Found another option for tracking bikes if stolen, seems alot cheaper than the GPS intallation method.

I'm definelty looking a getting a few of these, easier to hide.

https://www.thetrackr.com/bravo

 

Do they work in OZ? How much $.

Are they actually for sale? I thought it was still fucking pre-order? I saw these ages ago, but hate risking money on "pre-orders"

Bonkerz is correct, Preorder shipping starts in April, if you look at the pricing you can buy 4 and get 4 free for $116 US, so if we can get a group together we can purchase them for $14.50ea

I'm no techy, so what I say should be verified if you are that way inclined.

It's probably not as wonderful as it sounds, the tracker relies on being close to a TrackR enabled smart phone (is that an 'app'?). This smart phone then 'pings' the TrackR server with the location, and other smart phones can access that data to detect the last known (pinged) location of the tracker. Then you need to use your smart phone to locally detect the exact location of the tracker, if it's still in the area.

So, it's not GPS, it relies on other smart phones being TrackR 'enabled', and you have to then locate it in the general area.

I'm not saying it's not worthwhile, or a good idea or whatever. It's just not actually GPS, it's 'crowd GPS'. Then again, I thought twitter was crap.....look at it now!! (Actually, I still think it's crap, but a lot of people like it!).

And is the associated app required? Doesn't say if that is free on not. Looks very attractive and a great idea i agree, but there may be more to it that we don't know as yet. Wait and hear from PB's response. Cheap enough so far.

Seems the App is Free, downloaded the iphone version free of charge.

You can purchase the TrackR sticker version or the TrackR Wallet version now, the Bravo version is the one that will be ready for despatch in April.

Sticker version is $99.95 for 5 plus $10.00 postage.

https://www.thetrackr.com/sticker/checkout?locale=en&utm_expid=74255149-9.acl5oS6dSZKUMQf4W-GVzg.0&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetrackr.com%2Fsticker%3Flocale%3Den

Wallet version is $99.95 for 8 plus $10.00 postage

https://www.thetrackr.com/wallet/checkout?utm_expid=65247255-5.Lj6HYXH7TG-yXwtzj1yjnA.1&locale=en&utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetrackr.com%2Fwallet%3Flocale%3Den#ab_test=b

As mentioned above it uses a Crowd GPS Network to relay.

"The TrackR bravo, however, is claimed to be the thinnest device of its type available, with width of just 3.5 mm and a diameter of 34 mm (1.34 in). It's also said to have the world’s largest Crowd GPS network. This means that although the TrackR bravo only has a range of 100 ft (33 m), when one user of the TrackR app comes within range of another user's lost item, an alert will be relayed to that other user".

There's a map on their site that is suppose to show coverage.

Yes, you're right Bonkerz, a smart phone does use bluetooth to 'talk' to the TrackR device, and then you can find that device by watching the signal strength, and homing in on it.

Definitely doesn't use satellite GPS. The 'crowd GPS" is just a name given to the effect that occurs if a lot of phones have the app loaded that can receive the TrackR signal. If any smart phone with the app gets within range it sends the GPS coordinates back to a central server. Then you can log into the server to get information about where the TrackR was last located, and go there, and try to use the bluetooth aspect to home into the exact location.

Website says it all, pretty much https://www.thetrackr.com/tech-specs?locale=en

So the more people that have the app, and in the more populated areas, it may work OK. It's cheap enough and who knows, might save your bike one day. Probably better for finding those lost keys, or keeping track of a wayward child?

my tracking device

Ah, the K9 TrackR, I heard they can be quite expensive to run? 

Well, it's cheap enough anyway!

If you give it a go, let us know what you think. It's not for me at the moment.... I still have a dumb phone....