I may have a small problem in overanalyzing some decisions, but you guys and gals won't hold that against me will ya?
I ran the numbers on how much each current (as of 4/6/2018 at 8:23 CDT) satellite tracker subscription would cost me per riding season. In Minnesota, that's generally around April 1st to October 31st. Personally, I think that most people would choose the Garmin "Recreation" plan, and the Spot "Basic" plan. Both provide 5-10 minute tracking, SOS, custom messages, etc. Garmin has the ability to go month by month (which could help reduce costs), while with Spot, you're stuck with it for the whole year.
For my application, I came up with a cost difference of $44.62 per year.
I've decided that ~$45 per year is worth it to garner the additional abilities that Garmin currently has - namely the ability to send and receive text messages (hey, I'm defined as a "millennial" by wikipedia), and receive weather reports.
I submit to you my numbers:
I ran the numbers on how much each current (as of 4/6/2018 at 8:23 CDT) satellite tracker subscription would cost me per riding season. In Minnesota, that's generally around April 1st to October 31st. Personally, I think that most people would choose the Garmin "Recreation" plan, and the Spot "Basic" plan. Both provide 5-10 minute tracking, SOS, custom messages, etc. Garmin has the ability to go month by month (which could help reduce costs), while with Spot, you're stuck with it for the whole year.
For my application, I came up with a cost difference of $44.62 per year.
I've decided that ~$45 per year is worth it to garner the additional abilities that Garmin currently has - namely the ability to send and receive text messages (hey, I'm defined as a "millennial" by wikipedia), and receive weather reports.
I submit to you my numbers: