If the battery can work so long, I'd love to use it for my quartz watch!!
A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#292Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you can still thread the needle. The cases are identical except for one situation--if the air tag is difficult to find or remove. If you can't find or remove the air tag, then the option you have left to not be tracked is to separate yourself from the tracked thing. In the case of someone being stalked, that's inconvenient (that doesn't do it justice, but not really important to my point). In the case of some…
TBH your response makes me realize there's possibly a decent use case for bicycles with the right diameter tubing. > You can try a less reputable mechanic, but they're gonna be pissed when the cops come knocking asking about the stolen car sitting over there and you might not be going back there any time soon. So if you can't find and remove the air tag relatively quickly, what options do you have left? Probably make…
There's a bunch of bicycle accessories available specifically for hiding Airtags on bicycles. Under the bottle cage and under the saddle are two popular options.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#293If the battery can work so long, I'd love to use it for my quartz watch!!
It is not a new cell battery, is an enclosure with 2 AA lithium batteries that replaces the standard CR2032.
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#294Earlier quoted context omitted.
Dear god please no. The kind of people who don't notice empty batteries also don't notice the annoying beeps. But I do. Apartment living can be hell when there are neighbours who don't replace their smoke detector batteries. I can't fathom how people can sleep through this loud annoying chirp every thirty seconds. I certainly find it hard and my apartment is far enough away that it's hard to determine where exactly t…
That's easy to fix. Just carry a pocket full of 2032s, and offer to swap out the beeping tags near you. For a small nominal fee, of course. Or just for free for the sake of humanity or just your own sanity.
Haha, sure. Or full vigilante style
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#295Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you think the police will give bad advice, if you call them up and ask what to do?
There are countless examples of police not knowing the law. If you talk to them in person, it should be to get an idea of what they'll do, which may or may not have something to do with what's legal. If you want legal advice, ask a lawyer with experience in the relevant area.
You don't want legal advice. You know where your stolen bike is, so you call the police. I think that's the usual process.
Probably they will verify that the bike is yours, and retrieve it, or they will say that they don't have the resources.
Are people imagining that the police will say that you can go take the bike, but then turn around and arrest you for theft?
Of course, if the police tell you "finders keepers; it's in the Constitution", then you can seek legal advice.
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#296Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe they need an option for people like you called "smoke detector mode" where it starts to annoyingly beep once a minute.
I take ownership of the fact that I didn't change the battery when prompted. I only stated that in my experience it's a single notification vs the other folks saying they get notified multiple times.
Maybe you only get a second notification if you dismiss the first?
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#297Incredibly cool and stupid simple. Just purchased 10 of them!
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#298Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe they need an option for people like you called "smoke detector mode" where it starts to annoyingly beep once a minute.
I take ownership of the fact that I didn't change the battery when prompted. I only stated that in my experience it's a single notification vs the other folks saying they get notified multiple times.
maybe the "like you" was a little more pointed than intended but it was meant more as the royal you.
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#299Are AirTags actually useful for anti-theft purposes? I threw one in the trunk of my car (just in case - I ordered a 4-pack and I had a spare one), and every single time I drive somewhere it chirps loudly when I'm exiting my driveway, making its presence immediately obvious without any delays, and despite my phone being with me in the car.
Yes, actually. It's not a panacea, but it's a foothold. Nearly all my hardside cases have an airtag stuffed in one of the "Surface Mount" kits from ElevationLab. it looks like a pressure valve on the other side, and I might replace them with Security mounts if I'm really worried. Having those was a FANTASTIC way to track my cases as I left them with a (trusted) friend to be shipped along some other Very High Value ge…
Wow, those surface mount kits are pretty cool. I found them here: https://www.elevationlab.com/products/tagvault-surface-secur...
That same company also makes the 10 year AirTag battery. I am surprised that no one has released a 3D model to print. It would be popular with DIYers.
Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag
#300Earlier quoted context omitted.
How do you think the police will give bad advice, if you call them up and ask what to do?
There are countless examples of police not knowing the law. If you talk to them in person, it should be to get an idea of what they'll do, which may or may not have something to do with what's legal. If you want legal advice, ask a lawyer with experience in the relevant area.
They aren't even required to know the law.