I had good luck with an inreach on a 2000 mike sailing trip I took by myself. My dad was really anxious about initially but he ended up really enjoying watching my progress. The coolest part was that it gave me a map of my route when I was done.
I find their billing situation very irritating. I have no plans to use it any time soon but still get billed yearly to keep it working. Or something. I can never really understand what’s happening with that.