47Jeepster
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- First Name
- Tom
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- Jul 7, 2018
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- Location
- Queen Creek, Arizona
- Vehicle(s)
- 2023 JLUR Diesel ... 2018 GC Summit
- Occupation
- Retired
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- #16
Thank you gentleman for your assistance on this topic.
I bought the Explorer+ Saturday evening. Finally had a chance to register it and set up my mobile and laptop to communicate with it. Set up the kids - with Jeeps - as standard text recipients. All told, it took me over a couple of hours to set the system up. It's not complicated, just time consuming to figure it out and do it. Will get my kids to follow me on our Friday trip to see if it works from their end. I followed @CanAmMick 's lead and signed up for the @24.95 plan ... figure half the cost is for me to send a "help" text and the other half is for my daughter to see where we're at, see that we're still moving, and not worry.
As I was being handed an inReach unit at REI, I noticed a Spot new two-way messenger under the glass counter. I ignored it and bought the inReach, but researched it today. Looks like the new spot unit is not performing that well ... reviews peg it at 2.8 out of 5. Here's a link if you care to look:
https://www.rei.com/product/139231/spot-x-2-way-satellite-messenger
I bought the Explorer+ Saturday evening. Finally had a chance to register it and set up my mobile and laptop to communicate with it. Set up the kids - with Jeeps - as standard text recipients. All told, it took me over a couple of hours to set the system up. It's not complicated, just time consuming to figure it out and do it. Will get my kids to follow me on our Friday trip to see if it works from their end. I followed @CanAmMick 's lead and signed up for the @24.95 plan ... figure half the cost is for me to send a "help" text and the other half is for my daughter to see where we're at, see that we're still moving, and not worry.
As I was being handed an inReach unit at REI, I noticed a Spot new two-way messenger under the glass counter. I ignored it and bought the inReach, but researched it today. Looks like the new spot unit is not performing that well ... reviews peg it at 2.8 out of 5. Here's a link if you care to look:
https://www.rei.com/product/139231/spot-x-2-way-satellite-messenger
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