Bluetooth Tracker Tags (4-Pack)
Make your keys beep, then walk toward the sound.
- Follow the beepOpen the app, make the tag beep, and let your ears do the rest. It helps most when the keys are under something.
- Four things coveredThe app adds up to 4 tags, and this pack has 4. Each tag has a keychain holder for a key ring or a bag strap.
- Names and picturesName each tag and give it a picture, so you know which one you’re calling before you tap.
- iPhone and AndroidThe companion app comes from the App Store or Google Play. Scan the QR code on the quick guide in the box to start.
Why tag your keys
Lost keys are rarely far away.
Most lost keys aren’t lost at all. They’re in the coat you wore on Sunday, down the side of the car seat, or under the mail on the counter. The trouble is that a set of keys makes no sound, so you search by memory, and memory is bad at this when you’re running late.
A tag changes the search from looking to listening. You don’t need to remember where you were. You make the tag beep and walk toward it, room by room. If you can’t hear it, go to the next room and try again. A beep from inside a jacket is easy to miss with the TV on, so turn things down first.
It also helps to know how the tags behave in your own home before you need them. Hide one in a closet upstairs and try to find it from the kitchen. Now you know how far your walls let the signal go, and what the beep sounds like behind a door. The next time the keys go missing, you’ll have a plan before your coat is on.
The fourth tag goes on the thing you lost last month.
Tag what stops your day, not everything you own.
Start with the keys you need every morning, then the car keys if they live on a separate ring. The third tag suits a work bag or a school bag, on a strap or in an inside pocket. The fourth is a good fit for a spare set. Those tend to wander, and nobody remembers who had them last.
A wallet is the one place to think first. At 8 to 11 mm thick, a tag will show in a slim wallet, so a wallet with a zip pocket is the easier home. A tag also needs to sit where the beep can get out. Deep inside a padded bag, it will sound quieter than it does on a key ring.
Four tags, one short sit-down
Get the app
Scan the QR code on the quick guide in the box, or find the app in the App Store or Google Play. Make sure Bluetooth is on.
Pull the film
Pull the insulating film from one tag. A beep tells you it’s on.
Add it and name it
Add the tag in the app, then give it a name and a picture. Repeat for the others, up to 4 tags.
Attach it and try it
Fit the keychain holder to your key ring or bag. Leave it in another room and make it beep from your phone.
Anyone who keeps turning over the couch cushions
These fit a busy house, where keys get moved by the last person to use them. They fit anyone who keeps a spare set, carries more than one bag, or leaves in a hurry. You get all 4 tags, and setup is a quick job at the kitchen table. If they don’t do the job in your home, send them back inside 30 days. Shipping to the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand is free and tracked, and most orders arrive 1 to 3 weeks after ordering.
The tag finds your keys. The alarm guards what they open.
Tags look after what you carry. The next layer is the house itself. The TremShield Alarm sticks onto a door or window and fires a 125 dB siren the moment it’s forced, with no Wi-Fi and no subscription. One alarm is $29.99; six are $99, which is $16.50 per alarm (Save $80.94).
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