Mini GPS tracker

[spincast]

Saw these today in the Best Buy flyer - and immediately thought of things like, my truck, my boat, things like down riggers when having to park overnight at hotels or camp grounds. Or even when lending the car to the kids for the night

 

Anyone ever tried these ? Say the battery life is 365 days?

http://www.bestbuy.ca/en-CA/product/trackr-trackr-bravo-bluetooth-tracker-3-pack-only-at-best-buy-tb001slv3pkeu/10396290.aspx?path=33789f1775a9ef3c548cebebda03c255en02

 

 

[Fishwilly]

I'm thinking if it's using bluetooth the range wouldn't be that great. So if a thief makes off with your goods pretty sure it's gone.

[spincast]

true dat. Damn. We have a device at work for high value shipments - works great, but too expensive for everyday use

[Dutch01]

The way I read the specs, it uses Bluetooth for sheet range functions (to track list keys ibn the house for example), but does have GPS tracking as well for stolen items. From the Best Buy site:

 

"TrackR's Crowd GPS Network updates you of your item's latest location on a map"

Edited February 20, 2016 by Dutch01

[John Bacon]

The way I read the specs, it uses Bluetooth for sheet range functions (to track list keys ibn the house for example), but does have GPS tracking as well for stolen items. From the Best Buy site:

 

"TrackR's Crowd GPS Network updates you of your item's latest location on a map"

 

The way I read it on one of the reviews that I found, somebody's phone (that uses TrackR) will need to be near it. Better than nothing. But I doubt that it will help you find your car topper that someone stashed on a back lake...

 

"They also try to find your stuff when it’s farther away near you: Both of these products use the concept of “crowdsourcing” and GPS.

Crowd GPS is based on the idea that if you can’t find something, say, your keys, maybe someone else can — as long as they also happen to be using the TrackR or Tile app (iOS and Android), with Bluetooth turned on and crowd GPS enabled. Your lost keys will give off a unique identifier that can be detected by other people’s apps, sending you GPS data about where they are."

http://recode.net/2015/04/01/trackr-vs-tile-the-lost-and-found-face-off/

Edited February 21, 2016 by JohnBacon

[Dutch01]

 

The way I read it on one of the reviews that I found, somebody's phone (that uses TrackR) will need to be near it. Better than nothing. But I doubt that it will help you find your car topper that someone stashed on a back lake...

"They also try to find your stuff when its farther away near you: Both of these products use the concept of crowdsourcing and GPS.

Crowd GPS is based on the idea that if you cant find something, say, your keys, maybe someone else can as long as they also happen to be using the TrackR or Tile app (iOS and Android), with Bluetooth turned on and crowd GPS enabled. Your lost keys will give off a unique identifier that can be detected by other peoples apps, sending you GPS data about where they are."

http://recode.net/2015/04/01/trackr-vs-tile-the-lost-and-found-face-off/

I think you're right, and without GPS it's of limited value.

Edited February 21, 2016 by Dutch01