Sat Phone Rental

• Jul 14, 2017

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So its looking like I may have a few hunts lined up this year that I will be rolling solo. For mine and my wife's peace of mind I'm looking at the logistics of renting a sat phone. Are there any rental companies that anyone out there could recommend? How was your experience? What was the cost? Looking for any info I can get. Thanks all.

 

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I looked at several and for the price, I decided to just get in a on a free phone offer and do the contract for a year. 60 bucks a month. It wasn't for checking in every night. Just 911 if needed

 

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We've rented inreach units from outdoorsgeek.com in Denver. Not a phone per se, but texting worked great.

 

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406LIFE said:

I looked at several and for the price, I decided to just get in a on a free phone offer and do the contract for a year. 60 bucks a month. It wasn't for checking in every night. Just 911 if needed

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Who did you use? $60 a month isn't bad.

 

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marksjeep said:

We've rented inreach units from outdoorsgeek.com in Denver. Not a phone per se, but texting worked great.

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Thanks! I'll check it out. How was the pricing?

 

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Spend the money once and buy an inreach and always have it, then just use the pay as you go service plans when you need them.

 

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JohnCushman said:

Spend the money once and buy an inreach and always have it, then just use the pay as you go service plans when you need them.

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That is what I did..not as bulky as a sat phone for backpacking in Alaska,
plus I can broadcast my location if I want to selected facebook users
(like my wife) so they can see on a map where I am located.
(I used to pay $75 per week to rent a sat phone out of Fairbanks)

My monthly fee is $12 and I always have the InReach for backpacking/fishing/canoeing/hunting/cross country skiing in Alaska.

 

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ishootdasmallones said:

Thanks! I'll check it out. How was the pricing?

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Pricing was very fair. We rented it for 10 days and split cost among 5 people, so cost per person was low.

I agree with others in the thread, the inreach is a great unit. I'll be buying one this year.

 

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I have rented from here with no problems. https://www.mobal.com/satellite-phone-rental/

That said I bought a Inreach, and have no reason to rent a Sat phone as the Inreach works great.

 

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I used glovalstar. This was few years ago. I'd definitely look into inreach now mainly cuz I want to upgrade my gps.