 Hey guys, welcome back to my YouTube channel. This is Daniel Rosal here just back from a couple of weeks in the US Of course while Larry picked up a few tech goodies including actually this microphone This is the Amazon. Sorry audio Technica AT 2020 So hopefully it's a good audio quality And I don't need to mean means I don't need to use my interview mic when I want to do Videos with the proper microphone like this on my desk. I also picked up a luggage tracker Something I've been interested in buying for quite a while. So what I got was the track II GPS luggage tracker I also picked up a few more tiles and tiles are definitely the better known of the two products I did a video a few days ago a real deep dive in the differences between GPS based trackers and Bluetooth based trackers what one does that the other one doesn't do and vice versa. I'm not gonna repeat all of that video I also did a few little videos along the way Assessing how the GPS tracking worked at different stages So the answer is basically or the summary of of my findings first time using a GPS tracker Putting one of my luggage was it actually worked really really well and it actually came in extremely useful That was because I happened to be doing this on like the worst flight I've ever taken the worst itinerary at least I've ever taken I was traveling back from the US to Israel and There was a storm system over Washington, which was supposed to be our like connecting point To Frankfurt to Israel and then so the plane never made it to our first airport in Connecticut So that whole itinerary got scrapped. We ended up staying in getting rebooked onto a flight X Washington the next day then we woke up to find that's like a rebook all because of the storm So we got rebooked two times in our bag was kind of sometimes ahead of us sometimes there now What I did discover was that the United Airlines? United Airlines have a pretty decent app which will give you baggy baggage tracking updates Now the first thing I heard or the most the argument against these GPS trackers I heard on reddit was well, you know, the airlines really do a good job at tracking your luggage my experience Yeah, pretty much that You know, I was able to go into the United app and see where my luggage was It just it was a bit easier and quicker with track You know the thing about track is I could see exactly where it was Like was it waiting for us on the plane because I kind of see where we were at the gate So, yeah, it's you know, it depends if you really think that's useful a useful thing The other thing to say is that not all airlines have apps or even website functionalities that show you your luggage tracking so one use case for the tracky is if you end up on a flight like mine that kind of goes haywire and You're getting revoked and changes of you know the routes changing and all that and you're worried about your luggage Is it gone ahead of you or is it staying with you? What's the airline doing with your luggage if your airline doesn't have a built-in tracking functionality and I'd imagine There's a lot of airlines in the world many probably don't then the tracky would be super useful So how did it actually perform? Versus the tile so the tile as I explained in my previous video It's a Bluetooth tracker the tile has a range of about up to 400 feet That's about as far as Bluetooth low energy will go and in all likelihood because of you know Just concrete and stuff in the way of the signal you're gonna get less now There is a sort of caveat to that and that's that blue the tile has a system like Air tags in that it uses other tiles. It's kind of like a crowd sourcing system So a lot of people have tiles and the tiles can talk to one another So if your tiles outside of the 400 feet radius, let's say But there is another tile user in that radius it will detect your tile and pass that information on to tile anonymously And then tile will tell you from their server that hey your tile is here and likewise when you're using the tile This is actually pretty cool tech if you think about it. You're also constantly Browsing for other other people's tiles in your Bluetooth range And if they are there you're feeding that data up to tile at least that's my understanding of how it worked So in my case because airports are probably people places where a lot of people are using tiles I did actually manage to see where my luggage was throughout the trip despite the fact that It was not within the Bluetooth range really at any point from when I put it at the checking gate so the tile actually worked pretty well as well, however, it didn't work as well as The tracky so the tracky because it's got a SIM card in it and because it's using radio networks It's using GPS as soon as there is any kind of reception to G3G4G This guy is going to be able to report its position for the tile You have to kind of hope that there's going to be other tile people either the things right next to you much Which case it might not be so useful or you've got to hope there's other tile users in that area so that the system will work so for more Robust tracking definitely tracky comes out on top. The thing is that it's more expensive than the Bluetooth tracker The one thing I find it by track a put a bit of research into the process of identifying Which one it was there's a couple of other options on the market now. These don't have to be luggage trackers, right? This is just a this is what it is. It's a little box and it's got a worldwide SIM card built in and it's got a battery built in and to the Best of my knowledge, there's nothing else in this box. It's really small as you can see, right? So This can be used to track vehicles in fact when you buy it to give you a little vehicle mounting case You could probably track people if you had you know a vulnerable person and put it on them or something There's probably illicit uses for this as well So really it's a thing tracker whatever you want to track that you can find some way to fit this on So long as the battery is good. It can use it. So my point here is to say that not that tracky isn't the