GPRS on bikes YAY OR NAY

[Classickid21]

Hi

you hear of Data Tagging and other secure markings, well I stumbled along a eBay Auction £15-25 Gprs Tracking you put a pay as you go sim in. and put credit on it etc.

how accurate are these ?

are they any good

YAY OR NAY do I waste my money on them ? I was looking to buy a hand full of them basically one for each bike

I will be looking to Data Tag my bikes soon too.

[Hoggs]

I'm not sure how accurate they are, but I've heard that now you have to put credit on PAYG sims quite regularly or they cut you off (unlike the good ole days where you could stick a tenner on there and it would last forever)?

[Joeman]

I've tried a few out. Some are good, others are useless. The one unlike best is the TLT2. It comes in a couple of variants one is waterproof. Get the waterproof one! (Think its the tlt2-h)

Also GiffGaff sim works well. £5 goody bag each month.

[Classickid21]

Thank you for all your oppions ill look online

[raesewell]

What is GPRS ???

[Igloo]

What is GPRS ???

 

GPS tracking solutions for vehicles (or well anything really).

Allows the location to be uploaded so it can be tracked in the case of theft etc.

[raesewell]

So what does the "R" stand for???

[Stu]

General packet radio service

And not global position sensor

There is a difference between the two

[Igloo]

GPRS is General Packet Radio Service.

GPS is Global Positioning Service.

GPRS allows data packets to be transmitted over the cellular network. It's what edge, 3G, 4G are pinned by.

[raesewell]

OK got it thanks

[raesewell]

So, did the OP mean GPS or GPRS?

[Tango]

GPRS....... you can get trackers that you put a phone sim into and the bike is tracked using the GPRS .....

[Igloo]

GPRS....... you can get trackers that you put a phone sim into and the bike is tracked using the GPRS .....

 

Teeeeeeechnically.....

GPS and GPRS... It uses a combination of the GPS data from the satellites and also the GPRS cell towers to work out location. Means that signal blockers are harder to use.

[Joeman]

There are some GPRS only trackers but they are useless (I bought one to try)

I assumed he meant GPS that use GPRS to tansmit their location, ie a GPS tracker with simcard.

[Dav3y]

Also GiffGaff sim works well. £5 goody bag each month.

 

Key point here. Most GPRS GPS trackers require a 2G SIM card as above or one of these