In Reach, Sat Phone - what to get ??

[Iron Glove]

Thanks for the input, guess I'd better do some research and get something before I get lost.

[f350ps]

Contact our local Spot rep Srupp and he'll set ya straight but he's outta here till till at least May with a knee replacement! K

[nazarow]

InReach SE has been great for me. No issues with sending or receiving messages.

[Poguebilt]

I use my inreach se to check in all the time... never leave home without it!!

[digger dogger]

Inreach, cheap and easy!

[northernbc]

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[crazybushcreature]

How much does it cost monthly to use one of these inreach devices?

[crazybushcreature]

Or is it a pay per message sorts thing?

[RINO]

	Safety Plan	Discover Plan	Trailblazer Plan	Unlimited Plan
Which is for me?	Basic emergency plan	Connect with others and share your adventures	Blaze your own trail and share your journey	Unlimited usage for epic adventures
Monthly Service Fee	$17.95	$34.95	$54.95	$74.95
Text Messages Included	0	100	250	Unlimited
Tracking Messages Included	0	200	1,000	Unlimited
SOS Messages Included	yes	yes	yes	yes
Overage Fee Text	95¢/message	50¢/message	25¢/message	no charge/message
Overage Fee Track	25¢/track	10¢/track	10¢/track	no charge/track

Effective April 7, 2016. Prices are in Canadian dollars. Subject to change at any time.

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A one-time $30 activation fee and an initial 30-day term commitment applies to all plans. Plans auto-renew month-to-month until suspended or cancelled. Plans cannot be suspended or cancelled in the first 30 days.
Switching between plans: Users can switch plans at any time. There is no administration fee to switch plans.
Suspending service seasonally: After the initial 30-day term, you can suspend your plan at any time. The monthly fee while your plan is suspended is just $4.95 and there is no fee to unsuspend your plan. While the service is suspended the inReach device cannot transmit, however users retain access to their online account and historical data in the Explore web application.
Fair use policy: You can downgrade or suspend your plan up to 12 times in a year; all subsequent downgrades or suspensions will be subject to a $10 administration fee. There is no admin fee to upgrade or unsuspend your plan.Cancelling/Deactivating service: After the initial 30-day term, you can cancel your plan at any time. There is no charge to cancel your plan however users will lose access to their online account, historical data and the Explore web application. If you later decide to reactivate your account, an activation fee is charged (consider suspending your service if you might use it again in the future).
Fees and billing cycle: Monthly service fees are billed one month in advance. Activation and administration fees are billed as they occur. Usage is billed monthly and by occurrence.
For plan changes made during a billing cycle, the monthly service charge and any text or tracking message allocations associated with the plan will be prorated. (Example: if your plan includes 100 text messages and 200 tracking messages per month, and you cancel your plan half way through the billing cycle, your monthly plan fee and allocated messages would be prorated by half.)
Usage fees apply to incoming and outgoing messages. Overage fees apply to usage that exceeds the text or tracking messages included in the user’s plan as outlined. A message is used each time a text message (email or SMS) is sent or received. Messages you send automatically include your GPS coordinates as well. A track is used each time a position report (a single track point) is transmitted. A track includes just your GPS coordinates (no text message). A track is sent on the interval you selected when you have tracking enabled (E.g. a 10 minute tracking interval would result in a position report being transmitted every 10 minutes.) All invoices are electronic.

[crazybushcreature]

Do u have to sign a contract? Or can u pay for a couple months then cancel? Just curious if u can cancel after hunting season is over or?