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Starlink® Mini hire, Perth WA

Rent a Starlink Mini ↗
in Perth. Take it anywhere in WA.

Independent Starlink hire from our Cloverdale depot, five minutes from Perth airport. Unlimited data, no caps, from $179 a week. The whole kit is 1.53 kg with the cable, runs off your vehicle's 12V socket, and gives you 100 to 200 Mbps in places with no mobile coverage at all.

Why hire, not buy

Most people going bush don't need to own one.

Buying the hardware and carrying a monthly plan makes sense if you are away constantly. For a three-week trip up the Coral Coast once a year, hiring costs less than the first month of ownership and you still stay connected the whole way.

  • No 24-month contract

    Buying the hardware means committing to an ongoing monthly plan. A day hire or a fortnight hire costs a fraction of that if you only go bush a few times a year.

  • It arrives already working

    The plan is live on the kit before you collect it. No account to open, no activation, no setting up your Starlink from scratch in a car park.

  • A local company, not a warehouse

    We are in Cloverdale, five minutes from Perth airport. If something goes wrong in the field you get a WA phone number and a real person, not a ticket queue.

First, the confusing part

Mini is the dish. Roam is the plan.

Most people arrive here trying to choose between the two. There is no choice to make: they are different categories of thing.

Starlink Mini

A piece of hardware. A flat phased-array satellite dish roughly the size of a 15 inch laptop, 38.5 mm thick, with the WiFi modem built into it. There is no separate router to power and no second box to carry. It is the smallest dish Starlink makes for consumers, and it is what sits in every bag we hand over.

Roam

A service plan, not a dish. Roam is the subscription category that lets a Starlink work while it moves around the country instead of being tied to one home address. You run a Roam plan on a Mini. On a hire kit that plan is already live before you collect it, so it never becomes your problem.

Hardware

What size is the Starlink Mini?

Straight from Starlink's own specification sheet, not our summary of someone else's summary. The three worth caring about on a trip are weight, power draw and input voltage.
Dimensions 298.5 × 259 × 38.5 mm
Weight 1.10 kg bare, 1.16 kg with kickstand, 1.53 kg with kickstand and 15 m cable
Packed size 430 × 334 × 79 mm, 2.72 kg
Antenna Electronic phased array, 110° field of view
Orientation Software assisted manual orienting
Router Integrated WiFi modem, no separate router to carry
Weather rating IP67 Type 4
Operating temperature -30°C to 50°C
Wind Operational at 96 kph and above
Power consumption 25 to 40 W average
Input 12 to 48V, 60 W

Source: Starlink Mini specification sheet (PDF). Starlink® is a registered trademark of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Offgrid Internet is an independent hire business and is not affiliated with SpaceX.

Power

It runs off the car.

Starlink rates the Mini at 12 to 48V input and 25 to 40 W average draw. At 12V that is roughly 2 to 3.3 amps while it is actually running, which a decent camping battery or a running vehicle handles without drama. The 12/24V power cable is in the kit, along with the 240V power supply for caravan parks and inverters, so there is nothing extra to buy.

That matters in remote areas, where mains power is the thing you run out of long before you run out of internet access. What catches people out is not the dish, it is leaving it running all day on a battery that is also feeding a fridge. Turn it off between sessions and the power question mostly disappears. The digital nomad guide to van life in WA goes deeper on the power side of a build.

One exclusion, worth knowing before you enquire: we don't rent to anyone travelling in a camper hired from Maui. The 12V setup in those vehicles hasn't held a steady enough supply for the dish on the hires we've done, so it either won't power up or won't stay connected. We've had too many trips spoiled that way, so we now decline these bookings up front rather than take payment for a hire that won't work.

What you collect

Everything the Starlink Mini hire kit includes.

No setup fee, no delivery charge, no hidden costs. Cables, adapters and the bag are all included, whichever hire length you pick.

  • Starlink Mini antenna

    Phased-array dish with the WiFi modem built in. Nothing else to plug together.

  • 15 m power cable

    Long enough to put the dish out in the open and keep the van, tent or ute in the shade.

  • 240V mains adapter

    Straight into a caravan park powerpoint, an inverter, or any standard wall socket.

  • 12 / 24V cigarette lighter cable

    Run it off the vehicle or a battery bank when there is no mains anywhere.

  • 3 m short cable

    For tight setups where the long run just gets in the way.

  • Transport bag

    The whole lot packs into one bag for the drive home.

An Offgrid Internet Starlink Mini hire kit open in its padded hard case, showing the dish, coiled power cable and Australian plug power supply in their foam cutouts
An actual hire kit, photographed at the depot between bookings. Every item has its own cutout, which is what keeps connectors intact on corrugated roads.
Who hires one

Satellite internet for the whole of Western Australia.

The Starlink Mini is the same kit whoever hires it, so connectivity comes down to where you point it. Check the Starlink coverage map for WA before you book a remote location.

  • Camping and 4WD trips

    The Mini weighs about the same as a full 1.5 litre water bottle and packs flat against a drawer system. That is the whole reason people take it into the outback instead of a full-size dish.

  • Remote work and van life

    Unfold it, connect to the WiFi, and your laptop is online. Upload sits around 10 to 20 Mbps, enough for video calls from a camp where mobile coverage is zero.

  • Mine sites, survey and crew camps

    Swap rosters, exploration work, a temporary yard in the Pilbara or Goldfields. One kit carries a crew on unlimited data, and the hire ends when the job does.

