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by ChristinaM 3668 days ago
Cruising sailors love in Inreach too (at least in the Caribbean). It's great to be able to essentially text people at home with passage reports or just to keep up when you keep switching countries & don't want to constantly be buying new SIM cards (that don't work in lots of nice areas).

I have a full-on Iridium sat phone. I've only made 2 calls on it. Mostly it it gets used to download weather forecasts and text people back home. Weather option on the Inreach are getting better though they're a long way from good enough for offshore use. There seems to be enough demand that they'll get there though.