OK, we know these can still be used with the Swiftfinder app. But any good tips on changing the $*^$$$#W battery? Did Trackr spend their entire budget on packaging (very nice) and nothing on “let’s make these easy to open”?
I use two lint rollers; stick one to each face of the TrackR, and use the rollers as wrenches to rotate the halves and get them open. Works really well.
I got some open by flipping a mouse pad upside down, placing the trackr on it upside right, then twisting counterclockwise while pressing down firmly on the trackr with my thumb. (Has to be one of those mouse pads with a dense rubber bottom.)
@capnjb@werehatrack Well, now that you bring it up, C4 sounds great for getting the battery out, or any trackr related problem. Reversing the process may present a challenge.
The thought of a shotgun and a tiny little skeet launcher keeps popping into my head.
Sadly, my local ordinances don’t appear to be sympathetic to this solution.
@Kidsandliz@mehcuda67@werehatrack We will have to agree to disagree there. With a solid 1/2" ball bearing, my wife can plink things at 20 yards with surprisingly good accuracy.
Glue hooks to them, you’ve got stylish new earrings!
Bury them in a time capsule. Make a treasure map where to find them. Take a cruise into the deep ocean. Drop the treasure map into a bottle. 40 years from now that bottle will wash up on a beach somewhere and someone will go on a treasure hunt for your trackrs believing they’re precious coins from an earlier time.
Fill glasses with different amounts of water. Tie the trackrs onto strings dangling just above the rim of the glasses- suspended from a rod. You’ve just made a new musical instrument.
You’ve simply walked into Mordor but don’t have the one ring? Throw a trackr in instead.
Go on holiday and hide them around the hotel room behind picture frames and inside lamps. The next guest will think they’ve been bugged. This works best in places like Washington DC.
Break the top off a jibbitz, stick a trackr on instead. You’re now officially cool to all 11 year olds.
Stage trackr races and set up your own youtube channel to host them. Put them on an incline and race them down the incline. The winner each round goes on to the next round.
Remove the batteries from them, fill the cavities with cocaine and smuggle drugs across the border for drug cartels.
Place them in the end of your “french letter” to give yourself extra length.
Go on holiday and hide them around the hotel room behind picture frames and inside lamps. The next guest will think they’ve been bugged. This works best in places like Washington DC.
I’m in the DC area and we stay at the Willard Hotel a few times a year for a fancy get away. It’s a block from the White House and kind of a swanky place I like to take my wife to. I’ve become accustomed to wearing a cowboy hat with my cowboy boots and everyone thinks I’m a famous country singer for some reason. Our last trip was this past summer, and I took things up a notch and packed all my stuff in a guitar case The staff must have really thought I was someone because they upgraded us to the $7K a night 2000 square foot presidential suite where they put former presidents who are in town. The suite has a study with a fireplace and lots of books, most of which were in Swedish for some reason. My wife and I are headed back for a long weekend in two weeks and if lightning strikes twice, I’ll definitely leave a trackr in one of the books Oh, geeze… it seems I’m rambling again
@OnionSoup There are a lot of powerful people who stay at this hotel, and nobody really seems to be able to process someone in a cowboy hat and boots walking in with a guitar case. Two trips ago there was a legislative conference going on at the hotel with many high ranking judges on site and as we were walking past the ballroom, a man and his wife came out and wanted to get a picture with me. It’s likely that somewhere on the internet there is a picture of a state supreme court justice from Oklahoma with his arm around my shoulder. It seems I can’t go anywhere without coming back with a story
Sneak one into your neighbours mailbox every day when he’s not looking
Better check to make sure no camera.
See you are obsessed with these and have so many good ideas on how to use them. Meh really, really needs to send you a bunch. Right @extramedium and @dave ?
@capnjb Umm you already said that… I guess you are OLD… as my 8 year old niece accused me of being and wondered why I wasn’t dead. Her 9 year old brother informed her that anyone over 17 was old.
@Kidsandliz So to answer your question about my age, this video was two years ago. You’ll have to watch it and do some math to answer that question. Alton was a good sport
Something like this?
https://meh.com/forum/topics/top-lifehacks-how-to-remove-trackr-pixel-battery-cover
@Euniceandrich Thanks! I forgot how funny that thread was.
I use two lint rollers; stick one to each face of the TrackR, and use the rollers as wrenches to rotate the halves and get them open. Works really well.
I got some open by flipping a mouse pad upside down, placing the trackr on it upside right, then twisting counterclockwise while pressing down firmly on the trackr with my thumb. (Has to be one of those mouse pads with a dense rubber bottom.)
They’re circular so they don’t have tips.
/giphy you’re welcome
@OnionSoup You know after all your comments all over several threads you deserve a motherlode shipment of trackrs. Right?
Meh are you listening???
@Kidsandliz that would be so much less fun than spreading the misery out to everyone.
@OnionSoup Less fun for you perhaps?
@OnionSoup PS the rest of us would enjoy it if this happened. It would be great entertainment.
It’s easier when there is a full moon and a low tide.
Do you know the macarena?
@capnjb At least no one has suggested the use of C4 yet
@capnjb @werehatrack Well, now that you bring it up, C4 sounds great for getting the battery out, or any trackr related problem. Reversing the process may present a challenge.
@capnjb @mehcuda67 @werehatrack I’ll bite. What is C4?
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 @werehatrack Big Explody Play-Doh.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 AKA Plastique, it makes dynamite seem leisurely.
