Garmin Messenger™

Waste of time. It does not pair. I tried all the recommended fixes and nothing works.

Response time on text messages are slow

There is much contained within this device. Have used a Colorado since 2010 primary for sailing but added road maps for traveling. The Montana is more like the Colorado user interface compared to the nűvi auto focused and boating chart plotters from Garmin that I also own. So it is important to spend time playing with the Montana interface before needing its features. I purchased the Montana 710 specifically for the inReach satellite functions. We planned a four week travel trailer trip through Newfoundland and Labrador with sparse cellular service. Although our iPhone 15 cellphones do have satellite emergency service, we were not sure if it would be sufficient. We did not expect to need either satellite service, our children were comforted the their 70+ year old parents did have the emergency services. In Labrador about two thirds through our trip, I started choking on a flake of hard candy that hit my soft pallet. While reaching for my water bottle, the vehicle drifted to the soft shoulder at the edge of the dirt road. We slid down the 3 meter embankment coming to a full stop when the trailer’s right front wheel impacted a boulder. My iPhone sent a message via satellite that we were in an accident. I activated the Montana’s SOS button. From that point on, we were in contact with both services. We confirmed that we had no injuries but needed a wrecker to get both the truck and trailer back on the road. The Canadian Mounties were the first to arrive. (Every vehicle that passed us stopped to render any assistance they could. ) IN SUMMARY: Purchasing the Montana 710 was well worth the expense. The iPhone satellite feature also works and will improve. The apparent redundancy of two satellite enabled devices had the added advantage of communicating with family members in ways that they were familiar with. Yes, I am very happy with the Montana 710. When not traveling remote areas, I will have it as my handheld device while on my boat. (I already added the marine charts.) One thing that I would consider if purchasing again would be to include the camera (Montana 760) especially if venturing away from the main roads. The camera is less for snapshots or serious photography, but can give rescue teams visual clues to your whereabouts.

So incredibly difficult to use.

I love this app!love to talk to my loved ones! But I really wish we can call

It’s great, but you can’t send videos but other than that it’s just like normal texting

This app is great, but only if it’s paired to an InReach. The process of pairing is very frustrating and time consuming, and after over an hour today I can’t seem to get it paired back up with my InReach. It’s a shame to pay for a great life-saving device and be unable to use it, but my phone simply can’t connect to the InReach and I don’t know why.

Looks like 2010 app when running on an iPad mini.

Using with an inReach Mini 2. Overall, the app is better for sending messages than typing them on the inReach. But the app has a couple basic features that require internet, going against the whole point of having a satelite communicator. Internet is needed to: 1 Choose recipient of free, check in messages. Trying to change the recipient without internet leads to a failure message, citing lack of internet connection. If someone is not pre-set as a check in recipient, you need to send a text message, using your montly, paid allotment. 2 View how many text messages have been sent in a billing cycle. The app communicates with the inReach and should know how many have been sent, but "messages remaining" does not change until you have internet service. In addition, if you go over your message allotment, the app won't tell you how many over (even with internet). It only tells you zero remaining and there is an "additional per message overage"

Can’t cancel