Whistle looks like a viable option to Trackimo, and the new PING, which hasn't started shipping yet. Only 1oz and $7/mo seems pretty competitive, and 7 days isn't bad battery life. However.... they state wifi mode is the least power draw, so I would bet their 7 day battery life estimate is in wifi mode and cellular mode has much less battery life. I hope I'm wrong.
Not so excellent for drones. The tracker cannot be turned off. Once it's charged, it lasts about 12hrs in pure cellular mode when using a 3min update frequency with ATT cellular, about $7/mo. The updating can be between 3 min or 30 min. Using a 30 minute update interval the battery lasts about 5 days. The more often you update the location the less time the battery lasts. The fact you can't turn it off is a bummer, meaning you have to charge every time you fly the night before. It takes about 2hrs to fully charge. 6min location update intervals should last about 24hrs. I guess the good part of this design is you cannot forget to turn it on, but I wish it had an on-off button so it would last for a while longer, so it's not wasting battery when I'm not flying. It will email you when you need to charge the battery, so that's a nice reminder. Weighs about an once, which is good. Here's some info to read about it, and here's some specs.
i have kinda been eyeing this one,Its pricey but i like the idea of Never have to charge it because its Solar, anyone wanna be a guinea pig??? lol LightBug - Find your stuff anywhere - GPS Tag
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