inReach Mini 3

[atmat]

I saw that the mini2’s were on sale everywhere, which got me wondering if a mini3 was on the horizon.

Google turned this up.

Anyone know anything?

 

[NMNomad]

Pretty steep discount, in comparison to the usual sales. You may be correct. Something new may be coming.

 

[WiscoHoundsman]

My initial thoughts are they might be working on discontinuing them. They have the messenger ones now and may want to reduce the product line up. I did notice this week they have a new inreach gps that looked pretty nice. Longer battery life than the alpha 200i I am using and provides a secondary map if I were to break my phone.

 

[atmat]

My initial thoughts are they might be working on discontinuing them. They have the messenger ones now and may want to reduce the product line up. I did notice this week they have a new inreach gps that looked pretty nice. Longer battery life than the alpha 200i I am using and provides a secondary map if I were to break my phone.

Did you see the link I provided? It says “mini3” and out of stock. Curious if that just went up early by accident.

 

[WiscoHoundsman]

I did see it and you’re likely right. Someone probably messed up and put it up early and then took it down. I have noticed when they come out with new products the old ones tend to come on sale at a better price than most other sales. Time will tell. I just don’t understand the difference between the inreach minis and the messengers and was wondering if they would eliminate one for the other.

 

[swavescatter]

Next model is probably just an app to use with your phone which now works in the backcountry...

 

[BullNuts]

I used my iPhone’s satellite option a few weeks ago. It worked fine for the most part. I did have to restart my phone a couple of times when a message would take too long to send. Having to start pointed at a satellite was a bit of a pain too. I might scoop up an inReach just to have something as backup. I the iPhone works, but it still has plenty of bugs to get out imo.

 

[JohnB]

I used my iPhone’s satellite option a few weeks ago. It worked fine for the most part. I did have to restart my phone a couple of times when a message would take too long to send. Having to start pointed at a satellite was a bit of a pain too. I might scoop up an inReach just to have something as backup. I the iPhone works, but it still has plenty of bugs to get out imo.

I have a Pixel 9. Satellite messaging mostly works but the process of connecting to a satellite takes about 2-5 minutes and drains ~3% of my battery. I use it some on day hunts but it certainly will not replace my Inreach.