I have one on my wallet and it helps my ADHD brain not miss the bus when I misplace my wallet. My AirPods also now have the same thing. And me or my wife can use it on our phones. It helps eliminate a lot of frantic searching.

They’re the shit. I have a hidden one on my bicycle and one on my keychain. 10/10 would buy again. (It’s worth it to spend the few extra dollars on first party trackers with Samsung/Apple btw)

So this video popped up 2 days ago.

An airtag / Samsung-tag comparison in traffic, going through tunnels etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61_L4lO4cUI&t=482

I have tags in my airline bags. I know immediately upon turning on my phone after landing where or not the bags made it to the new location.

I keep one in my bag and it has saved me more than once. After that, I started putting them in and on everything. They are very useful.

I’ve got some tiles on my keys and my earbud case. I’m mostly pretty good with my keys (thy have hook hy the front door), but for the occasional time I’ve need to find them in a rush and they aren’t where they should be the tile has been very helpful. The ear bud one I use multiple times a week, and before I had it I’d regularly waste hours searching through my clothes and bags looking for my headphones (only to find that they fallen off the table and were now in a shoe or something).

So, if you’re prone to misplacing stuff they’re amazing. But if you never lose stuff then I doubt they’ll be very helpful.

I know several owners of cats that have tags. I know at least one with a proper GPS transmitter on the cat collar.

I have an airtag on my car keys and another hidden on my ebike. The latter is shared with immediate family so they can easily locate me if something goes wrong and I’m unable to contact them.

My wife has a dog boarding business, and a good number of the dogs have air tags attached to their collars. Most of the owners geofence around our home/boarding facility so that we don’t get constantly nagged by them. But when we drive one of these dogs somewhere (usually to walk/exercise them on a hiking trail etc) we often get alerts on our iPhones about unrecognized air tags that have been nearby us for a prolonged time. It will include a map showing our track and where/when the air tag was detected each time along the way.

So while I don’t use them personally I’ve seen that they do indeed work quite well. Maybe next time I travel I’ll get one for my luggage.

Honest question: why cross post to two communities on the same instance. Isn’t this just splitting the comments without really inceasing exposure?

Is there any variation of these that doesn’t require a subscription? Even if it means it only works around th house (e.g. on wifi)?

Oh sure.

I can’t say they’ve actually helped me find lost or stolen things but they’ve helped me find my keys around the house. I’ve verified they find my luggage when travelling such as when I leave it at the hotel for a day trip and my laptop bag if I have to leave it on my car.

I recently found an AirTag case that’s entirely flexible and meant to stick to the inside of a duffel bag. So far it sticks to my duffel and laptop bags, and also to my hardsided suitcase under the lining where someone may not notice it

I’ve found them great for tracking luggage when travelling. And useful for finding keys in the house.

I have a Tile on my keys, it’s good for finding my keys. I could live without it