Worth Every Penny.
The only con, is that its not a user friendly usb drive type mapping GPS like the GPSMAP64. I will end up carrying it as well as my GPSMAP64 in the bush and mountains. As a Satellite text messenger, I find it to be the top of the line for features and reliability after studying and comparing it to the others on the market. Buy once, cry once. But it stands alone from smartphone which is a requirement in my situations. The Earthmate app that bluetooths to it is fantastic as well.
That said, the maps it has are good enough for a tracking and rescue device and a general purpose wilderness gps. Second day Out of the box, wife drove off in the dark30 mountain canyons where cell phone will not work for a good hour. She had a flat, while I tracked her on the garmin explore site web interface. She was able to text me with iridium and i was able to locate her and launch a rescue/repair operation. It is now on its 4th day of use now and has gone from 100% battery to 80%. it runs about three hours + per day for the round trips in the canyons. We have ordered a second one so we can cut out the cell phone and wifi/cellular routines and go from inreach to inreach. It is a great tool to have and is well worth the cost and the time investment of learning to use it.Read full review
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