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 @werehatrack Leisure Dynamite was my nickname in high school
@capnjb @mehcuda67 @werehatrack Ooh ooh can I have some of that. I have someone I need to throw some at.
The thought of a shotgun and a tiny little skeet launcher keeps popping into my head.
Sadly, my local ordinances don’t appear to be sympathetic to this solution.
@mehcuda67 Maybe slingshots aren’t against the law?
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 I’ve got a slingshot. And shotguns. And a few big boom sticks. Also a full auto BB gun. I should go do some science.
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 Tiny target vs low accuracy equals much loss.
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 @werehatrack But an equal amount of fun. And shotguns aren’t low accuracy if you get a quick bead on things.
@capnjb @Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 But slingshots are low accuracy all the time.
@Kidsandliz @mehcuda67 @werehatrack We will have to agree to disagree there. With a solid 1/2" ball bearing, my wife can plink things at 20 yards with surprisingly good accuracy.
@capnjb @mehcuda67 @werehatrack
But if you have hundreds of
trackrsammunition does it really matter?@capnjb @mehcuda67
Science is always good. And just like gravity it works all the time, not just when you want it to.
Poker chips. Especially if you have a lot of different ones. Pink worth $100, blue $25, white $5, etc.
Fill a vase with them to help stabilize decorations instead of gravel.
Glue them together to make statues.
Along the lines of post above’s suggestion: Make a rubber-band gun that shoots trackrs as ammo.
Non-organic mulch, (if you have tacky tastes, even better).
Sneak one into your neighbours mailbox every day when he’s not looking until you run out. Make him wonder where the hell they’re coming from.
Stick them in next year’s halloween candy when you run out of razor blades.
Bedazzle a denim jacket with them, for 21st century version of an 80’s classic.
Lost your checkers pieces… oh no you haven’t, you’ve got new ones.
Stick tiny googly eyes on them, give them names and befriend them.
Glue hooks to them, you’ve got stylish new earrings!
Bury them in a time capsule. Make a treasure map where to find them. Take a cruise into the deep ocean. Drop the treasure map into a bottle. 40 years from now that bottle will wash up on a beach somewhere and someone will go on a treasure hunt for your trackrs believing they’re precious coins from an earlier time.
Fill glasses with different amounts of water. Tie the trackrs onto strings dangling just above the rim of the glasses- suspended from a rod. You’ve just made a new musical instrument.
You’ve simply walked into Mordor but don’t have the one ring? Throw a trackr in instead.
Go on holiday and hide them around the hotel room behind picture frames and inside lamps. The next guest will think they’ve been bugged. This works best in places like Washington DC.
Break the top off a jibbitz, stick a trackr on instead. You’re now officially cool to all 11 year olds.
Stage trackr races and set up your own youtube channel to host them. Put them on an incline and race them down the incline. The winner each round goes on to the next round.
Remove the batteries from them, fill the cavities with cocaine and smuggle drugs across the border for drug cartels.
Place them in the end of your “french letter” to give yourself extra length.
@OnionSoup
I’m in the DC area and we stay at the Willard Hotel a few times a year for a fancy get away. It’s a block from the White House and kind of a swanky place I like to take my wife to. I’ve become accustomed to wearing a cowboy hat with my cowboy boots and everyone thinks I’m a famous country singer for some reason. Our last trip was this past summer, and I took things up a notch and packed all my stuff in a guitar case
The staff must have really thought I was someone because they upgraded us to the $7K a night 2000 square foot presidential suite where they put former presidents who are in town. The suite has a study with a fireplace and lots of books, most of which were in Swedish for some reason. My wife and I are headed back for a long weekend in two weeks and if lightning strikes twice, I’ll definitely leave a trackr in one of the books 
Oh, geeze… it seems I’m rambling again 
@capnjb Oh, that’s fantastic! lol I wish I could pull off something like that!
@OnionSoup There are a lot of powerful people who stay at this hotel, and nobody really seems to be able to process someone in a cowboy hat and boots walking in with a guitar case. Two trips ago there was a legislative conference going on at the hotel with many high ranking judges on site and as we were walking past the ballroom, a man and his wife came out and wanted to get a picture with me. It’s likely that somewhere on the internet there is a picture of a state supreme court justice from Oklahoma with his arm around my shoulder. It seems I can’t go anywhere without coming back with a story
@capnjb @OnionSoup I saw when you originally posted about that. That was so cool!! And they thought your wife was your daughter which was even funnier.
@OnionSoup
Better check to make sure no camera.
See you are obsessed with these and have so many good ideas on how to use them. Meh really, really needs to send you a bunch. Right @extramedium and @dave ?
@Kidsandliz @OnionSoup And she’s actually four days older than me, but don’t let the internet know that!
@capnjb @OnionSoup OK so how old are you (snicker).
@Kidsandliz Four days younger than my wife.
@capnjb Umm you already said that… I guess you are OLD… as my 8 year old niece accused me of being and wondered why I wasn’t dead. Her 9 year old brother informed her that anyone over 17 was old.
@Kidsandliz Yeah, I know.
FWIW I am older than I was last year 
@dave @ExtraMedium @Kidsandliz nah, Meh doesnt want to get caught up in trackr based cocaine smuggling.
@Kidsandliz So to answer your question about my age, this video was two years ago. You’ll have to watch it and do some math to answer that question.
Alton was a good sport 