@chienfou@fuzzmanmatt My name used to be Fuzzalina, which was a nickname I gave my cat. Then I had to use it for a game that I already had an account for, so I used Fuzzalina1. This game would occasionally have you meet players in person, and someone called me Fuzzalini, pronounced like Mussolini, which I thought was hilarious. Thus, my name.
Dayum. And to think I bought the original oh so many years ago for slightly off full price, and now their batteries are probably worth more than they are retail
I mean, it’s almost worth it for the batteries? I also wonder if I can plant the trackers around random homes and just use my phone to make them beep…hmmm
@savvysapphire Just remember, if they find just one, then they can ring your phone anytime they want. Of course, I assume you could remove the tracker from the app but can you identify which one? Also, all this mayhem will be limited by bluetooth range. Might be better off buying a few Annoy-a-trons.
Hey, $10 for 20 batteries! Possibly more if some of them are still good in the trakr. Stack them all together and you’ve got 60v DC at your disposal. Probably enough capacity to spot weld 2 gum wrappers together!
For the price. Not too bad. But they always seem to be about to die. They never know if the battery is really low or not. And sometimes it won’t work. But again you can’t complain too much for the price vs How many you will actually need Put 5 on your keys. One is bound to work. Lol.
@Num1Zero The app can tell you about batteries that are low.
I had at least one trackR that went through batteries far faster than its sisters. (Good new batteries, not the ones shipped with the TrackRs.) Don’t be afraid to throw away a bad trackR, that’s why they come with spares.
I also have gotten some TrackRs that were dead on arrival. They would not work, even when connected directly to a bench power supply. This showed that the problem wasn’t in the battery or battery connector.
I bought these before the batteries were dead so I went and purchased new batteries and it wouldn’t work unless I order them from the company the batteries were free from the company that’s cost of shipping cost more than the batteries! So this is a very good deal at all!
There’s another hidden asset in this pack no one is thinking about: Those keychain loops! Y’know for all the thumbdrives which used to come with the loops, now just have sad, lonely holes where you could add the loop if you had one, but alas! you do not. Unless you buy this set, then you’ll have 20!
Of course that raises the question of what happened to the keychain loops which once upon a time came with thumbdrives I’ve lost over the years. Oh, I seem to recall seeing the frayed remains of them once or twice. The drive and the rest of the loop devoured somewhere by a hungry tree branch or monstrous car door.
There you have it! Plenty of keychain loops to secure your thumbdrives. As a bonus, they come with tracking devices to attempt to locate your drive after one of the loops breaks. And even an extra set of batteries to make sure that tracking device lasts a few months. What more could you ask for?
@owenversteeg they work fine but the batteries don’t last long so unless you replace them proactively (like monthly, no-monthly, or something; I haven’t figured out how long they really last and it varies bc often a “new” battery is already almost dead) they won’t work when you need them. Plus, changing the batteries is a real trick; the damn things are almost importing twist open! Get out your duct tape! For $1/ea you hardly lose to try them out. If it wasn’t such a pain to change the batteries, I might be in.
@owenversteeg I hate how it always whined when I turn Bluetooth off. (I don’t want to waste battery running Bluetooth when not using it) so I uninstalled the trackr app out of frustration.
I usually can find my keys, phone, and the various remotes in my house. My eyeglasses? Now that’s a different story. If I could figure out a stylish way to attach these to my glasses I’d be in for this.
I bought several of these previously for $1/each. I liked the idea that you can change the battery and that it lights up in addition to sounding off, but they did not last long and some did not work at all. Also I believe the company went under. So, if you try to order free battery replacements ($2 shipping) your request goes to a black hole and you’ll have to file a dispute with your credit card.
Using these is more frustrating than losing your keys. Batteries die quickly, they are tricky to replace, the app is finicky, they most likely won’t work when you need them most. Not worth the headache.
I can’t help but to think that in order to truly get rid of these, meh needs to price them like the neoprene sleeves; the more you bought, the less it cost. Those were 20/$9 and 30/$8.
