I have a DeLorme Inreach that I bought when Garmin bought them out and added $100 to the price when they renamed it. I keep the service from May to the end of hunting season so that's about 6 months a year. I've never needed the emergency part but it is handy for letting the wife know I'm alive. It gives you 10 texts a month before it charges extra for them. I've never used them all.