ebbadger said:

also be aware this seems to use a server and states the position is often 5 minutes out of date???? what use is that when the thieves are doing 60?? the cheap as chips ones use a sim and provide an instant google interactive text to get a real time position not one 5 minutes out of date.... and why log onto an app and go into settings to check battery or wait for an email?? the cheapo's send a full instant text if the power is interupted warning you the second it happens?? I fail to see why you would fork out this much to find out where your vehicle was?? Unless Im missing something very obvious??

Cheers Steve

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b20wnx said:

Could you share the details of your equipment and set up?

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ebbadger said:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tracker-Vehicle-Theft-Protection-System/dp/B009ZCEBOK/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1410928854&sr=8-5&keywords=car+tracker

without giving away too much the additional shock sensor is around £3.50, piezo sirens a couple of quid

my unit lives inside a welded box installed when the vehicle was completely stripped to a chassis, would need a major strip and work to find / remove

power is by an auxilary fire alarm sealed battery so cut the main battery leads all you like still runs for upward of 30 days... piezo sirens are securely mounted in two inaccesible locations so even if one was ripped out there is an equally hard one to get to still going off

if the vehicle battery gets low I get a text immediately

if it gets knocked or someone trys a handle or breaks a window the sirens sound for ten seconds and i instantly get a text telling me position and sensor alert

if needed it can be geo fenced and will also send an alert if speeding

in the event i get an alarm text I can diasble all vehicle electrics leaving it dead in the water

in the unlikely event it was stolen i could do a hard stop by instantly cutting all electrics (illegal if moving but who gives a toss) or a soft stop where all cuts when vehicle stops

it will turn on a microphone concealed in the cab

can monitor fuel to alert of syphoning and various other tweaks

runs off a sim card that can either be a top up when empty or I have a £5 a month package for unlimited as I like to text her regularly to check on battery, systems location status etc (sad I know)

only one of several layers and certainly isnt there to replace the disklock, pedal lock, cut outs, alarm and additional security deadlocks on all doors but you can never have too much security... after all the idea is only to make the next one down the road an easier option... no security is perfect but you need to do what you can....

Cheers Steve

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