@narfcake Those neoprene sleeves were the first thing I ever ordered here. I don’t plan to buy any trackrs. Despite getting some irks I am still trackr free.
Well obviously people want them…as of right now 750 sets of them have been sold. Go for it people…let’s get them all sold…so they quit showing up in IRKs…
It probably costs the company more to dispose of the lithium batteries than they sold (or gave) them to Meh for. If thousands of people throw away their used Lithium batteries in the trash, it’s not Meh or TrackR’s problem. Anyway-- I bought a few last time. Changing batteries was actually quite frustrating. The app is pretty crappy and force closes, Amazon integration seems broken as well. Hey-- if you can ‘find’ one lost thing in your house ~5 times in the next year before the replacements die, maybe they’ll be worth something.
FWIW mine is still on my keyring and still working after I changed out the original battery. I know this because I dropped my keys in the yard getting out of the car the other night and when I stepped on it my phone went off! Of course… YMMV.
@chienfou If the ones I got in IRKs and actual purchases are any indication, they most likely expired 6 to 12 months BEFORE you buy them. As others have said, changing the battery is a real pain and you have to do it often.
Most of the ones I bought last time are still working fine. There were a few duds right out of the package, but the ones that worked are still working. My backpack was stolen, and the app was able to pinpoint where I’d left it (back seat of my car). Unfortunately, no hits from the croudsourced “alerts” function to tell me where the hell the scuzzball who stole it went with it. I bought some more.
I bought these as gifts, I gave the 1st ten to my daughter last week. When we tried to get them set up, found that the company went out of business & they are no longer functional, no app any longer
Weeeelllll, I just got this 10 pack in an instant regret pack. So the pack completely lived up to its stated purpose. So, after about three years of seeing these IRPs offered up, I no longer have wonder insane deal I would get. Does anybody an unsupported tracker system?
Oh well, thanks for the laughs and for the tears.
Scotty
Specs
Note:
3-EASY STEPS
Battery Replacement
What’s in the Box?
EXACT PACKAGING MAY VARY BY BUNDLE
Price Comparison
$78.88 at Amazon for 20
Warranty
90 days
Estimated Delivery
Monday, Jun 7 - Wednesday, Jun 9
Can these run Doom?
No. Nope. No way.
@fuzzmanmatt Totally. You’d have to pay me.
@Fuzzalini @fuzzmanmatt
you two related?
@chienfou @Fuzzalini I doubt it. I am on 23andme though, so the potential to find out is there!
@Fuzzalini @fuzzmanmatt
given the common root name I thought…
@chienfou well @Fuzzalini and @fuzzmanmatt are probably a little fuzzy about their relationship or lack there of
@chienfou @fuzzmanmatt My name used to be Fuzzalina, which was a nickname I gave my cat. Then I had to use it for a game that I already had an account for, so I used Fuzzalina1. This game would occasionally have you meet players in person, and someone called me Fuzzalini, pronounced like Mussolini, which I thought was hilarious. Thus, my name.
Really trying to dump these things now.
@cinoclav Have to get rid of them before the batteries die.
Dayum. And to think I bought the original oh so many years ago for slightly off full price, and now their batteries are probably worth more than they are retail
I feel seen. Not in a good way.
I mean, it’s almost worth it for the batteries? I also wonder if I can plant the trackers around random homes and just use my phone to make them beep…hmmm
@savvysapphire Just remember, if they find just one, then they can ring your phone anytime they want. Of course, I assume you could remove the tracker from the app but can you identify which one? Also, all this mayhem will be limited by bluetooth range. Might be better off buying a few Annoy-a-trons.
@ponagathos ah, valid point. Annoyatron it is!
Hey, $10 for 20 batteries! Possibly more if some of them are still good in the trakr. Stack them all together and you’ve got 60v DC at your disposal. Probably enough capacity to spot weld 2 gum wrappers together!
So the packaging is all the same no matter which bundle you buy, right?
@madanthony No, it varied.
