tractiveSmart Cat GPS Tracker | Real-Time Location & Wellness Monitoring for Cats 6.5 lbs+ | Territory & Location History | Up to 5-Day Battery | Breakaway Collar Included (Dark Blue)GreenCircle Certified: Certified Energy Savings

I really cannot complain about the tracker as it has met my expectations given the other options available. I have been using the tracker for about four months.Love power saving mode - battery will last for weeks as long as device is within my WiFi range (and not using GPS live tracking or GPS normal tracking). My cat is almost always within WiFi range of my home, so he seldoms goes beyond that area. So I just charge the battery every few weeks.Love virtual fences - the options for creating virtual fences that are Safe or Danger zones is nice. The normal safe zone is the WiFi range around my house, and if the tracker goes outside of WiFi, I will get an alert within a few minutes. I just wish it would allow more than five virtual fences (combination of safe and danger fences) since my cat stays over at different family homes frequently.Love GPS Live tracking - on a few occasions where my cat got outside the Safe Zone (WiFi range), the GPS "Live" tracking worked well in my area. I was able to find my cat easily a few homes away using "Live Tracking". The battery does drain faster obviously when in Live tracking mode since it is updating the location every few seconds. so you really can't go that long in Live tracking mode when trying to find my cat (I am guessing it would last an hour or so), but that does not bother me since I only use Live Tracking in emergencies. When using normal GPS tracking (when outside the WiFi power saving area and NOT using the emergency Live tracking), the device would probably not consume the battery that fast since it is only updating the location very 10 minutes or so (or the 20 minute real power saving mode). But I don't have an estimate on how many days the battery would last since I have not tested that.Love family sharing - As I mentioned earlier, my cat stays over at the homes of others. So other people can also use the app and tracker, and have Safe Zones within their WiFi range of their home.Love the notifications - I get notifications when my cat is outside the Safe Zone (WiFi), or battery is low, or battery is fully charged.Love the size - I have a 10 lb cat, so the size does not bother him. It is not that huge of device, like slightly smaller than the size of and actual mini-candy bar you give out at Halloween. And I do not have the collar on him all the time, only when he goes outside.Just FYI....I used my old 3/4" wide collar with the device. I did not use the much narrower collar provided with the device, so I have no critique of the provided collar. I only used the rubber surround provided with the device, and then easily mounted the rubber surround on the 3/4" wide collar I had. I am not sure why someone would use the additional plastic clip since that would make it more uncomfortable for the cat, and make it harder to remove the device for charging.The only two wishes. You have to remove the device from the collar and use the specialized battery charging clip to charge the device. So I wish I could just leave the device on the collar and plug in a mini-USB plug or something like that. And like I previously mentioned, I wish it would allow more than five virtual fences.Summary - It works well and provides wonderful peace of mind.

UPDATE: I've had this same little device going on 4 years. I know some people say it's safer to keep your animals indoors and most of my cats are content to live this way, but Osiris is different. I know the dangers, but I refuse to make my home his prison if he has a strong desire to explore his natural instinct of daily fresh air, sunshine, and visiting his neighborhood friends (human and furry alike). I used to always worry when he was outside during the day because I was always unsure where he was and if he was OK. Now all I have to do is pull up the app and it let's me know down to the pin point on a map. I have a virtual fence set up that he mostly knows to stay in, but if he wanders beyond it I receive a text immediately and am able to retrieve him if needed. The app also shows his track record of where he has been in the past 24 hours, highlighting in green his exact traveled path and red where he's spent long periods of time. This way I can get an idea if his favorite places too if he's not in plain sight. The app tracks his activity and sleep and even compares it to local or other Tractive kitties. If someone finds him, they can press the button on the device which alerts my phone. (He has a tag with his name, address, and my phone number also.) When its dinner time (before the sun goes down in the evening) he's usually waiting by the back door, but if he's not there I know to look up his location and I can manually get him to come in. A few months ago, he had snuck into the neighbor's garage to greet her coming home and she wasn't aware that he was still there and closed him in. If it hadn't been for Tractive, who knows how long he'd have been trapped in there or how long I'd go without sleep not knowing if he was OK. I cannot say enough good things about Tractive. It gives me peace of mind that I couldn't get with any other device. For the initial cost of the device and the yearly app fee, it is worth every penny. It is beyond the best purchase I have ever made and I can't thank the developers enough for it. All this time I've never had to replace it. It holds a charge well. I only have to charge it every few days and I do it overnight so it's all ready to go for him when we wake up. He seems so grateful that I allow him this pleasure, which in my opinion is his right. The size is not too big or heavy. He sleeps with it on most of the time and doesn't seem to mind it at all! He's acted like it was a natural part of him since I first put it on his collar. If you have a kitty like Osiris or a dog who likes to run, please do not hesitate to buy this for your pet! You will never regret it!ORIGINAL POST: I love this! I can see where my stubborn kitty is all the time and can set his boundaries and get notified when he strays too far. I call it his "ankle monitor" because he is now on permanent parole (he likes to escape and run if we don't let him out). We have the Tile as well which is nice and loud to hear where he is if he is in range of a few hundred feet. Of course the Tile is limited if you don't know where he is. When it's time to come home, now I know exactly where to find my boy.