Small tracking device for your stuff!

[trophyhunt]

Just ordered these, if you have an Apple phone they work great.  My sister uses one to track my dad, he can get confused at times.  I’m going to put them on all my rigs and trailer, so much getting stolen these days it seems like a must have! 

[blackpowderhunter]

they work pretty well but keep in mind they HAVE to be in proximity to an iOS (apple) device to be able to send location.
if your thief has a droid, you're sol.

[millerwheeler]

I was under the impression that if it wasn’t within proximity to your phone no tracking could be done correct me if I’m wrong

[LDennis24]

They ping a location to any Apple phone that gets near them. So you put one on your four wheeler and it gets stolen, then you see blips on a map where it is traveling because along the way it goes by someone's apple phone and gets pinged basically. So if it gets hidden in someone's garage and they or their neighbor had an apple phone and they go near it you will see a location for it and know it's in there. That's basically how they work.

[buckfvr]

If thousands or even hundreds of people have them, how does your ping separate from others ?

[trophyhunt]

I thought your phone only picks up your device??

[ghosthunter]

I bought eight of those a few weeks ago. A trailer forum I was on was talking about hiding them in fiberglass trailers that were being stolen quit a bit.

Here’s my first hand experience.

I put one on my travel trailer.
One on utility trailer
Wife’s car
My truck
Generator

I hooked them to my wife’s apple phone.
And the generator to my iPad.


We took off with travel trailer truck,generator,leaving the other equipment at home. I live on a quiet street with four houses.

We went to Pearrygn lake awhile than to Bonaparte Lake for five days than back to Pearrygn a s home over hwy20.

There was never a time when the air tags did not show the location of all our stuff. We could see the equipment in our drive way, we could see the truck and Rv at the lakes. As long as there was cell service we could see the stuff. The generator tag was on my iPad which showed it when we had Wi-Fi or hot spot off my wife’s phone.

My experience is they work great as a layer of security.

There are a billion apple products out there talking to these things unless folks disable the function on there phone. It is near impossible to find a place in your every day life that the tag cannot be located.

There is suppose to be a alert show on your device if one of these tags not registered to you is traveling with you. But so far I have not received any alert on my iPad. My wife gets alerts when she leaves any of the item behind. But you can turn it off.

You can hide these tags about any where.

My canvas tents this season will all have tags.

[ghosthunter]

The only feature they don’t have is , family sharing , I wish I could have the tags on all my devices.

But each tag only can be on one device.


Recently I been carrying one in my pocket. I drop my wife off at a store and go park.
When she comes out she can locate me or beep the tag for me to pick her up. Good back up if my flip phone is dead.

[phildobaggins]

The only feature they don’t have is , family sharing , I wish I could have the tags on all my devices.

But each tag only can be on one device.


Recently I been carrying one in my pocket. I drop my wife off at a store and go park.
When she comes out she can locate me or beep the tag for me to pick her up. Good back up if my flip phone is dead.

Haha that is awesome!

[ghosthunter]

The applications for AirTags is really unlimited. You really could put them on anything. The battery is suppose to last a year and is easy to replace.

They do not have a way to attach to things. I been using double face tape and gorilla tape.
For the tents I have some small cloth bags my wife got at the craft store.

[jackelope]

I'm going to get one welded to my cat converter.

[bearpaw]

I'm going to get one welded to my cat converter.

 

[buckfvr]

What exactly does "proximity" mean?  Is there a distance envelope one can expect?

[Stein]

I want to get one for my son, if he can't lose it then I'm sold, he is a world-class expert.

[b23]

Is there any kind of monthly service you have to purchase after you initially buy them or