Submitted 8 hours ago by RickAstleyfounddead@lemy.lol to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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Have you ever used apple airtag thingy or Replicas?
Have you ever used apple airtags or similar products and found usefull?
What all products missing have been found with this product. The proud owners of these trackers what products do you pair these with?
Any story of finding out something valuable for you with it? If you are against it why should i avoid it at all cost?
I have an airtag on my car keys and another hidden on my ebike. The latter is shared with immediate family so they can easily locate me if something goes wrong and I’m unable to contact them.
I would yes, they are useful, BUT you cannot pretend they are a GPS. I found my e-bike which was stolen a couple of months ago.
where did you mount the airtag?
Inside the cable protector sleeve, but previously I put it inside a black plastic to avoid being seen easily.
I know several owners of cats that have tags. I know at least one with a proper GPS transmitter on the cat collar.
My wife has a dog boarding business, and a good number of the dogs have air tags attached to their collars. Most of the owners geofence around our home/boarding facility so that we don’t get constantly nagged by them. But when we drive one of these dogs somewhere (usually to walk/exercise them on a hiking trail etc) we often get alerts on our iPhones about unrecognized air tags that have been nearby us for a prolonged time. If will include a map showing our track and where/when the air tag was detected each time along the way.
So while I don’t use them personally I’ve seen that they do indeed work quite well. Maybe next time I travel I’ll get one for my luggage.
My work uses one to kinda track my work van. It seems to be less about surveillance and more about they know what end of towm I’m in or how far along my scheduled jobs i am. It probably isn’t that accurate as they rely on apple devices to ping but i don’t own any apple products so it just relies on any iphones i pass while driving
I can’t say they’ve actually helped me find lost or stolen things but they’ve helped me find my keys around the house. I’ve verified they find my luggage when travelling such as when I leave it at the hotel for a day trip and my laptop bag if I have to leave it on my car
I have a Tile on my keys, it’s good for finding my keys. I could live without it
Honest question: why cross post to two communities on the same instance. Isn’t this just splitting the comments without really inceasing exposure?
Not necessarily. Different people subscribe to different communities. I mostly browse my subscribed list, not local or all.
Is there any variation of these that doesn’t require a subscription? Even if it means it only works around th house (e.g. on wifi)?
AirTags don’t require a subscription.
My bad. A few years ago I looked at getting Tile for my Dad and decided not to when it mentioned a recurring subscription. I didn’t realise it had a decent free. I also assumed Apple would be even worse for rent-seeking because, well, it’s usually a safe assumption. My bad for assuming so much!
I have a chipolo on my keys. It only works within Bluetooth range, but doesn’t require a subscription and works on Android.
A colleague of mine put one on his cat’s collar, so he can find it back when it goes outside.
Oh sure.
Greg@lemmy.ca 7 hours ago
I’ve found them great for tracking luggage when travelling. And useful for finding keys in the house.
FiniteLooper@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Yes, it’s a relief when you land at your destination and can immediately confirm your bag is at the same airport