I always thought there was a slight weak link in this sort of product.

You, the forgetful person, is counting on your ability to remember to carry the receiver..

I like the "idea" of tagging my laptop -- seems like it would be helpful when I'm traveling -- but I don't always keep my laptop right with me. I leave it in the car when I go shopping or out to restaurants that don't offer Wi-Fi, and I leave it in my hotel room when I head to the hotel's gym, spa, or bar. Is there a way to temporarily turn off the monitor at those times so it wouldn't continuously go off? (Description says it runs 24/7, so I'm guessing there is not.) My fear is that in the end, it might drive me crazy having to remember to leave the monitor with the laptop at those times, but still remember to keep the monitor with me at other times. Would be awesome if the monitor had the equivalent of a 1-hour snooze option so that each hour it would alert me until I got back into range of the laptop again.

The cell phone one might not be a bad decision though -- I could safely keep that monitor in my purse, since I don't think I'd ever want to have my phone more than 100 feet from my purse.

Well shoot it wont work for my idea I guess lol.

It does have the snooze thing though!!

SNOOZE FEATURE

With the press of a button on the MONITOR, you can temporarily disable the alarm for 10 minutes, allowing you to intentionally walk away from your tagged item.

I was wondering if this device was one of those in the category of "doomed to fail if it ever gains popularity" by virtue of what would happen if you just happen to be around other folks with tags and monitors. But this statement from their website suggests they accounted for that:


But conversely, that seems to suggest that you can't just combine tags from other packages to just one monitor? Guess it depends on if the association is user programmable.

Yeah, but kids can run pretty fast, and even faster on a bike. Pretty tough to follow in a car as well. The user's manual states (several times) that the adhesive is very strong, but considered the wording might be Chinese translated... Sometimes heat degrades their strong adhesives, starts off good, but softens at higher temperatures, or dries out over time, becomes brittle.

The tag system sounds like Bluetooth technology. Haven't messed with it a whole lot, just a photo printer at home, and third party dongles (which might have contributed to some of the problems I had, as much as not knowing what I was doing). But basically, they get paired, on power up, and should only work with each other, until you remove power from them. The receiver can handle two tags, but would be interesting if it could be paired to other Bluetooth devices as well. It's not a strong signal, and physical obstructions can block it. My photo printer had to be in the same room, which was kind of a bummer, no desk space left, pretty much out of puppy safe places. Fortunately, he's almost mature now, and hasn't been destructive in quite a while. Still has his curiosity though, but he seems to know the difference between his toys, and mine now.

I bought two sets the other day, should be plenty to play with, 6 tags, 4 receivers, so will be opening up one to see the magic inside. Got them for the dog anyway, he likes to run. Been lucky the few times he has taken off, but know I can't count on luck forever. He's nearly invisible at night, just a shadow. Still freaks me out, as to how silently he moves, should put a bell on his collar...

Seems like an interesting product, think two sets are good enough for now. Might go again, after I get to see what they'll do. Hope the batteries are all good, 10 of those coin cells will cost almost as much, which also kind of makes this an even better deal. If the tags don't work out, still set for batteries for quite some time.

Wow, 5 year old batteries. Was grocery shopping at Walmart, and the batteries are almost $5 for two. Just guess about the 2-packs, since both were out of stock, but most of the others were 2-packs. I've got a couple of remotes that use the 2032 batteries, and a keychain flashlight that eats 2016s. Wonder what kind of shelf life the get.

Hope they work least a little bit though, really wanted something like this for the dog. Maybe they just need to be adjusted a little...

Got mine today, only opened one to play with (spent all day playing truck mechanic). Seems to work, although the short seems like about 10 feet (not too useful), the long seems to be about 50 feet. Little short of what was claimed. The tag battery metered at 3.2 volts, so should be good, have to look at the instructions for opening the receiver. Will try the laptop tag later.

My dog wasn't cooperating too well, seems interested in the beeps. Soon as he gets out of range, and it beeps, he comes back to see what mad the noise. Was kind of hoping to see if I could use it to locate the dog, being that it would stop beeping when I got close. Kind of a long delay between beeps too, guess it saves battery power.

Should note, these are very small, which opens up some interesting ideas...

Mine is still a puppy, kind of a large puppy... The yard is fenced, but he's escaped a few times to play with other dogs. Labs are a hunting breed, not sure if a beep or a shock would be a huge deterrent when he gets focused on something. He's getting much better, but he still has a lot of maturing to do. Besides, I take out at least twice a day for walks, would be kind of cruel to forget to turn it of sometimes before we leave. Just takes a lot of patience, but it usually works out pretty good. I don't use negative re-enforcement to train, don't want him to fear me, just respect me.