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A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by gorgoiler »

whycome wrote: post #148
Osyris wrote: post #94

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I've been wanting exactly this for so long. I want to bury an AirTag in my luggage, backpack, etc. and never think about it again. In those scenarios, it doesn't _need_ to be tiny. I'd rather trade compactness for longevity. However, an AirTag attached to my keys _should_ be small and it's easily accessible so I don't mind swapping the battery as needed.

I fully expect Apple to release the airTag in different form factors. They can then also sell a whole bunch of new accessories. A 'pen' form factor with replaceable AAAA battery might be perfect for myself.

Another useful form factor would be the battery itself. Replace one of your AAAs with an AAAirTag, albeit at the expense of some mAh.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by calf »

newZWhoDis wrote: post #365
mattmaroon wrote: post #277

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You'd think so, but America is the most armed country in the world and most of us have had something stolen. I think the overall sentiment is "I'm like 99% going to get away with this and pawn it for money" and they're right.

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I've had multiple belongings stolen while a grad student on an Ivy League campus, presumably that is not a shit hole but one of the wealthiest areas of America.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by ascorbic »

esaym wrote: post #167

> we recommend Energizer Ultimate Lithium The advantage of "lithium" is high rate discharge, not longevity right?

Those are the same batteries that come with Nest smoke alarms, which say they last 10 years. Energizer says they'll last 20 years in storage. https://energizer.com/batteries/energizer-ultimate-lithium-b...

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by ascorbic »

esaym wrote: post #220
cr3ative wrote: post #184

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I think in this case it’s shelf life. Very little discharge for a very long time.

Doing some math, looks like a CR2032 is roughly 200mah while AA is 2000mah. So if CR2032 lasts one year, then the AA will be 10 years, two AA would be 20 years. I guess in that case lithium would be the way to go. I just know for your typical wall clock that takes a single AA, whether it is lithium or alkaline, both won't make it much further than a year.

These have 3500mAh capacity: https://data.energizer.com/pdfs/l91.pdf

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by sandblast »

itsanaccount wrote: post #355
jki275 wrote: post #341

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Oh come on, that's not even hyperbole, it's straight out flame bait, and it's absolutely false.

its not bait. for my demographics the number 1 way I die by stranger is cops. not random gangbanger, not bar fight, not mistaken identity. never ever call the police, avoid them whenever possible. the probability of death by stranger is low compared to most other causes but cops managed to beat out the competition and it just ain't worth it.

Do you have any sources to back up this claim? Genuinely curious.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by nox101 »

valleyer wrote: post #367
nox101 wrote: post #331

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Given the average lifespan is ~80yrs then the average chance you've had something stolen over over say 40 years is much higher than 2%. It's 2% per year so ~45% for 30yrs and 55% for 40yrs?

You're assuming independence, almost certainly incorrectly.

meaning?

My point isn't that those number are exact. My point is 2% chance per year expands to a larger number over many years. So saying "most people have experienced theft" many not be that far off. 2% is 1 in 50 but 55% is more than 1 in 2. My personal experience is would be 10 or 11 in 55yrs depending on whether an attempt counts

bike, bike, bike, car radio, car radio, car radio, car, car radio, bike, camera/dashcam/kindle, attempt (broke window to check for loot but didn't find anything). Still cost $$$ to replace window so you could say my window was stolen.

Also I didn't just multiply by the number of years. The probably for 100yrs is 86% (not 100% and not 200%).

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by bagels »

jmull wrote: post #81

I know this is useful (for something), but I'm stuck on the plot holes in the motivating story... Why didn't they replace the battery when the app complained? How long would a thief really keep the AirTag anyway? If the thief did keep the AirTag and you tracked them down, then what? A confrontation has a fairly high chance to have a worse result than losing some equipment. You could try to get the police to do it, bu…

I have an AirTag, and no iphone. I used my wife's tablet to set it up. I don't think I will get timely battery alerts from it because I'm not bought in to the apple ecosystem fully.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by bagels »

wahnfrieden wrote: post #288
srockets wrote: post #287

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The police won’t help you. It’s not their job.

They will at best waste your time, and at worst they will cause you and your family harm for involving them. In Toronto even a stolen car is not enough to get their attention if you are not a high-profile business owner.

At best they will help you with stolen property, but that is rare.

Re: A 10-Year Battery for AirTag

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Post by bagels »

happyopossum wrote: post #325
joshuahaglund wrote: post #317

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IDK where you live but where I am, unless it's an actively life threatening emergency, the Police will say they're busy. I watched a drunk driver try to drive away after smashing into a parked car, ripping a wheel off the parked car. The drunk driver kept trying to start his car to get away. People called the police but they said they're busy. Fortunately his car was totaled and wouldn't start either. Over an hour la…

Sounds like you live in a crappy big city like SF, Oakland, Santa Clara, etc. For the vast majority of people who live in reasonable cities, calling the police for something like that will get a timely response.

Please tell us the magical place you live in that has friendly, helpful police with time to investigate every crime.
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