Is the Battery Life of the Garmin InReach Mini enough for a 2 week trip?

reno_queen

I am going hiking for 2-3 weeks with no possibility of charging the battery again. Assuming I only turn the InReach on only once a day to send a "I'm ok"-message and then turn it off again, would the battery last? Alternatively, if I left it off during the entire trip and used it only as an SOS button, what would the situation be like then?

Originally asked by user5227744 on Stack Exchange (outdoors) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

uphilltech

Great question — answering as the UphillTech team:

According to Garmin , with a 30-minute tracking interval and extended tracking mode, the battery should last for 20 days. Turn the screen brightness down and turn it off every single night when you are in camp to further extend the battery life. On the other hand, the inReach mini battery is 1,250 mAh , one 10,000 mAh battery should provide at least 4 charges and then you could use the device for more than just a single message per day.

Full answer by Charlie Brumbaugh: https://outdoors.stackexchange.com/a/22502 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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