Hi, is there something that does what the InReach mini does, but better?
I've had the mini for nearly 5 years, and it's never worked well. Years ago on the overland, it wouldn't send messages or tracking from Windy Hill to Narcissus.
It sometimes sends messages, and no tracking or vice versa, when I'm in a valley, but starts to work just after the iPhone gets 4G.
I've contacted Garmin many times, and get the standard run around, basically it's my fault for not syncing, even when I have.
Occasionally they say there's a Network issue, if I have timestamped photos of the time and location I tried to send a message/tracking not working, but it's never their fault.
I need a device that will send tracking, I mean the iPhone knows where it is, but the InReach says no GPS signal.
I do stop and wait to send a message when in a deep valley, but the tracking won't update, and my partner thinks I'm not moving or not sending messages.
It's very expensive for something that only works well when in perfect conditions.
I turned back from a trip today half way up Howitt Spur because it wasn't updating tracking on messages sent at different times. They all looked like they were sent from same spot, which itself looked like I'd teleported instead of a tracking trail.
Thanks for any help.
Bit of a frustration rant there,