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Why not tile or AirTag?
Those trackers rely on pinging off nearby devices. I need it to tell me where the bag is regardless of what's nearby the bag.
Plus they let people know the device is near them after awhile.
Where in the world will that bag be that isn’t near a device?
If you’re concerned about theft, a phone will immediately be reset or discarded, while a tag or two might be missed.
Also the power requirements for anything that uses gps and cellular radio are going to add a lot of heft.
This is a solved problem, you’re adding requirements that aren’t needed.
You're kinda glossing over the part where it notifies the thief after awhile if they have an unknown tile or air tag near them for too long. In the case of stolen bags it is beneficial to me that the thieves are not made aware of any GPS tracking. And most people don't put trackers in their own backpacks so if I am able to hide it in such a fashion that they are unable to notice it right away it makes the odds of me getting my stolen goods returned much higher.
The bag weighs like 40 pounds already so it's not really weight that I am particularly concerned about haha.
Then you probably want something like this, which both silences the airtag and adds years to the battery: https://tryandbyte.com.au/products/elevation-lab-timecapsule-airtag-10-year-battery
You’re fantasizing.
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