Vehicle GPS tracking|General Chit Chat|Forum|Gold Hills Posse 4x4

Don't Forget, meetings have moved to our new location @ Mark and Monica's Family Pizza, 4751 Manzanita Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608!

Forum
Avatar
Please consider registering
Guest
Advanced Search
Forum Scope


Match



Forum Options



Minimum search word length is 3 characters - maximum search word length is 84 characters
message
Vehicle GPS tracking
January 16, 2022
5:39 pm
Avatar
Chris Campbell
Member

Club Member
Forum Posts: 232
Member Since:
August 31, 2018
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

I've been thinking about getting a samsung smart tag to put in the bronco as a inexpensive locator if it ever gets stolen.  They supposedly work by "pinging" off of other Samsung phones to report its location back to you if you mark it as missing from the app on your phone.  They run off a watch battery that is reported to last roughly 1 year.  Apple has a similar item, the air tag.  I was curious if has anyone had any experience with these and to see if they work as well as stated in their advertisements.  They are only around $30 with no monthly fees.  I know the obvious choice would be to get a gps designed for car tracking, but those are more expensive and involve monthly fees, and was just trying to think of alternatives.

Chris Campbell

January 17, 2022
8:12 am
Avatar
kris_olof
El Dorado
Moderator

Club Trailmaster
Forum Posts: 1227
Member Since:
March 13, 2015
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

I know a few guys doing that with AirTags. Seem to work fine.  Apple currently has about half of the phone market with samsung at a third.  Put one of each and you are covered so long as the thief has the same phones as 80% of the population.

January 24, 2022
4:55 pm
Avatar
Mash5boom
Cameron Park
Member
Subscriber
Forum Posts: 11
Member Since:
August 16, 2021
sp_UserOfflineSmall Offline

Cool idea. They were trying to upsell me on one last time I bought a phone but I could not think of a single thing to do with it....

Mark ~ KJ6EUO

Forum Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
Most Users Ever Online: 582
Currently Online:
Guest(s) 11
Currently Browsing this Page:
1 Guest(s)
Top Posters:
JohnDF: 9521
Fred: 3609
Gregulator: 3113
Jeff_R: 2024
RobD: 1721
Josh: 1630
Tom: 1465
Guy and Lynda: 1447
Gilbert & Betty: 1446
Justin: 1416
Member Stats:
Guest Posters: 12
Members: 145
Moderators: 16
Admins: 2
Forum Stats:
Groups: 5
Forums: 24
Topics: 4476
Posts: 68754
Members Birthdays
sp_BirthdayIcon
Today: None
Upcoming: Jeff_R, 2013JKUR