What fits in the palm of your hand and went from a rare, expensive device to a must-have hiking gadget in just a decade? It’s a satellite communicator, a piece of hardware that can connect a hiker, climber, four-wheeler, or boater from virtually anywhere. And they’ve changed the concept of going off the grid.
The two most commonly used satellite devices are the Garmin InReach and the Spot X messenger, both small gizmos meant to be carried in places where there’s no cell service. Users pay a monthly fee to connect them to satellites, and they send only text messages; they’re not sat phones. In the
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