Trackers and Trakking

[Ianthebuyer]

Hi,


I had a look for threads on Bike trackers and couldn't find much, maybe I missed it!


So does anyone have any useful experience of whether these are reliable and worth it.


Looking at insurance, apparently they like them, better than alarms,  but it seems to make about 5-10% difference in premiums, not enough to cover the annual cost.


One's I have found include:


Datatool Trakking - £300 + £100 a year


Biketrac - ditto cost


Cheap ebay tracker things £20 ish!


So real world benefit or experience thing to help the owner sleep at night?

[BBROWN1664]

Chances are if your bike is stolen, you won't want it back.

As you have also spotted, the discount they give doesn't cover the annual charge.

One method that, of you just want to know where it is rather than get the discount. Get an old android phone and fit a 12v  socket to you bike. Install a tracking app on the phone and hide it all in the tail piece where it won't be found straight away. Use an Orange or similar sim  that doesn't need topping up each month and sit back safe in the knowledge you know where the bike is whilst awaiting your insurance payout.

[sc0ttie]

I would beg to differ, I would want the bike back and if the tracker was to enable the conviction of the thief who stole it that would be quite satisfying. There are many trackers on ebay and amazon these days prices between £10 and £25 which use a pay as you go sim card, which you can get for as little as £6 a month. It is something I have been thinking about doing for a little while.

[Punkstig]

Maplins do one for £50

[fazersharp]

If you are thinking of one in terms of an insurance discount then the ins-comp may only offer one for a select few makes of tracker and not just any.