Post by: trophyhunt on August 29, 2022, 12:41:12 PM
Post by: blackpowderhunter on August 31, 2022, 05:53:39 AM
if your thief has a droid, you're sol.
Post by: millerwheeler on August 31, 2022, 06:20:22 AM
Post by: LDennis24 on August 31, 2022, 07:34:45 AM
Post by: buckfvr on August 31, 2022, 07:56:36 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on August 31, 2022, 08:02:03 AM
Post by: ghosthunter on August 31, 2022, 08:19:15 AM
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.
Post by: ghosthunter on August 31, 2022, 08:28:11 AM
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.
Post by: phildobaggins on August 31, 2022, 11:31:25 AM
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!
Post by: ghosthunter on August 31, 2022, 12:06:33 PM
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.
Post by: jackelope on August 31, 2022, 12:09:01 PM
Post by: bearpaw on August 31, 2022, 12:11:55 PM
I'm going to get one welded to my cat converter.
:chuckle:
Post by: buckfvr on August 31, 2022, 12:53:34 PM
Post by: Stein on August 31, 2022, 12:58:20 PM
Post by: b23 on August 31, 2022, 01:41:55 PM
Post by: IslandHunter on August 31, 2022, 01:59:23 PM
Please keep an eye out
Post by: millerwheeler on September 05, 2022, 05:23:55 PM
Post by: ghosthunter on September 05, 2022, 05:53:45 PM
Is there any kind of monthly service you have to purchase after you initially buy them or ???
Nope
Just buy them
Link to your phone
Track
Post by: ghosthunter on September 05, 2022, 05:57:10 PM
And for sure they work of any apple device for the ping? Just seams very odd that me walking by and someone can use my signal is all just seams not right if it is very cool but I guess I’m just not buying it
Yeah ,phones,iPads,watches all talk to it. If apple. If it bothers you turn off the feature.
From another forum not me.
On your iPhone, open Settings, then tap your name at the top. Then Find My -> Find My iPhone. Turn off "Find My Network".
Your phone will no longer participate in the Find My network. Of course, you won't be able to find your iPhone if you loose it either.
Apple has been pretty transparant about how this works and your phone updating the location of a lost AirTag does not give apple or anyone else the abiltiy to determine your location.
Post by: NOCK NOCK on September 08, 2022, 05:23:04 AM
I'm going to get one welded to my neighbors catconverter.
LOL This is what Im a going to do :chuckle:
Post by: trophyhunt on September 08, 2022, 05:42:37 AM
Is there any kind of monthly service you have to purchase after you initially buy them or ???nope, have had mine on my truck now since I received them. Last night I was in my living room and it notified me I was away from my truck, lol. And today going to work, I drive a commuter car, it notified me again where my truck was on a map. I love it so far. I believe you can turn those notifications off, but no monthly charges.
Post by: Bareback on September 08, 2022, 06:09:51 AM
Post by: trophyhunt on September 08, 2022, 06:31:02 AM
I received my 4 pack yesterday. I hope, seriously, that I never have to track down my stolen personal property.Right!! Thats the dilemma, do you just go with a couple good buddies and deal with it yourself, or call the police and find out they won't go and now they know you are on your way to some thieves house! lol
Post by: ghosthunter on September 02, 2023, 05:52:54 PM
Is there any kind of monthly service you have to purchase after you initially buy them or ???
No
Post by: ghosthunter on September 02, 2023, 05:53:38 PM
One of those tags was taped inside the black water vent cap on my 15 B.
On the way to Rally in the Valley in May the cap blew off west of Winthrop Wa on Hwy 20
Over the months the AirTag kept reporting its location laying along the Hwy.
On our return from a near 3000 mile trip around Idaho, West Yellowstone we decided to try to find the cap.
Using my wife’s cell phone we pulled off the Hwy near the reported location.
She pressed find tag and a locator arrow popped on the screen and directed us to the AirTag.
The cap had been run over and was in pieces, the center with the tag still attached was in the grass along the Hwy.
In over a year all the AirTags have reported their location without fail. We had another tag on the trailer, one on generator and our small dog. Through out our trip the AirTag s reported where they were through three states without fail.
So if you are looking for cheap tracking of your items. Look at AirTags.
And yes they do report there presence at some point. But it took 3 months.
Here’s the missing cap , what’s left with tag taped in center.
Post by: ghosthunter on September 02, 2023, 07:43:22 PM
Post by: dreadi on September 02, 2023, 11:43:04 PM
Now if I could figure a way to hide one in a game camera, we could have some real fun. :chuckle:Use a cam that takes 16 batteries. Put batteries on one side and air tag on the other.
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Post by: cem3434 on September 03, 2023, 08:33:40 AM
And for sure they work of any apple device for the ping? Just seams very odd that me walking by and someone can use my signal is all just seams not right if it is very cool but I guess I’m just not buying it
Yes they do. We have them on all of our smaller equipment (mini excavators, skid steers, rollers, plate compactors, jumping jacks, etc.) and I have successfully used them twice in the last couple of months to recover equipment stolen from our fleet. The police won't do chit about thieves, so this is our way of minimizing our exposure because the insurance company was sick of paying out on our smaller equipment that getting stolen.