  • Events, film and one-off jobs

    A festival, a wedding on a property, a shoot down south. Hire satellite internet for the days you need it instead of buying hardware you will use twice.

What we've learned running the fleet

Six kits, and we know where they go.

We are not a marketplace listing hardware we have never touched. We own the antennas, we hand every one of them over in person, and we get them back.

Where they actually go

Six antennas in the fleet right now. In winter most of them head north to Exmouth, Coral Bay and Karijini. Over summer the pattern flips and they go down south. That seasonality is why we ask for your dates early: the winter Coral Coast run is when we are tightest on kits.

What actually breaks

The 12V adapter plug, almost every time. Not the dish, not the cable, not the modem. People look after the expensive part and the cheap part cops the corrugations. It is worth knowing before you worry about the bond: the hardware itself comes back in good condition far more often than not.

What happens at handover

We take the kit out of the bag with you and run the setup once so you have done it before you are doing it in the dark. Then we ask two questions: what your electrical setup is, and where you are going. Those two answers are what decide whether you need the 240V supply, the 12V cable, or both, and whether your camp is going to see enough sky.

“Just hired a Starlink Mini antenna for a 4WD trip in Uluru and the red centre and the connection and setup were perfect. Amazing speeds in the bush and nice people. I really recommend it.”
Rahul D. Rahul D.4WD adventurer
Hire pricing

Unlimited data. No caps, no overage.

$300 refundable bond at pickup, 10% deposit to hold your dates, seven day minimum. The bond comes back in full when the kit does.
  • 1 week

    Unlimited

    $179 / week

    Streaming, gaming, remote work, festivals, mine sites.

  • Cheaper the longer you stay

    Unlimited, long stay

    $22 / day

    The same unlimited plan, priced down for longer trips.

Hire questions

What renters ask before booking.

Anything not answered here, email [email protected] and a human replies, usually within the hour during business hours.
  • Can I rent a Starlink Mini on its own, without hiring a camper?

    Yes. That is exactly what this service is. Plenty of Starlink hire in WA is bundled into a vehicle rental, so you have to take the camper to get the internet. We hire the kit standalone, to your own vehicle, boat, tent or work site. If you do want a camper with the internet included, that is our sister business Offgrid Campers WA.

  • What does it cost to hire Starlink in Perth?

    $179 for a week on a 7 to 13 day hire, $22 a day from 14 days, and $19 a day from 25 days, which lands around $570 a month. One Unlimited plan, no data cap and no per-GB overage bill. Hires of 20 days or more can be quoted as a custom deal.

  • Does the rental include unlimited data?

    Yes, and it is the only plan we offer. We deliberately retired the capped option because people went over the cap and got billed for it, which does not sit well with a no hidden costs promise. Stream, work, run a crew off it, the bill does not move.

  • What do I pay before pickup?

    A 10% deposit on the hire total secures your dates. The $300 equipment bond is taken at pickup and refunded in full when the kit comes back in working order. The bond and the deposit are two separate things.

  • Can I run it off my car or a battery?

    Yes, that is what the 12/24V cigarette lighter cable in the kit is for. Starlink rates the Mini at 12 to 48V input and 25 to 40 W average draw, so at 12V you are looking at roughly 2 to 3.3 amps while it runs. A modest camping battery, a running vehicle, or a 240V inverter all handle it comfortably.

  • Can I hire a kit if I'm in a Maui rental camper?

    No. If your vehicle is a camper hired from Maui, we don't take the booking. The Mini needs a steady 12V supply and the 12V setup in those campers hasn't held it on the hires we have done, so the dish either won't power up or won't stay connected. We've had too many trips spoiled that way, so we decline these enquiries up front rather than charge for a hire that won't work. Any other vehicle, your own or another hire company's, is fine.

  • Is the Starlink Mini the same thing as a Roam plan?

    No, and this trips a lot of people up. The Mini is hardware, a compact satellite dish with the WiFi modem built into it. Roam is a service plan that lets a dish work while you move around. You run a plan on a dish, so they are not two options to choose between. On a hire kit the plan is already active, so it is not a decision you have to make.

  • What internet speeds should I expect in remote WA?

    Typically 100 to 200 Mbps download, 10 to 20 Mbps upload, and 20 to 40 ms latency. That is high-speed, low-latency internet in places with no mobile coverage at all. What matters more than the location is the sky: the dish needs a clear view of it, so a gorge floor or dense canopy will struggle where an open paddock will not.

  • How does pickup and return work?

    Every kit is collected and returned in person at our Cloverdale depot, five minutes from Perth airport. No shipping either way. We walk you through the setup at handover, which is where most of the questions get answered before you leave.

  • How long does setup take?

    Typically under five minutes. Unfold the kickstand, put the dish somewhere with a clear view of the sky, plug it in, and let the app find the satellites for you. Then connect to the WiFi like any other network.

  • Where can I take the kit?

    Anywhere in Western Australia, from the Coral Coast to the Goldfields to the far south. Uluru and Darwin are the only interstate exceptions we allow. If your trip crosses a border anywhere else, tell us before you book.

  • What is the minimum hire?

    Seven days. If your trip is shorter the maths rarely works in your favour, but send us the dates and we will tell you straight.

Setting up your Starlink for the first time? The Starlink antenna installation guide walks through aiming and obstructions, and 5 common Starlink setup issues covers what to check when it will not connect. Both are worth ten minutes before you drive north.

Tell us your dates, we'll have a kit ready.

Pickup from Cloverdale, five minutes from Perth airport. Send the trip plan and we'll confirm availability and the exact hire total, no obligation.

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