Chipolo ONE - 1 Pack - Key Finder, Bluetooth Tracker for Keys, Bag, Item Finder, Out of Range Alerts and Other Premium Functions Works with Chipolo app (iOS & Android compatible) RED

I was an early adopter of Tile, thinking them a very useful concept: I'll never forget my wallet or medical bag again! Well, I was wrong - idea was sound, but Tile let me down far too many times and I was paying a subscription for them to tell me 20 miles too late that I had forgotten something. It may have been down to earlier Android versions' process management, or coupled with other factors, but I was highly unimpressed. This made me cautious about trying something similar again, and having been stung by Tile, I wasn't going to buy anything from them ever again (possibly unfair of me). Also, I have enough tedious subscriptions, and the lack of user replaceable batteries is pretty unforgivable (and no, going with their more "premium" product is not good enough). I am also not an iPhone user and never will be. Anyway, enough of me complaining about Tile. Chipolo ONE: they work well. I consistently get a chirp if I'm just a few meters away from my house (depending on Bluetooth range and how many walls between my phone and the tag), the app is nice and light, refreshingly no perpetual subscription fees, and when the battery dies, I can apparently replace it myself (we'll see about that...). I've so far been impressed enough to buy two more.

I got these tags after my grandson hid my car keys in a country pub and I had to get a train back to London because we couldn't find them. After eventually locating them I got a set of these tags and they proved very useful. They have have typical Bluetooth limitations for range and precision of location, but for what they are I think they are excellent. I have just started to use them to be able to locate my grandson in busy areas, where he tends to stray off. The two major upsides other than the basic functionality is that the batteries are replaceable with cheap 2032 lithium-ion discs, and the customer service is remarkably good. One of the units stopped beeping after a year but since there is a 2-year warranty, I was able to get a replacement. This was all achieved by email in the course of a day, day.and I have to say I have rarely come across such responsive customer service for such a cheap product.

It's useful, but there are bugs. (1) My router is set to reboot in the middle of the night and this causes the app to raise a spurious alerts for each tag, waking me up. Perhaps this is related to loss of accurate positioning when the Wi-Fi connection is lost. Whatever the explanation, it's annoying and unnecessary. (2) Occasionally, I test the "Find my phone" utility (double press on a tag) but the phone doesn't respond, so I wonder if it will work when I need it. This is four months after I bought the tags, so well within the battery life.It's useful that you can disable alerts from specified tags e.g. so the app doesn't ask if I've lost my car when I leave it in the car park (with a tag in the glove compartment) and go into the supermarket.

We wanted this to work - but it didn't for what we purchased it for. We wanted to track our dog as he has a tendency to wander on walks into the woods and undergrowth. It worked to an extent in that we know roughly where he'd gone but it wasn't precise enough for us to find him so we returned the Chipolo.If you are tracking things like keys in your house I'm sure it's a great product. But for us, it wasn't what we wanted and I think we'll need to bite the bullet and pay for a GPS tracker that hasn't any range issues. Although apparently even these don't always work!

These were ordered for a friend and his wife even though I do use them myself. They work through the Chipolo app and can only be linked to one phone at a time unlike the Chipolo One Spot which will work on all iPhones or iPads in your account. They work through Bluetooth and with mine, I have a three bedroom house and yet they appear to be visible all the time no matter where I am in the house. You do have to leave your Bluetooth on but you can switch off your internet and it will track as long as it is in Bluetooth range. When you activate the alarm which is loud enough, it will keep going until you find the tag and then you switch it off either on the tag or your phone. The advantage is these will work on Android and iPhone where as the One Spot works on the iPhone only through their Find My app. Buying a pack of four works out at only £17.50 each saving £5.50 on each one. If you lose your keys or other items like I have done in the past, these are well worth having. There is no subscription to pay for so you are only paying the purchase price and that is it, unlike some others where there is a subscription attached to it. Overall for Android these are perfect to use but I can’t say that for IPhone as the Chipolo One Spot also works perfect. I think it is which one is best suited for your needs and whether you want an additional app on your iPhone considering you already have the Find My app installed which cannot be uninstalled.

Pretty good, but it is often difficult to get a connection to the chip even when it's nearby.I had hoped to use these like a live tracker in case my things were stolen, but it would just as likely only connect when you stuff is already in the cargo container on its way to China