only player on the market Really any GPS tracker probably could be used for luggage The thing I like about tracky is they say their FDA approved and they offer worldwide coverage and there's a no commitment contract The biggest player I could find in the space of GPS tracking Intended for travelers or flyers was a company called the Gigo now what turned me off Gigo and turned me on to tracky was that firstly Tracky said it has worldwide coverage. So if I flew from US to Israel if it was US only coverage It wouldn't help me at all. So that's the final thing I want to say for my a little test was that it worked in Israel It is currently working in Israel. So it seems there are worldwide coverage claim is actually pretty good. They probably have a little Receiver in this that picks up a ton of frequencies across the 2g 3g and 4g Bands that they work over so you can get other trackers than just Gigo I couldn't find on Gigo a monthly subscription even though they said they offered it It looked like they're trying to row people into a year whereas for tracky I was able to pay for one month the payment is tiered according to how often you want to think to ping you So if it's like every 10 seconds the one negative about tracky Well, I will say is that I paid for one minute updates. I never got those. I had to each time manually Ping it for it to report back. So that was one negative that I would have to say about tracky Whereas sometimes the tile was actually more frequent. So that's been my experience about tracky How much does it cost? I'm just going to jump quickly over into my Amazon here and you can see so the tracky at the time I'm recording this video is 18 dollars and 88 for the tracker now after you buy the tracker you need the data plan But in my opinion, that's a really really cheap price for For this technology under 20 dollars for a little box that it's rechargeable reusable Unlike the tile which have moved away from the replaceable battery System which I really don't like I have to say so that to me is a good thing for tracky You know I googled GPS track or I Amazon GPS tracker to find this and I would I like the fact that they had you know almost 32,000 reviews and the average was 32 stars Sorry for stars if you are Worried about if it's going to work in your country. So what I actually did before purchasing was I went down to the search Amazon feature, which is incredibly useful Customer questions and answers and I searched for Israel to see did previous people have success and it says kind of kind of work in Israel Shalom. Yes, tracky works perfectly in Israel. We've hundreds of satisfied satisfied customers using tracky in Israel It also works in the whole Middle East and the rest of the world So it that's just my W my tip if you're looking for a GPS tracker to work in a specific country Do a search in the customer questions and answer section of the Amazon listing? So that's tracky and again, I'm just gonna go back here just to show you guys that this is not the only game in town I trusted it was the first that came up and it was Amazon's choice. So I went with that, but I found other This is just tracky if I search for GPS tracker You're going to find other things that might be able to be used for luggage I don't know if the spy tech thing it looks to me more more like an elicit or black hat use tool for private investigators This one looks a bit more sort of appropriate for luggage, land-to-air, GPS tracker So again, I'd look into that I'd see so you're gonna have to do your own research If you're looking at this does it offer worldwide coverage? That's most important thing the second most important thing for me and probably for a lot of people was is this something I'm gonna have to buy for a year or can I just buy a monthly contract and pay for it when I am traveling? That to me is a big advantage that tracky offered over some of the alternatives. I'm not gonna go through the list Just to show that they're on Amazon. Let's just see by comparison how much the The tiles cost so as you can see I recently picked up a couple. They're 25 dollars Up to 250 feet so that it's actually less than 400 on these I think it's it's one of their latest ones It does the full 400 tiles are great. I love them. I have them for my Wallet sunglass case my keys all the stuff I commonly misplace brilliant technology for luggage tracking if you're really gonna go down this route I actually would opt for GPS tracking and tracky over the tile not the tracky isn't good Not that it you're really limited to 400 feet because you've got that feature that if there's people in range But to me that's not very robust because it can happen if you're if your bag really ends up somewhere wacky You may not have a any tile customer in that area So that's a reason for me why I would spend a bit more money on On tracky now what's interesting is that the prices are actually very similar 24 dollars for the tile made 2022 $19 for the tracky. So there's not much difference in the prices for the actual trackers But this is when you do multiple items each tracky needs its own data plan So let's say you wanted to track three bags. That would be $60 for that month just for data to do that so Concluding thoughts really on this video What do I recommend? I was actually really impressed with tracky. I have to say I think they're both great products for luggage GPS tracking I would not hesitate to use tracky again I look at $20 as a pretty cheap insurance policy If you don't know what what kind of baggage tracking your airline offers if you're really worried about it being misplaced You don't want to place your full faith in the airline It worked really well out of the box And I'm sure there's other uses that frequent travelers could probably make of it too I hope that as synopsis of a tile versus tracky or this track Your review really was useful if you are thinking about buying one Thank you guys for watching the video all the way through and to get more videos about lots and lots more tech Products and subjects, please subscribe to this YouTube channel. Thank you guys for watching