How Do Credits Work?

Each credit is one action on the Bivy Stick.

If you go over your monthly credit limit, even way off-the-grid, you can still use your Bivy Stick. You will simply be charged an overage charge for each additional credit used.

 

1 Credit Each

1 message sent or received

1 standard weather report

1 location share

Preset Check-In Messages

Always Free and Unlimited with a plan subscription

Tracking Interval	Credits Per Min
2 min	1 credit per 12 min
5 min	1 credit per 30 min
10 min [Default]	1 credit per 1 hr
30 min	1 credit per 3 hrs
60 min	1 credit per 6 hrs

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