Starlink Mini

[sail sail]

I am doing quite a few yacht deliveries these days and was thinking about getting a Starlink Mini. Does anyone have any first hand experience of taking one with them offshore (I have a Transat coming up in April)? Do they work well?

 

[lustyd]

All of Starlink works well, the downsides are power and money. If you can fit within the “standby” bandwidth then it’s cheap but otherwise quite pricey. If you use it for a few hours power is OK but many boats will struggle to keep up with it 24x7, it’s like a second fridge being on.

Game changer though, there’s no going back.

 

[john_q]

My mini uses about 24 watts on 12v. I do have a booster to up the voltage to make it work off 12 volts. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPMPT3JK?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title or https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DMVFH7BN?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1

Mine is on roaming and was bought in Guatemala, so, after 60 days out of the country it is stops working, so, turn it off for a few days and it will start working again.

 

[geem]

I am doing quite a few yacht deliveries these days and was thinking about getting a Starlink Mini. Does anyone have any first hand experience of taking one with them offshore (I have a Transat coming up in April)? Do they work well?

If you are offshore, you need to be on the Roam Unlimited tariff that is £96/month plus £2/GB. It works well offshore.
We just did a transat and used it 3 times a day to look at weather info.
Apart from a slow time to connect, of up to 20 mins, it worked well.

 

[lustyd]

If you are offshore, you need to be on the Roam Unlimited tariff that is £96/month plus £2/GB. It works well offshore.
We just did a transat and used it 3 times a day to look at weather info.
Apart from a slow time to connect, of up to 20 mins, it worked well.

Not any more. The £5/month standby mode works everywhere and although limited on bandwidth it does work offshore.