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As other reviews have noted, it mostly doesn't work in the way the advertising suggests. The crux of the matter is the technology at the core of this product which is bluetooth. The BT signal just isn't powerful enough to do the job and so frequently one finds that a Trackr device is disconnected from the phone and cannot be found even though it's just around a corner, well within the 30 feet/9 meters. And 9 meters, even if it worked perfectly, is not exactly impressive. But it doesn't work perfectly. For example over two stories of a house, or just between two rooms it doesn't work. Sometimes it doesn't work even with straight line of sight. Another thing is the long time it takes the phone to connect to the devices. You see, they aren't connected permanently, that would presumably cost too much battery life. So when you need to find something the phone first needs to connect to it. Which typically takes 1-2 minutes. Sort of defeats the purpose. This Trackr business is probably quite typical for all these Kickstarter and what have you projects. Seemed like a good idea at the time but there was a reason why larger companies hadn't brought it to market before you even thought about it. I see that a competing product, the "Tile" gets better average reviews but when one digs into the 1-, 2- and 3-star comments it's obvious that due to the same core technology being used, the same problems apply. Anyway, the Trackr isn't completely useless. Here are ways in which it has been useful to me: - when not sure whether the object I am looking for is even at the same general location as I: on the phone tracker I can check where it was last seen so I at least know I am searching in the right place - my keys dropped into a pile of clothes, dog accessories and various other junk in the entrance hall of our house and I did find them quickly with the tracker; mind you I would have found them anyway, but this was a little faster - while sitting on the loo the other day I wondered where all my things were so I opened the door, held the phone outside and triggered; I was comforted to know that all three items were in the entrance hall where I thought they would be