Looking Ahead for Tracking

Briartek could be worth looking at.

"Are there other alternatives out there?"

The inReach Safety Plan.

–B.G.–

Safety Plan –

$12/month subscription plus $.10/“track point” per hour comes to $1.20 per day, or ~ $24 per month (for me), for a total of $36 per month.

The Recreation Plan is $25 per month.

Or is a “track point” something different than “tracking”?

I've never felt compelled to have tracking points sent for every turn in the trail. For one thing, I am often off the trail. That is different from being off the rails.

You could set it to send automatically at less-frequent intervals. I just power up and send something once per day when I reach camp, so my contacts learn to check on my map progress around 5-6 p.m. each day. If they don't see or hear anything from me, they send me a message inbound. Then if they don't hear back by 8-9 p.m., they assume that my battery went dead. So, if I haven't sent or received anything by 10 p.m., I know that my device might have a problem.

My total monthly charge stays pretty close to $10. I think the highest was $12.

–B.G.–