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Tracker service plans are so expensive there's no point in bying one if you can rent from the organiser. I think the cheapest Spot Trace was 100€ and the basic service plan has to be bought for a year or more and that's something like 180€ with taxes.
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Garmin inreach can be monthly
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When I bought mine it was cheaper. I was doing 2 races and things like TABR would require posting the tracker back to the organiser as well as paying the rental. When you factored that in, it was cheaper to buy. But then they put their prices up and other races started using different trackers. Since the last two SPOT Trace units I've had have failed I will get mine replaced and use it, but I will cancel their stupid service this year.
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Quick look at my Revolut shows £1491 during TCR.
That's just stuff spent in forrun so obviously doesn't include bike, kit, flights, race entry, tracker, insurance, etc.