For the price. Not too bad. But they always seem to be about to die. They never know if the battery is really low or not. And sometimes it won’t work. But again you can’t complain too much for the price vs How many you will actually need Put 5 on your keys. One is bound to work. Lol.
@Num1Zero The app can tell you about batteries that are low.
I had at least one trackR that went through batteries far faster than its sisters. (Good new batteries, not the ones shipped with the TrackRs.) Don’t be afraid to throw away a bad trackR, that’s why they come with spares.
I also have gotten some TrackRs that were dead on arrival. They would not work, even when connected directly to a bench power supply. This showed that the problem wasn’t in the battery or battery connector.
Put one of these on the spare batteries so you can find them when the batteries quit. Oh, wait…
I bought these before the batteries were dead so I went and purchased new batteries and it wouldn’t work unless I order them from the company the batteries were free from the company that’s cost of shipping cost more than the batteries! So this is a very good deal at all!
@Raysrny umm… what?
@Raysrny WTF are you trying to say?
@Raysrny same here
@patbarrett1 @Raysrny @mehvid1 @nigebirch
@chienfou @nigebirch @patbarrett1 @Raysrny Maybe Ray Jr NY can explain this…
Am I an ass or am I missing something?
@2Peniswine Won’t know unless you attach a tracker to it!
@2Peniswine possibly both.
There’s another hidden asset in this pack no one is thinking about: Those keychain loops! Y’know for all the thumbdrives which used to come with the loops, now just have sad, lonely holes where you could add the loop if you had one, but alas! you do not. Unless you buy this set, then you’ll have 20!
Of course that raises the question of what happened to the keychain loops which once upon a time came with thumbdrives I’ve lost over the years. Oh, I seem to recall seeing the frayed remains of them once or twice. The drive and the rest of the loop devoured somewhere by a hungry tree branch or monstrous car door.
There you have it! Plenty of keychain loops to secure your thumbdrives. As a bonus, they come with tracking devices to attempt to locate your drive after one of the loops breaks. And even an extra set of batteries to make sure that tracking device lasts a few months. What more could you ask for?
@ciabelle
plus the bonus double sided tape pieces…
Bingo Chips!
@somf69 buy three sets and you have 60 poker chips if you pick different colors…
So as apparently the only person on Meh that has avoided buying these in earlier sales, are these as bad as people say?
Assuming you stay within their limitations (aka put in fresh batteries, and use them at short range) - I’d imagine they’d work alright, or no?
@owenversteeg Mine always beeps when I need to find the remote it’s attached to.
@owenversteeg they work fine but the batteries don’t last long so unless you replace them proactively (like monthly, no-monthly, or something; I haven’t figured out how long they really last and it varies bc often a “new” battery is already almost dead) they won’t work when you need them. Plus, changing the batteries is a real trick; the damn things are almost importing twist open! Get out your duct tape! For $1/ea you hardly lose to try them out. If it wasn’t such a pain to change the batteries, I might be in.
@owenversteeg I hate how it always whined when I turn Bluetooth off. (I don’t want to waste battery running Bluetooth when not using it) so I uninstalled the trackr app out of frustration.
So I’m just spitballing here… but…i guess these will definitely be in the soon to be distibuted IRKs.
@tomdina As well as many IRKs which have already been distributed.
@ciabelle @tomdina These are the new candy corn or fidget spinners I think.
@tomdina A 20-pack showed up in my IRK this weekend.
I usually can find my keys, phone, and the various remotes in my house. My eyeglasses? Now that’s a different story. If I could figure out a stylish way to attach these to my glasses I’d be in for this.
@steeltoesenator See the last picture.
Wait, did Viola lose her keys, too? Or can you use a viola to find your keys?
@mehcuda67 the trackr melody sounds like a viola. If you’re not musically inclined.
Where is the choice for random assorted colors?
You know, all the loose ones that fell to the bottom of the container. Some of those might work too.
A new level of hell just opened up for retailers that sell too many trackrs.
I bought several of these previously for $1/each. I liked the idea that you can change the battery and that it lights up in addition to sounding off, but they did not last long and some did not work at all. Also I believe the company went under. So, if you try to order free battery replacements ($2 shipping) your request goes to a black hole and you’ll have to file a dispute with your credit card.
