Text Via Satellite with DeLorme's InReach SE

If you're planning to go hiking way off the grid, take the DeLorme InReach SE satellite communicator just in case.

DeLorme InReach SE

Price: $299.95

Getting out of cell phone range can feel like a treat these days—until you twist an ankle on your hike or forget where exactly the meeting point was. The InReach SE is a satellite communicator that allows its users to send and receive text messages and post to social media no matter how far off-grid they've wandered. Just in case you don't trust DeLorme's Iridium satellite network, which boasts 100 percent global coverage, the device also displays delivery confirmation of each message on its color-screen. A lithium battery packing 100 hours of life, and the device is primed for bashing around: it's waterproof, dustproof, and impact-resistant. If you do twist an ankle in the middle of nowhere, just trigger an SOS and talk with the company's 24/7 rescue center while they come to take you back to civilization.

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