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<blockquote data-quote="Neils" data-source="post: 299136" data-attributes="member: 7582"><p>I am the OP for this thread. Would not touch anything related to BT. It is a technology that has a 30'-100' range and is dependent on a mobile phone signal. If you are lucky, the thief who steals your car would have to have their mobile phone with them and have BT on to be able to have their mobile send the co-ordinates of the AirTag or BT device. Once they walk away from the car, BT signal is gone and then you have to hope that wherever the car is dumped, someone with a mobile (and BT active) will walk by it to transmit it's current/new location. I would not touch any BT device if you are serious about tracking the car.</p><p></p><p>As per the details above, the real trackers use a combo of GPS to track the location of the car, and a paid mobile line to transmit the location of the GPS data. I for one will be going with 2 solutions, TAG and the GPS/Mobile tracker called Tracki. Been doing some testing with a Tracki unit on my wife's Lexus IS300 F-Sport, and it is awesome, very precise, and I can set geolocations to let me know (via mobile notifications) if the car enters or exit a pre-defined area. Yes it is a paid service, but I want to be able to know where the car is at at all times, and not be solely dependent on a 3rd party service like TAG where they will track your car, but you hope they find the signal, and in the meantime you have no clue where the car is.</p><p></p><p>For Plan C, sure throw an AirTag in the car as well, or use it as Plan B to the TAG service. I think the Tracki service is reasonably priced, and is a no-brainer. I went extreme on the HW setup. I have the tiny unit hooked up to their extended battery unit (good for 10-12 days), and then have all of that charged off of 12v (hardwired). So even if the thieves find the power source and cut the cable, it will still run off the battery for many days, enough time for me or the police to find the car.</p><p></p><p>AirTags works good on suitcases when travelling, as an airport will have tons of Apple iPhone users surrounding the baggage, including the baggage handlers loading them on and off the plane, so there it works great. Really need to think in terms of crowd sourcing, the more people around the AirTag (or BT tracker), the better your chances of getting the data, if the car is dumped somewhere remote where there are no mobiles phones, device is useless. And I am pretty sure the car will not be dumped in a crowded area.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Neils, post: 299136, member: 7582"] I am the OP for this thread. Would not touch anything related to BT. It is a technology that has a 30'-100' range and is dependent on a mobile phone signal. If you are lucky, the thief who steals your car would have to have their mobile phone with them and have BT on to be able to have their mobile send the co-ordinates of the AirTag or BT device. Once they walk away from the car, BT signal is gone and then you have to hope that wherever the car is dumped, someone with a mobile (and BT active) will walk by it to transmit it's current/new location. I would not touch any BT device if you are serious about tracking the car. As per the details above, the real trackers use a combo of GPS to track the location of the car, and a paid mobile line to transmit the location of the GPS data. I for one will be going with 2 solutions, TAG and the GPS/Mobile tracker called Tracki. Been doing some testing with a Tracki unit on my wife's Lexus IS300 F-Sport, and it is awesome, very precise, and I can set geolocations to let me know (via mobile notifications) if the car enters or exit a pre-defined area. Yes it is a paid service, but I want to be able to know where the car is at at all times, and not be solely dependent on a 3rd party service like TAG where they will track your car, but you hope they find the signal, and in the meantime you have no clue where the car is. For Plan C, sure throw an AirTag in the car as well, or use it as Plan B to the TAG service. I think the Tracki service is reasonably priced, and is a no-brainer. I went extreme on the HW setup. I have the tiny unit hooked up to their extended battery unit (good for 10-12 days), and then have all of that charged off of 12v (hardwired). So even if the thieves find the power source and cut the cable, it will still run off the battery for many days, enough time for me or the police to find the car. AirTags works good on suitcases when travelling, as an airport will have tons of Apple iPhone users surrounding the baggage, including the baggage handlers loading them on and off the plane, so there it works great. Really need to think in terms of crowd sourcing, the more people around the AirTag (or BT tracker), the better your chances of getting the data, if the car is dumped somewhere remote where there are no mobiles phones, device is useless. And I am pretty sure the car will not be dumped in a crowded area. [/QUOTE]
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