Next to a huge national Forrest. Worried about my dog getting out. Would this be able track my dogs for a long distance? Battery life? Recharge time?
57794
It's GPS based so it should be able to track anywhere on earth. Battery life is at least a week, sometimes 2. Recharge time is a couple of hours I think. I have 2 trackers operating on one base unit (because I used to have 2 dogs, but now only 1) so when I get the text message that battery is low on my dog's tracker, I just switch them and put the freshly charged one on my dog. You might consider getting two trackers if you don't want to worry about accidentally leaving it in the charger while your dog is out roaming the forest. Hope that info helps !
57795
I charge mine every 2 weeks, but my dog is close to the home base most of the time. If it is active more because you have a large house or if activity monitoring is on, you could be looking more like a few days. The last time my wanderer got out, it was after I was notified that the battery was low, but it still had enough power to track him until I found him, which was less that 15 minutes. He was over a mile away and I didn't know what direction he had gone in, so it paid for itself right then. Without the tracker I would have been driving in a search pattern for hours.
57796
It depends. The system is not as responsive as I expected. It usually takes 8-12 minutes until a notification arrives - and that location is already some minutes old. So if you have a fast traveling pet, good luck. You are dealing with outdated info.The map on the android is not accurate either. Plus, even if you try to locate your pet within the home zone, the map on the mobile device is useless, because it shows the tagg being at the center of the home zone.
57797
It sends texts every 3 minutes for 30 minutes but you can log in and keep tracking. The battery life is good for weeks and it recharges rather quickly - couple of hours. Hope this helps you make your decision.
57798
#1. Recharge the TAGG every night. #2. When your dog gets out you get a text or email or whatever you want. So you know the MINUTE they're outside the tag zone. At that point your dog is out only a couple minutes. If you do not keep your phone with you, you could have a bigger problem. #3. Check to make sure your area is covered by Verizon. That is the company they use. #4. I have an uncharted area behind my house. If my dog goes to another house the text reads something like, "I'm 19 feet from 1234 Oak St." If not it will be more vague. But switch right over to MAP and you can push TRACK or text it in. Then you'll get an every 3 min read on where the dog is for 30 minutes. What you see is an aerial view of the forest and dots where your dog is...and if you get onto a puter you can get to see exactly where they went....every few minutes dots. A fully charged tracker can handle a couple of those 30 min sessions at least I think. My dog goes into areas that I can't get to....too much dense forest. So I know where she can get out of the forest and go to that road by car. The longest it has taken to get my dog is less than 15 minutes. Unless they do not come when called. But you will know where they are, marked every 3 minutes, and you will see a blue dot of you, so you'll see when you're close even if it's just thick woods. Recharge time varies, but it's a few hours. My older trackers are slower and discharge faster than brand new ones. So they do not last forever. Your option is the more expensive Garmin collars. I don't know how long they last, but the problem is GPS uses a lot of energy and you do not have the capacity of a cell phone on that collar. I have a dog that will jump every day. I don't pay attention until I get that very well recognized sound on my iphone. Then I go outside to where it says she is and usually in 5 minutes she is back home...to which she gets a very nice piece of steak or something for coming to me.
1893707
I work with the line of sight rule. Generally, if you can't see them you may not be able to speak with them. A mile is a best case for this device, add trees, boulders hills and you limit the ability of the G9 to do its job. It is a great device just not magic.
1767742
I'm not sure yet! I carry it hiking and have blasted it several times in the woods to let hunters know I'm there. Works great for that. No dogs have approached me since I got the horn.
1581659
Not sure completely, but I'd say NO since it does use cell-phone to communicate its location to tracker (and probably even uses cell to get position, rather than direct GPS).
630775
It should work pretty well finding your dogs but scaring off a mountain lion I don't know about that but if you shine it on the mountain lion the light is bright enough that it probably won't see you.
142778
As long as you have a. Wi-Fi connection you should be OK. The problem if you are using a campground network, they are sometimes slow and don't allow for the data to stream. In theory you could use a cell phone as your own network then monitor it from another cell phone. This is a great little camera. We have one for each of our two young puppies so we can check in while at work. It's nice that in the hot summer the display also indicates the room temperature too.
1039699
Yes, my dogs have been at least a mile away and tracking was easy and accurate! The only problem I have with this system is battery life! My dogs cannot get closer than 20 feet to the docking station all day while I am at work and probably spend most of their time outside in their 1/2 acre yard! I have to charge them almost every night!
1276454
I would not think so. Their field of view is small and it would be difficult to locate and track moving wildlife. If the animal is stationary they would be O.K.
1562694
Oh yes !! It will even detect squirrels and other wildlife, so placement of the sensing unit is important or you'll get a number of false alarms. I should also say I live in a very rural area, so wildlife may not be a problem for most people.
2155843
We use it for our lab at our 1,600 acre farm. The GPS is very accurate as far as current location. It doesn't leave a trail so to speak as to where the dog has traveled, but it the arrow points in the direction that the dog is currently traveling. Not sure if you'll use it for training purposes, but the warning beeps and controlling the level of shock worked immediately. My dog is one that doesn't listen to ANYTHING when he's off his leash, but after 10 minutes of training on this, he responds every time to a command.
855976
Sorry, I can't give you a good answer. We live in the suburbs. There is a lot with trees next to our house, but I would not consider the area as heavily wooded. You might be interested in the GPS style locator.
1517078
It's simple to operate and should work to mark his property lines if he already knows the GPS coordinates and can walk/travel his property line with the system on. He could also mark his deer stands and the path to it so it would be easy to find in the dark. I use the Garmin 62 stc and recommend it because you can take a pictures of a certain location (his deer stand) and the system marks the GPS coordinates. Hope this helps.
1039698
We live in the country. Very rural. My dogs have gone 3-4 miles from home and it took me right to them. Even shows where we are in the car in relation to where they were. It is a very cool system! I agree with the other reviewer though about the battery life. I just make a habit of putting it on the docking station every night when we go to bed and it's ready to go the next morning.
1034356
As you may know, there is a new model nearly ready for release, so this may change at that time, but for now as long as your dog is away from the base station (beyond the "close to base" area) you can simply restart the tracking command from your cellphone and it will work for another 15 minutes or until your dog (or at least the collar) re-enters the safe zone
1039697
The system uses cell phone towers to locate your dog once outside the home zone so the answer is yes. Your dog will be tracked no matter what the distance is. You will receive a text message and email alert once your dog is outside the home zone that has your dogs location. From there, you can use the app or computer to track him. I live in an area with very poor cell phone reception and it still works for me. I took my dog on a long walk when the tracker arrived. I used the app to see if it would work which it did! It gave me very precise location, down to the address of the street I was on. My dog is an escape artist and it is such a peace of mind knowing that I will be notified if he escapes and the ability to locate him.
1023669
I believe a strong cell signal is somewhat important. I have just recently installed the Android app for tracking and have tested it while I walk around my neighborhood. Usually it works and shows the position. In a couple of spots it doesn't. This leads me to believe the cell signal is not getting through. My opinion of this device has gone up since I started using the android app recently. It works better than the online web page tracking.
1043393
Not very well in my experience. We live in a wooded area and the unit was VERY unreliable. Also, the company is "non-existent" when it comes to trying to contact them for support. Look at the LoCATor. Best money I ever spent and faultless up to 4 miles!