Good advice on here about using the Garmin InReach. I have had it for about 5 years and pay for the Freedom safety plan. It has been a good way to go for me. I use the pre-set messages a lot. My wife likes that it sends my location on a map with the message. You can set up the preset...
I have used them a lot. They are OK, they are easy to pack and take good pictures, not great pictures. I take better video than pictures through them. To take good pictures I have to set my camera on 2 sec delay, and I miss most the pictures of something picking up it head. But I don't know...