Yeah. Inreach mini 2 promises 10 days battery with it tracking all day. What I heard on the trail last year confirmed it. Pairs of hikers with mini 1 and mini 2 and the latter lasted nearly ten days.?
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On Feb 25, 2023, at 8:31 AM, Curt Kinchen <ptcurt@...> wrote:
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I bring my cellphone for photos and GPS anyway so I'm already committed to maintaining it's battery.? That is one thing I like about Spot3 over others is the use of regular batteries vs recharging.? A spare set of AAA batteries weighs very little, but if I'm on a short trip I don't even bother as I know with a fresh set of batteries and turning it off at night it will function for at least 3 weeks.
That said, power packs are getting better and better so recharging isn't the concern it once was.
On Sat, Feb 25, 2023, 8:22 AM Neil Wilson <
neil@...> wrote:
the 'Somewear' folks have been providing a similar sat hotspot
add-on device for some time now.
InReach is more expensive but it's also self contained, with an
add-on you need to maintain 2 power sources.
if the cell phone vendors fully integrated 2-way satellite
connectivity that might help, but that may also just push prices
higher.
On 2/25/2023 1:47 AM, ravi_jmt2013 wrote:
Potentially interesting new product:
