GPS Vehicle Tracking Review

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LandAirSea LAS-1505 Tracking Key Vehicle GPS Tracking System

I have not yet used the software because it would not load on my Mac, and the DVD drive on my PC is broken. Still waiting for the new drive to arrive before I can try it. I contacted Landairsea tech support to see if there was a way to use the software on the Mac (live chat) but gave up after waiting 20 minutes for a response. There was nothing about use on a Mac on the website so I am assuming it just isn’t compatible.

Field trial of the unit seems like it gets good signal anywhere in the car. It’s mostly plastic (the car that is)

I wouldn’t have much trouble with the small screws holding the battery cover except they are right next to the magnet which is quite strong. The screws and screwdriver keep snapping over to the magnet. Wish I had a plastic screwdriver. They should provide non-magnetic screws.

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Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator

great tracker with a low price but i do have problem with the on and off button, sometimes you have to turn it on and off again to get signal, sometimes you think it is on but it isn’t

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Escort Entourage PS Kit-0019 GPS Vehicle Tracker (Black)

I bought this to keep tabs on my cheatin’ spouse. It is excellent when it works….the only problem is that the coverage is based on the AT&T coverage map and it stinks in my area. When paying 14.95 a month you would think coverage would be better than what it is…..Just check your local AT&T coverage to see how it will work for you.

Battery power is better than I expected…it lasts me about 3 to 4 days depending on how much I locate it or have it scheduled to locate every 10 to 30 minutes. Its larger than I thought it would be so hiding it was a little more difficult but I found a good hiding spot…

It will text or email you when battery is low or car is moved (if it’s in good coverage area) Also when the car is moved it will locate the device every 5 minutes for two hours which I liked.

So, all in all, if the coverage in my area was better and it was a bit smaller, it would be perfect!

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Scytek Skytrack 3000 GPS Vehicle Tracking System

GPS Vehicle Tracking System

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Escort Entourage CIS Kit-0016 GPS Vehicle Tracker (Black)

This product is very easy to install with only two wires. One for power(must find a constant 12v) and one for ground. After that you just choose a location to hide the device and press the on button. Then you log onto the website and choose a plan, either yearly or monthly. I choose yearly $179/yr because they waive the activation fee.

The product itself has many great features such as text and email alerts, vehicle locating, and vehicle tracking. The actual gps locations are usually very accurate but they are sometimes off. For example: I press locate when i know my vehicle is parked in front of my house but when it gives me my location it says my vehicle is next door at the neighbors house. I would give this product 5 out of 5 if it didn’t have such an UNRELIABLE NETWORK. I set my device to text me if the motion sensor senses vibration, if my vehicle is stolen, or if it logs out of the network. I have received a text multiple times in the past month saying my device has logged off the network which basically means the device is off. There is no way of locating or tracking it until the network is back up. Sometimes its offline for 5-10 minutes, sometimes i’ve noticed it down for hours. I have since emailed customer service and this is what they are saying:

“We are currently having intermittent issues with devices being able to communicate over our wireless partners wireless network. We are working to resolve the situation as soon as possible.”

This would be a good explanation if it happened maybe once or twice since owning the device, but it has happened at least 8 or 9 times and i have the texts alerts to prove it. This is very unreliable because at any of these times your vehicle could be stolen and you would have no way to track it until they fix whatever issues they are having for the day.

I also bought this product because at CES 2010 they announced an iphone app coming in January, currently there is only an app for blackberrys. It is now February and no iphone app available which is very disappointing.

For this review i gave only 2 stars mainly for the ease of installation and great features. I wouldn’t give it more than 2 stars because I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND this product to friends or family members knowing that there are ongoing issues with the network. At this point it is just too unreliable to recommend but I will keep this review updated if anything changes.