bowood14
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| posted on 19/12/15 at 07:25 PM |
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Tracker advice needed
Anyone recommend an easy fit Tracker unit for a van reasonably priced, there are loads on eBay but are they any good. Just need to be able to track
and find it if stolen
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Slimy38
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| posted on 19/12/15 at 07:54 PM |
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Having had decent results from an app on a smart phone, I'd probably just go for something along those lines. A cheap android phone, hard wired
to charge, and send a text message every six months to keep the pay as you go active.
Google's 'find my phone' service can track my daughter down to what side of the road she's on as she catches the bus to
school. All from a £50 android phone and £10 PAYG credit.
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obfripper
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| posted on 19/12/15 at 07:58 PM |
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Me and a few mates made a bin bag hot air balloon when the Icelandic ash cloud had stopped air travel, launched it from Devon and tracked it with one
of Mini Car Realtime GPS Vehicle Tracker GPRS/GSM/GPS Spy Device Personal Tracking .
It tracked until it got to a few thousand feet and ran out of signal, we thought it was lost but sent a text to it the next day - it had landed in a
field on the Isle of Wight, a farmer had picked up the balloon, and we were tracking him driving around the field muckspreading.
Retrieved the tracker and mini camera for a couple hours of in flight footage.
For a 15 quid special with a pay as you go sim its ideal for putting inside a hidden box with a power supply fed to it, its own battery lasts about a
week.
You might need to call it a couple times a year to stop the PAYG sim from going inactive, it can be set up to auto send location data or respond to
received texts.
Dave
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bowood14
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| posted on 19/12/15 at 08:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by obfripper
Me and a few mates made a bin bag hot air balloon when the Icelandic ash cloud had stopped air travel, launched it from Devon and tracked it with one
of Mini Car Realtime GPS Vehicle Tracker GPRS/GSM/GPS Spy Device Personal Tracking.
It tracked until it got to a few thousand feet and ran out of signal, we thought it was lost but sent a text to it the next day - it had landed in a
field on the Isle of Wight, a farmer had picked up the balloon, and we were tracking him driving around the field muckspreading.
Retrieved the tracker and mini camera for a couple hours of in flight footage.
For a 15 quid special with a pay as you go sim its ideal for putting inside a hidden box with a power supply fed to it, its own battery lasts about a
week.
You might need to call it a couple times a year to stop the PAYG sim from going inactive, it can be set up to auto send location data or respond to
received texts.
Dave
That's the type of one I've been looking at but can't believe they work for that price!!
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