[pct-l] Pocket mail alternative

[David Thibault]

I used a peek for journaling on the PCT this year with great success.
If you want to just journal, the peek is a much better option than
pocket mail.  It
costs and weighs less and is easier to use. Worked great with
postholer as they support email updates directly to journals.  Myself
and Ice Axe used them this year
and we were both very happy with them.  They are $20/month and I think
you can now find the device for about $20 also.  I did go about a week
without service at times
but you just save your entry and send them when service is available.
I carried a spare battery and only used it once (this could have been
avoided too).
I would not carry the spare battery again as it wasn't necessary.  The
keyboard is bigger than most phones and that made a big difference for
me as I had a phone available
to use but could never get comfortable using the too small keypad.

Day-late


Ruckman wrote:


in reference to the pocketmail. i know what you mean about having so
many devices. pocketmail was a good thing to have when i did the AT in
03,
 but nowadays theres a lighter option that i saw another hiker using
that he raved about called the PEEK 2 ( think thats what it was
called).
the device was about $60, and $20 a month for service. thats all its
used for is writing, sending and receiving emails and i think you may
be able
to directly send it to trailjournals. but the guy who had it was on
postholer and he could directly send it to that. you dont need a phone
to
 send the messages either. it just sends them when it gets a signal.
wish i had used one this year on the PCT. live and learn.