ATVUOS Tracker
I adopted the AirTag very early on, attached it to my daily backpack (via a cheap Amazon key ring holder) and forgot all about it, the AirTag hangs inside the front pocket and I’ve changed the battery twice in its life, firmware updates are handled by itself and my iPhone. Other than the odd ping I’ve left it behind (at least I know it works) I rarely hear from the thing and thats the whole idea of an insurance policy you only really use it when you need it.
So the AirTag is an lost item insurance policy - which has slowly crept up in price I remember paying £29 for mine when it first release, I’ve since add the BikeBac tracker to my bike which uses the ‘Find My’ network of over a billion devices worldwide.
If you’ve read my review of the BikeBac you’ll understand it comes with 2 holes allowing you to attached it to the bike frame via the drinks bottle cage. The AirTag is a round ufo shaped disk with no means of attaching without buying something else, and I wanted to track the location of a couple more important items with an elegant solution.
The first item I want to “constantly track”, is my Golf bag. I could slip an AirTag in one of the many pockets and forget about it, root around when the battery tells me its low, change it and repeat but I do switch between two types of bag regularly and I know it’ll get forgotten or left in the wrong bag. I could buy two AirTags, and use something like the Moment or Elevation Lab fabric mounts.
The Moment mount sticks to the inside of a pocket, or inside of a bag giving a pouch to slip the AirTag inside, with some cleve angling you’ll have a pouch with defies gravity but also allows a level of serviceability to change the battery.
The Elevation Lab fabric mount, is exactly the same concept as the moment, but its stuck for life giving a great waterproof seal - great for a golf bag which can see all 4 seasons in one summers day in the UK.
Then I stumbled across the ATVUOS page on Amazon, they have a similar product to Apples AirTag - but with a mounting hole for a keyring and an on/off button. Oh they also come in at 1/3 the price singularly or 2 for £19.99. And did i mention they work within the ‘Find My’ network too.
Waterproof design - IP67 Waterproof
Hole for mounting - Game Changer
Louder noisemaker inside - 80 -100db sounder
Find My compatible
On / Off button
Easy pairing
Lost Mode - NFC Tag to show information.
The On / Off switch is a massive plus, the golf bag doesn’t constantly need to be tracked it’ll spend a lot of time in my possession or in transit with me, it therefore doesn’t need to be traceable, conserving battery life. The trackers worked as you’ll expect and I tested them out on a recent weekend away a holdall left my possession to be transported to my room. Checking in again on the ATVUOS tracker some 2 hours later and it was instantly “findable” and location displayed on a map.
I’ll definitely be ordering more and looking at the ATUVOS Card-Style Bluetooth Finder a credit card sized tracker with the same technology for tracking wallets and other devices where a slim line profile is required.
But I do have to remind everyone is these aren’t GPS trackers nor have a live mobile /data connection - the tracking and location updates are supplied by like minded Apple users who’ve opened up their iPhone | iPad and Mac to be used as a relay service, and don’t use these devices for ill-gotten gains or tracking people.