@ikickedagirl Are you saying they took your $2 even though they’re out of business and didn’t send you a battery?
@sammydog01 Yep.
@ikickedagirl Yikes. Hope they get sued.
@sammydog01 Eh more trouble than its worth.
The writer should get a bonus every time they come up with a new story about trackers. This one almost got me to buy some. But not quite.
@sammydog01 Maybe they could give the writer some Trackrs.
I bought some last time. I forgot where I put them.
/giphy oh-so-sweet-tasting-irony
Using these is more frustrating than losing your keys. Batteries die quickly, they are tricky to replace, the app is finicky, they most likely won’t work when you need them most. Not worth the headache.
Save your money. These are junk.
If you throw in that 1944 quarter…nah, still not quite there
So do all 10 trackr go off at once? Or can I name them: remote, keys, brain, etc?
@nostrom0 You can give them individual names. There isn’t a find everything mode.
I bought these last time, and they are complete junk. Save your money!
I can’t help but to think that in order to truly get rid of these, meh needs to price them like the neoprene sleeves; the more you bought, the less it cost. Those were 20/$9 and 30/$8.
Also, bath.
@narfcake What a great thread about the bath! Too bad the romance didn’t pan out.
@narfcake Those neoprene sleeves were the first thing I ever ordered here. I don’t plan to buy any trackrs. Despite getting some irks I am still trackr free.
Well obviously people want them…as of right now 750 sets of them have been sold. Go for it people…let’s get them all sold…so they quit showing up in IRKs…
It probably costs the company more to dispose of the lithium batteries than they sold (or gave) them to Meh for. If thousands of people throw away their used Lithium batteries in the trash, it’s not Meh or TrackR’s problem. Anyway-- I bought a few last time. Changing batteries was actually quite frustrating. The app is pretty crappy and force closes, Amazon integration seems broken as well. Hey-- if you can ‘find’ one lost thing in your house ~5 times in the next year before the replacements die, maybe they’ll be worth something.
FWIW mine is still on my keyring and still working after I changed out the original battery. I know this because I dropped my keys in the yard getting out of the car the other night and when I stepped on it my phone went off! Of course… YMMV.
Any idea what the expiration date on the batteries might be. These could be good stocking stuffers (at least for folks I don’t like…)
@chienfou If the ones I got in IRKs and actual purchases are any indication, they most likely expired 6 to 12 months BEFORE you buy them. As others have said, changing the battery is a real pain and you have to do it often.
KuoH
@kuoh
Sorry for the confusion, I meant the included extra replacement batteries…
@chienfou @kuoh spare batteries are cr2016 and the expire date is not printed on package.
@braveit1 @kuoh
Thanks. Glad I held off I guess…
Most of the ones I bought last time are still working fine. There were a few duds right out of the package, but the ones that worked are still working. My backpack was stolen, and the app was able to pinpoint where I’d left it (back seat of my car). Unfortunately, no hits from the croudsourced “alerts” function to tell me where the hell the scuzzball who stole it went with it. I bought some more.
These are crap. The app is no longer supported as of 8/15. I have 20 useless pieces of plastic…
@toy75 The manufacturer just removed it 10 days ago.
As noted in this thread/post, an alternative app exists.
https://meh.com/forum/topics/trackr-pixels#612538e41e28c0001bcf8547
I bought these as gifts, I gave the 1st ten to my daughter last week. When we tried to get them set up, found that the company went out of business & they are no longer functional, no app any longer
@beth5913
See post above yours referencing SwiftFinder.
Weeeelllll, I just got this 10 pack in an instant regret pack. So the pack completely lived up to its stated purpose. So, after about three years of seeing these IRPs offered up, I no longer have wonder insane deal I would get. Does anybody an unsupported tracker system?
Oh well, thanks for the laughs and for the tears.
Scotty
@dobro49 If you have an Android phone, they work with the Swiftfinder app well enough.
Wonder what, need an