Derryck Draper Award
Winner Garmin
awarded for outstanding innovation in outdoor equipment
Garmin accepting the award from OWPG’s membership secretary, Ronald Turnbull
T
his year Garmin received the prestigious Derrick
Draper Award for its InReach Mini Satellite Phone
and GPS, which was commended by a panel of the
Guild’s expert gear testers.
The Derryck Draper Award is given in memory of Derryck
Draper, one of the Guild’s founder members. It aims to
recognise outstanding innovation in outdoor equipment
design and celebrate the OWPG’s close association with
the outdoor gear trade. Each year, a panel drawn from the
Guild’s experienced gear testers looks at the new products
coming on the market and selects a winner.
This year, the testers felt that the Garmin InReach Mini
was a clear winner.
Panel member and seasoned gear tester Chris Townsend
comments: ‘The InReach Mini is a very small ultralight
satellite communicator with two-way messaging and an
SOS function. It measures 10cm by 5cm and weighs 120
grams. This is much smaller and lighter than alternatives.
The small size is good for sure. Particularly as these days all
mobile phones are huge!’
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