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TrackR bravo Item Tracker: Simply attach this item tracker to your keys, cell phone or wallet to easily locate lost items in the TrackR app (download required). The tracker uses Bluetooth 4.0 to connect to your compatible mobile device with a wireless range of up to 80'. Find out-of-range items when other users walk by.
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Unusable range, buggy software
on August 16, 2015
Posted by: wagonman
I was able to pair two Bravos to my HTC Desire 601 after several attempts. Removing the phone's battery seemed to enable the app to find the devices and opening the battery doors on the Bravos enabled them to reset and blink on command.
The range is VERY poor: 5-15 feet max! Therefore the proximity alarms, both on the devices and your phone, go off constantly whenever the devices move out of range AND when they come back into range. The "wifi safe zones" feature does not work - the alarms still go off within a chosen safe zone. So unless you are willing to put up with these alarms sounding every time your phone gets more than a few feet from your Bravos, you must disable the alarms which defeats the function of them alerting you if you leave your keys or wallet behind.
Also due to the meager range, using the proximity sensor is very iffy. Once again, if you're not already within a few feet of your item, no signal, no finding anything.
The last known location is only generally helpful. It can tell you if you left your item in the area or miles away at the office or restaurant, etc. But the locating map is only accurate to within a block or so - my devices often show up as being in my neighbor's house when they are right in front of me in mine.
The custom ringtones also kept on canceling themselves and defaulting back to the generic phone alarm. I had to disable both devices and go through the entire routine - phone battery removal/uninstall-reinstall app/re-pair Bravos - in order to lock in my desired ringtones.
My Bravos DO stay paired after my phone is turned off.
The crowd-GPS find feature should prove pretty useless again because of the poor Bluetooth range. Someone else with the app running must get really close to your lost item to sense it and log its location - not very likely.
In conclusion: the biggest downfall is the range. If it were really 100 feet as advertised, it could be a truly useful device. The software bugs are also disappointing and, combined with the lousy range, defeat the usefulness of what features that do work.
The range is VERY poor: 5-15 feet max! Therefore the proximity alarms, both on the devices and your phone, go off constantly whenever the devices move out of range AND when they come back into range. The "wifi safe zones" feature does not work - the alarms still go off within a chosen safe zone. So unless you are willing to put up with these alarms sounding every time your phone gets more than a few feet from your Bravos, you must disable the alarms which defeats the function of them alerting you if you leave your keys or wallet behind.
Also due to the meager range, using the proximity sensor is very iffy. Once again, if you're not already within a few feet of your item, no signal, no finding anything.
The last known location is only generally helpful. It can tell you if you left your item in the area or miles away at the office or restaurant, etc. But the locating map is only accurate to within a block or so - my devices often show up as being in my neighbor's house when they are right in front of me in mine.
The custom ringtones also kept on canceling themselves and defaulting back to the generic phone alarm. I had to disable both devices and go through the entire routine - phone battery removal/uninstall-reinstall app/re-pair Bravos - in order to lock in my desired ringtones.
My Bravos DO stay paired after my phone is turned off.
The crowd-GPS find feature should prove pretty useless again because of the poor Bluetooth range. Someone else with the app running must get really close to your lost item to sense it and log its location - not very likely.
In conclusion: the biggest downfall is the range. If it were really 100 feet as advertised, it could be a truly useful device. The software bugs are also disappointing and, combined with the lousy range, defeat the usefulness of what features that do work.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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