Skywagon Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 Do you have any experience with it? I'm kind of thinking about buying one to keep in my pocket while riding, boating, fishing, etc. If I understand it correctly the wife could know where I am when out and about. Cheap at $29 versus Garmin and Spot. 1
Scott9999 Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 48 minutes ago, Skywagon said: Do you have any experience with it? I'm kind of thinking about buying one to keep in my pocket while riding, boating, fishing, etc. If I understand it correctly the wife could know where I am when out and about. Cheap at $29 versus Garmin and Spot. Seems like a cheaper alternative than buying "Spot". However, I would expect Spot to locate you out in the boonies (i.e. tracking via Satellite), where as an Apple AIRTAG would check out along with you, about the time you lost your line-of-sight cell signal. Maybe I don't understand the technology, though.
wbw6cos Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 Most cellular phones have applications for the users to be tracked, with permission and sharing. Cellular service range may impact that ability. For Android, there is an app.
Skywagon Posted January 15, 2022 Author Posted January 15, 2022 Good point. We both have IPhones but the find my phone doesn’t always work. It’s not because we are out of cell range, something like half the time it just doesn’t work
Skywagon Posted January 15, 2022 Author Posted January 15, 2022 Roug.. that’s what I’m afraid of and partially why I started the thread. Probably easier to take back an air tag for a refund than taking back a phone with one app that is flaky I carry a PLB with me but that is only good if you can get to it and activate it.
Mike Posted January 15, 2022 Posted January 15, 2022 The AirTag pings through nearby cell phones via Bluetooth and operates through crowdsourcing. It does not independently connect to a cellular network or GPS. https://www.apple.com/airtag/
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