Customer reviews from Garmin
Garmin - InReach GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Red/Black
Average customer rating
4.1
(717 Reviews)
Rating breakdown 717 reviews
5 Stars
411
4 Stars
133
3 Stars
74
2 Stars
45
1 Star
54
Customer Reviews for Garmin - InReach GPS with Built-In Bluetooth - Red/Black
Customer Rating
3
support questionable
on September 17, 2021
Posted by: Davo
Bought some time ago for upcoming cross country trip, but just initiated 9/1/21. Evidently there were issues with Iridium network my entire trip according to all the texts i received from Garmin.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review and experience with the inReach Mini. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
Thanks Jenny
Thanks Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Expect to spend a lot of time researching
on September 17, 2021
Posted by: Idaho Hot Springs
I bought this expecting an out of box and quick way to stay in touch with my wife when out of cell range. I have spent countless hours trying to figure out how to operate, sync, and use the so called phone complementary app Earth Mate. Some folks may find this an easy system to understand, but for an average non techie type, expect to spend lots of time learning how to use. It is NOT a plug and play system
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review and experience with the inReach Mini. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
Thanks Jenny
Thanks Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great device
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Bingram
I got this unit for mountain biking and Moyer cycling so I have contact with the world if anything ever goes wrong. This little thing is amazing. Makes the wife feel safer
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review. Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Not what I needed
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Bia1usa
I bought thinking it was a walk talking too, I returned because I am looking for a walk talking with a range at least of 100 miles and unfortunately I can’t find, I used to have the Nextel walk talking and I was hoping to find some thing like that, I was able to communicate with my employees here I’m
Massachusetts from Brasil just using the walk talking.
Massachusetts from Brasil just using the walk talking.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review and experience with the inReach Mini. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
Thanks Jenny
Thanks Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
excellent unit
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Wendell
I bought this 2 years ago for a back country trip to allow for emergency rescue and contact with family to let them know our status. The inReach Mini worked great with the EarthMate app to allow convenient communication. The process is a little slower than typical cellphone texting. Battery life was reasonable and a small solar charger kept it and our phones fully charged.
Response from GarminBy Garmin , Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review. Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great peace of mind
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Matticus
I regularly fish 60+ miles offshore, and the InReach Mini is outstanding. It uses an app on my phone, connects to my Garmin Helm, and allows me to keep my wife updated on my location and status. It is a tremendous safety and communications device, and she lets me fish more!
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review. Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
3
Very slow GPS response
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Mountain Hiker
We bought this for an extended hike around Glacier Peak in the Glacier Peak Wilderness in Washington State. I was struck by how slow it was able to locate the GPS signal compared to the backpacking app on my cell phone. Even in clear high areas, it would state the GPS signal was poor (and also even though the message might send after only one minute). Most messages and location notifications took at least 10 or more minutes. I don't understand why the cell phone/hiking app was able to function so much better. Near the end of our trip, the weather was changing for the worse and we tried to get a weather report. After 30 minutes it still had been unable to do so and I gave up.
So those were my frustrations, which are pretty significant. Its size is great, and it did give us confidence that we could have some kind of emergency contact, although I expect communication would have been horribly slow based on the above. We also bought it so that we could notify family that we were fine and where we were; that also worked out well, and I think the family appreciated it. It seems very sturdily built.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review and experience with the inReach Mini. We would like to discuss this further over email. If you would please email us at product.support@garmin.com.
Thanks Jenny
Thanks Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin
Customer Rating
5
Great addition to smartphone mapping
on September 18, 2021
Posted by: Nmhunter
This unit is pretty handy… an excellent way to stay in touch with the family while in the back-country. One feature that I would like to see is a new mode, similar to the XT tracking mode, except for satellite messaging: it would be neat if the whole unit could be set power off completely during the hour-long interim periods between automatic “message checking”.
All in all - glad I went with this route instead of a larger device. For my use cases this works well: Clip it and forget it.
Love the smartphone tethering capabilities.
Response from GarminBy Garmin, Outdoor, September 20, 2021
Thank you for your review. Jenny
Written by a customer while visiting Garmin