Bivystick - Satellite Communicator

I was able to communicate with my wife and give her updates during my last snowmobiling trip to Montana. She told me it made a big difference knowing that I was safe throughout the day. I used to just say no news is good news. But I think that philosophy might change. Really cool device. Can't wait to use it on all my adventures.

I was an Indiegogo contributor. It has used twice so far to send and receive messages when I was out of cell service. The weather report function is very useful, also. All around it works great so far. There was an issue with getting it activated, and, I’m not kidding, within 2 minutes of sending an email for customer service, it was answered and the issue was resolved within 20 minutes. If that’s not great customer service, then I don’t know what is. I have not used the trip tracking function yet, (this is how I have convinced my wife to let me start going backpacking by myself again), and I will update my review directly after its first use. What I like the most is the credit plan is not misleading or just plain sinister like for example, the Spot communicator, (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, look it up. And don’t EVER buy one, you’re welcome). If you’ve been looking for a simple, no frills sat communicator so your loved ones don’t worry about you, then this is it.

I only go deep in the backcountry a few times a year. The rest of the time I am on simple day hikes and adventures where I am not too worried. But for the few trips a year, it is nice to have this as a backup plan incase something happens. And at only a few trips, I only spend a little bit of money to be connected.
So far it has worked well for me here in Washington. I seem to be able to connect to satellites almost anywhere I have view of the sky.

I like how easy it was to connect to my phone and the that I can turn on or off the service whenever I want to. This really helps me keep my family happy while I am out in the woods.