Carlock

[Korgrocker]

After a year, my subscription for the dealer fitted Tracker system has come up for renewal. £99 for a year but I only have the basic battery powered version that will need replacing in another 3 and a bit years (£249 for the same again) because the installed battery only has a five year life. So I decided to buy a Carlock device (Amazon £50) with a £7 per month subscription. It has a multi-network SIM card installed, and installation is straightforward (two wires that fit across the vehicle battery). The advantage for me is that I always know where the vehicle is (as long as there is a mobile signal), unlike the Tracker system, which can only be followed by a Tracker-following equipped police car. In rural Scotland, police cars are few and far between and even less can follow a Tracker alarm. There are other advantages as well. As there is no contract I thought it was worth a try. By the way there was no discount for insurance for having a Tracker installed. Rubbish! Any other thoughts?

Amazon product ASIN B07PGJRJPT

 

[Korgrocker]

After a year, my subscription for the dealer fitted Tracker system has come up for renewal. £99 for a year but I only have the basic battery powered version that will need replacing in another 3 and a bit years (£249 for the same again) because the installed battery only has a five year life. So I decided to buy a Carlock device (Amazon £50) with a £7 per month subscription. It has a multi-network SIM card installed, and installation is straightforward (two wires that fit across the vehicle battery). The advantage for me is that I always know where the vehicle is (as long as there is a mobile signal), unlike the Tracker system, which can only be followed by a Tracker-following equipped police car. In rural Scotland, police cars are few and far between and even less can follow a Tracker alarm. There are other advantages as well. As there is no contract I thought it was worth a try. By the way there was no discount for insurance for having a Tracker installed. Rubbish! Any other thoughts?

Amazon product ASIN B07PGJRJPT

So after two weeks it has stopped working. GPS signal "wanders" - over 1/2 mile yesterday triggering a "Vehicle Has Moved" alert. Also I'm getting loads of spurious vibration alerts - 35 over the last 10 minutes! So it's being sent back for a refund. Back to square one. Anyone got any other suggestions or do I have to go back to Tracker and eat humble pie

 

[Peppadog]

Fit a good steering wheel lock. No electronics, no subscription and likely your ‘van will be where you parked it

 

[Richard n Ann]

I've fitted several of these trackers to friends cars, work spot on. When they are powered down the location stays on the app map so they can be switched off with the ignition via a delay timer. This stops the battery drain, detection and reduces data use. Not that they use much ?

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