InReach Mini Test Results
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Originally Posted by
Now&Zen
I al currently running a test with my Inreach Mini. With it on “Extended” mode and set to send a track position every 4 hours the battery is supposed to last more than 20 days. So I have it out on the balcony and am testing this. I am about 11 days in. It misses a transit once in a while, going 8 hours instead of 4, but it doesn’t have an unobstructed view of the sky either, so not too bad. I will post here when it runs out of juice!
I charged up my new to me InReach Mini and set it for EXTended Tracking. To send a track point every 4 hours. Then I mounted it on my balcony and let it run until the battery died. Here are the results.
Start Jan. 9th at 23:19
End Feb. 2nd at 05:12
Run Time = 23 + days. Not bad.
Recorded 120 tracking points total.
Missed 21 four hour intervals but never went more than eight hours without a tracking point.
A couple of times it sent the same data twice at the same time.
Obviously this was stationary but also with a limited view of the sky. My balcony only has a northern view and has trees in the way as well.
Overall I am pleased.