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20-05-16, 10:08 PM | #1 |
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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/
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20-05-16, 10:49 PM | #2 |
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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 |
20-05-16, 11:10 PM | #3 |
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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.
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21-05-16, 06:30 AM | #4 |
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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 |
21-05-16, 11:11 AM | #5 |
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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"?
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21-05-16, 08:49 PM | #7 |
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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
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21-05-16, 09:33 PM | #8 |
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yeah, seems to be the same thing, just thought it sounded like a good as well as cheap idea.
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