TrackR
 

Anyone have any experience of this product? seems a good idea, no monthly cost and fairly cheap, might be worth sticking one on the bike?

https://buy.thetrackr.co/gu/special-...3-fe8c9c8b4a32

http://www.thetrackr-uk.co.uk/product/trackr-bravo-2/

Re: TrackR
 

It seems to stop tracking as soon as it is out of range of your phone, so not really much use for finding your bike.

I was considering this one:

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=218568

Re: TrackR
 

No it doesn't. it has two "modes" proximity and Crowd GPS

Crowd GPS

Lost something? TrackR's item tracking network will help you find it. When a TrackR user is within range of your lost item, you receive a GPS update.


Basically it'll keep looking for other Trackr devices and broadcast it's location (to that and on to the web app, giving you a notification of where and when) if a device is found at any point.

Re: TrackR
 

Ahh so you hope the thief will have TrackR on their phone? ;)

I guess it's worth a try but I doubt it's going to get a Bluetooth signal from the back of a van. Although if you hid it well enough it could eventually find someone

Re: TrackR
 

hardly, I wasn't really that concerned with getting it back, I'm enough of a realist to know the odds on that; but he'll have a device broadcasting he has a stolen vehicle that'll keep on broadcasting for months, surely for a tenner it's worth the money just to increase the chances of catching these scum, or are you just prepared to hope it happens to "the other guy"?

Re: TrackR
 

I was trying to figure out how that works. It seems to be a Bluetooth device, and you have it paired with your phone. How does it then communicate with other peoples devices? If that App makes your phone accept unsolicited Bluetooth connections that sounds like a security hole.

Re: TrackR
 

looks like an clone of tile
https://www.thetileapp.com/?gclid=CI...Q&gclsrc=aw.ds

I think the tile also has a life span of the battery so you need to replace after a year or two

Re: TrackR
 

yeah, seems to be the same thing, just thought it sounded like a good as well as cheap idea.