I have the Spot Messenger 2 which I used on my recent Chasing the Dirt tour. Found it worked very well with the exception of one day. However I also found the Garmin Edge 800 didn't track properly that day either so suspect it was a satellite problem, not a Spot Messenger 2 problem. I used it in-conjunction with the SpotWalla - Home website. If I was in the market today and based on my experience I would now go with a Spot Connect so I had the ability to text when in the remote areas. Having the communication channel, even through it is one way is important to me.
There's a Garmin GTU10 unit that works pretty well in the USA. It's on AT&T's data network, and while people think AT&T has pretty bad coverage (this is true) their data coverage is actually pretty good.
Was this something you really wanted to know or are you trolling for backcountry.com?
Kind of shady IMO, I clicked on your link thinking it would show where "back country" is, instead I'm directed to a retail business.
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