Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#22Does anyone know what camera bag that is on that website. Peak design? Looks perfect for my usual load out.
Looks like any number of generic camera bags.
Camera bag design seems to have moved on from that, and a sling design seems to be more popular.
The sling lets you swing the bag from your back under your arm to in front of you. There is a zipper towards the side that lets you securely access the camera and accessories.
So pretty easily you can get your camera out, or later put it back without removing the backpack.
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#23That is not how batteries work. Batteries drain even under minimal usage. My bet is that in 2/3 years this device will stop working already. Just change the batteries if you AirTag once a year. Especially if you are using an AirTag to keep watch over 10.000 dollar equipment.
Lots of smoke alarms now have 10 year batteries.
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#24Does anyone know what camera bag that is on that website. Peak design? Looks perfect for my usual load out.
Looks like any number of generic camera bags. Camera bag design seems to have moved on from that, and a sling design seems to be more popular. The sling lets you swing the bag from your back under your arm to in front of you. There is a zipper towards the side that lets you securely access the camera and accessories. So pretty easily you can get your camera out, or later put it back without removing the backpack.
That’s fair. And thanks for the thoughtful reply! I was thinking more for travel / safe storage. I’m often flying on small planes and to throw it in my duffle.
My solution is I have a PD 30L as with dslr, 200-400, macro, 24-74 lens two straps are nice to have purely due to weight vs sling. The side access is clutch.
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#25Any chance that the AirTag could have a software memory leak that would normally be masked by cutting power once a year? Its possible right? The code must be written in something low level like C.
Would be kinda funny if 10 years from now the author gets his stuff stolen again and then discovers said memory leak crashed the Airtag 9 years ago. As Elon Musk likes to say: "The most ironic outcome is the most likely" . (OP I hope your stuff does not get stolen again, its just a joke)
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#26That is not how batteries work. Batteries drain even under minimal usage. My bet is that in 2/3 years this device will stop working already. Just change the batteries if you AirTag once a year. Especially if you are using an AirTag to keep watch over 10.000 dollar equipment.
Lots of smoke alarms now have 10 year batteries.
Now mandated in California.
No more waking up in the middle of the night and crawling up a ladder to find out which of your smoke alarms decided it was too cold and decided to sing its low battery chirp.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#27double the battery & double the size would be the sweet spot for me.
this is a bit big and heavy.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#28Cool idea for a product but you either have to be a serious airhead or just lazy to miss or ignore all the low battery notifications. Also, that case should have a spot to store the back plate. > Just discard the AirTag's back plate
But when you have 4 -- and I bet people have more -- it does get a bit boring having to switch them out. It's no longer an annual event, it's now quarterly.
I mean, first-world problem. But if it could be less frequent, of course I'd take it.
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#29Not a bad price, but it does require an existing Airtag. Ten years is a very long time in tech. I wouldn't be confident that the Airtag protocol will be functioning in 2035, and there are already rumors of a new Airtag and possibly a newer protocol coming up.
If Apple kills existing Airtags any time soon they effectively kill the product line. So they won’t.
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#30Brilliant, I just ordered a couple. But I bet that case muffles the sound when the AirTag decides to sing you the song of its people. This might be a boon to AirTag stalkers who are too lazy or unskilled to disable the sound and upgrade the battery life.
> This might be a boon to AirTag stalkers who are too lazy or unskilled to disable the sound and upgrade the battery life. What a nonsensical fear to have.
Why is that nonsensical? Airtags are very nice little bits of technology, a marvel really. But examples of abuse are not theoretical. Increasing the battery life by years and placing the airtag in a waterproof case are totally valid things a legitimate user might wish to do, but it also enhances their nefarious or unethical use potential. That is not nonsense.