Trackr - anyone got one? An easy way to track stuff. (1 Viewer)

[Minxy]

Just noticed there's an offer on this which ends today (no I haven't looked on ebay yet!), has anyone got one?

http://techiefans.com/the-easiest-s...0936100e91c8a910f1cbc2ec4d8&sxid=4l64gmyq2728

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Track it down. From anywhere
If an item goes missing, TrackR's Crowd GPS network will help you find it. When another user of the TrackR app comes within 100ft range of your lost item, you will receive a GPS update of where your item is.

 

[hilldweller]

Surely that size can't have a decent battery life.

 

[Minxy]

Found these on ebay, not quite the same but may do the job of finding keys etc ... or dogs:

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[Minxy]

Surely that size can't have a decent battery life.

12-18 months

 

[jezport]

Sounds good, but it relies on other users being around. Im also wondering on how it runs on phones, power consumption, data, gps etc.

Does anyone here use one?

 

[hilldweller]

12-18 months

I've watched the video now, clever idea. It does not use the mobile phone network directly, it communicates with any nearby phone running their app, the phone must then communicate with their server.

So The Big Question is what chance is there of one of their apps running on a phone near your tracked item. I make that zero or less.

All the time your phone runs their app it is listening for a tracker signal and feeding data back to them at your expense. Quite interesting personal freedom questions here.

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[Minxy]

I've watched the video now, clever idea. It does not use the mobile phone network directly, it communicates with any nearby phone running their app, the phone must then communicate with their server.

So The Big Question is what chance is there of one of their apps running on a phone near your tracked item. I make that zero or less.

All the time your phone runs their app it is listening for a tracker signal and feeding data back to them at your expense. Quite interesting personal freedom questions here.

Yes I realise that until/unless there are a lot of people using them the coverage will be miniscule but I was thinking more in terms of finding my wandering dogs, misplaced keys etc.

 

[hilldweller]

Yes I realise that until/unless there are a lot of people using them the coverage will be miniscule but I was thinking more in terms of finding my wandering dogs, misplaced keys etc.

100 feet wasn't it. But you still have to run their app.

 

[tonyidle]

Yes I realise that until/unless there are a lot of people using them the coverage will be miniscule but I was thinking more in terms of finding my wandering dogs, misplaced keys etc.

There are a few of these types of devices about. I don't believe they would be successful used for something that moves on its own (like a dog ) because, in the absence of nearby users, the app on your phone simply remembers where you left it. When you get to within a few metres of it your phones Bluetooth will detect it. I bought one of these:

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............. but haven't given it a serious trial as yet.

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[Minxy]

There are a few of these types of devices about. I don't believe they would be successful used for something that moves on its own (like a dog ) because, in the absence of nearby users, the app on your phone simply remembers where you left it. When you get to within a few metres of it your phones Bluetooth will detect it. I bought one of these:

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............. but haven't given it a serious trial as yet.

Well stop living up to your username and get off your bum and try it properly!

 

[hilldweller]

I bought one of these:

Looks good on paper. With a GiffGaff SIM giving free calls it should be a winner. How do they do it for the money ?

 

[androidGB]

Got one.

Don't expect anything like 100 ft range.

The speaker is very quiet when you try calling it from your phone.

It really is quite limited in all aspects

Andrew

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[mitzimad]

ive got a tile on my keys which works both ways to find keys or phone its a life saver for me as im forever loosing one of the other especially in my work van where keys can disapear into a box of fittings whilst im ssearching

 

[pappajohn]

Looks good on paper. With a GiffGaff SIM giving free calls it should be a winner. How do they do it for the money ?

GiffGaff to GiffGaff only.
So unless your phone is dual sim or already on GiffGaff it's far from free.
My tracker is on GiffGaff but my phone is staying on three.
Payg Three texts = 2p (credit, not bundle)
Payg GiffGaff texts = 6p (credit, not bundle)

 

[RandallC]

Interesting concept WRT insurance, if the insurance company will accept the risk without a tracker fitted the difference in premium vis with/without is negligible in respect to the cost of the tracker.

Frankly if it's been pinched, I don't want it back.

Edit, ok feeling a bit liverish as car and MH insurance and services due.will no doubt have to shop around for the best deal as loyalty is penalised.

Cheers

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[Riverbankannie]

When we have lost our keys, we always know the gps location, somewhere in the house!!
I did buy one of the sort with a beeper attached to the keys and a little tracker handset but the grandsons love making them very and so the battery is always dead!

 

[JT1]

Interesting concept WRT insurance, if the insurance company will accept the risk without a tracker fitted the difference in premium vis with/without is negligible in respect to the cost of the tracker.

Frankly if it's been pinched, I don't want it back.

Edit, ok feeling a bit liverish as car and MH insurance and services due.will no doubt have to shop around for the best deal as loyalty is penalised.

Cheers

New here - only had a MH for a week so be kind with me!
Insured with Staveley Head. The difference in premium cost between having a tracker fitted and not, was £44. They don't accept SIM trackers so weren't keen on my TK103A (£26.75), however I am, especially when it's fitted with a £5 giffgaff SIM.
Couldn't agree more about loyalty being punished - can't remember the last time I renewed with the same insurance company.

 

[RandallC]

Actually going to renew the car insurance with the RAC again this year, (could be 4th year in a row) they are within a £10 of the lowest quote on meerkat and expect to get that taken off.

Having said that every other insurance MH, scooter, building and contents etc, always have to find a new company to obtain the new business discounts. Just don't understand why they don't recognise the cost of customer churn or is it a case of ripping off those who don't shop around.

WRT post about traker cost vis insurance discount. When research originally, the tracker required came out at somewhere between £500-800 plus subscription fee all to save £40-£50 a year.

Don't consider its worth it as you'll never recover the cost of the tracker before the age of the MH makes it unnecessary from an insured value point of view.

I guess it does however depend on the value of the MH and or your view on risk/want a stolen item back.

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[Minxy]

Actually going to renew the car insurance with the RAC again this year, (could be 4th year in a row) they are within a £10 of the lowest quote on meerkat and expect to get that taken off.

Meerkat aren't the cheapest site for comparing quotes, the best way is to use a few and then see if the one you want to get your insurance from has some cashback/discount offers via Quidco etc ... I found that Saga kept coming up as the cheapest with various sites, with Confused.com being the cheapest. I then went into Quidco but they only gave £2.30 cashback for Confused.com but £27.50 cashback for Saga and although the Quidco to Saga quote price was £1 more, the extra cashback means I'll get £26.50 back!

 

[RandallC]

Know what you mean and have done that previously including the non comparison site companies.

However one thing I can't understand is why different companies appear to have particular socioeconomic preferences (word of the week).

When we ran 2 cars insured separately for myself and Spouse we could never get comparable quotes from the same companies. By that if her insurance company quoted me it was generally expensive and vice versa

Ah well how much fun would it be if we're all the same

 

[wizzer59]

Yes got one of those, not impressed tbh, range not that good and battery died within 3-4 months maybe mines a diff one but can't recommend I'm afraid

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[mitzimad]

my tile was x mas prezzie last year so 13 months old no3w