Milwaukee is soon coming out with the Tick, a small Bluetooth tool and equipment tracker. The Tick is a small tag that can be easily attached to your tools, allowing you to track any brand of tool through their One-Key app.
The Tick is engineered to withstand jobsite conditions, both indoors and outside. It has an operating temperature range of -20°F to 140°F, and is rated to IP67 standards, making it water-tight and dust-tight.
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The case is made from UV-rated plastic, to help prevent embrittlement from extended exposure to sunlight.
It was designed to endure high vibrations and impacts, with the instructions mentioning an IK08 impact protection rating.
The low profile shell is designed to be unobtrusive or easily hidden. You can attach the Tick to your equipment in several ways, including #8 pan head screws, 5/32″ diameter rivets, cable ties, glue, adhesive tape, or a keyring.
Dimensions: 2.13″ long x 1.88″ wide x 0.49″ tall.
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It looks like you can twist off the front cover to access the battery compartment. The mounting holes are recessed into the back, so you can change batteries without removing the Tick. Or, if you don’t want somebody tampering with the device, it looks like you could use a larger screw head to hinder cover removal.
The Tick is powered by a single CR2032 lithium coin battery, which Milwaukee says should provide 1 year of runtime.
The device has a signal range of up to 100ft. You can receive low battery reminders and missing tool notifications through the One-Key app. Here’s how the tracking works according to Milwaukee:
Tool records and locations are updated when any device with the ONE-KEY™ app comes within 100 feet of the TICK™. These location updates are transmitted through any ONE-KEY™ app that’s in-range, regardless of whether the app is open or not, allowing users to pinpoint missing tools more quickly.
The Tick will be available starting in February 2017. A single Tick tool tracker will list for $29, and there will be quantity discounts:
- 1-Pack (48-21-2000) for $29
- 4-Pack (48-21-2004) for $99
- 10-Pack (48-21-2010) for $219
- 50-Pack (48-10-2050) for $999
So if you buy a 50 pack, the cost comes down to $20 per Tick.
Price: $29
More Info (via Milwaukee)
First Thoughts
Milwaukee was really hammering on the security functions of One-Key at NPS16. It’s no surprise that they are expanding the One-Key system to dedicated tool trackers.
At NPS16 they retold the story several times of a contractor that had his van stolen. He had a One-Key tool inside the van and they were able to track the tool and recover the van and $20,000 of tools. Now you can add the same tracking functionality to all of your tools and equipment for $30 each.
With a low cost to entry you can effectively have an inventory control system. By picking up your phone you can figure out if a tool has been returned to the shop, if it’s still with an employee, or left on the jobsite.
I think this is a really cool product, but I’m a little worried about battery life though. Going around and changing the batteries in all your tags every year seems like a hassle. Then again, the app can tell you if the batteries are running low before you need to change them.
Stuart’s Note: While the cost per unit is higher than that of the Bosch TrackTag, a Bluetooth tracking device that was announced and released overseas but not here, there is no subscription fee to use One-Key. If or when the Bosch TrackTag comes to the USA, a comparison would definitely be interesting.
Pete
I am 10000% interested in this. I own a rental company and on high value items we place a GPS tracker in the unit BUT it requires a yearly service.
The only thing im not sure about is that it has to have a phone with one key installed on it be within the 100′ range. How many people have one key installed on their phone? Probably no criminals!
Id be interested to see a demo video.
Benjamen
When I asked how the tracking works on TOOLS at NPS16, they told me that when the One-Key App loses signal from the device, it records the time and location. So when you look at the app, it’ll give you a pinpoint on a map where it last saw the device.
When they talked about other peoples One-Key apps locating your TOOLS for you, it was only in the context of if it was marked missing, somebody else’s phone would send a message to the network if it noticed the signal. I could have misunderstood or the Tick operates differently, as it seems for this device everybody running One-Key tracks all the nearby tags all the time.
As we know more we’ll keep everybody informed.
Rock Hound
I wonder if Police having the 1 Key App on their phone and getting a missing ping will give sufficient evidence for a warrant? Could police just install apps like these and walk by known/suspected thieves homes on a regular basis?
firefly
So how would you feel if someone throw a tool inside your premise and next thing you know somebody break through your door because you are now a suspect?
Nick
I would feel fine because I am helping out the other 95% of people where their tools were burglarized and not some 5% scenario where I was framed.
Doresoom
Third party One-Key users will not get a ping for anyone else’s missing tools. Just the person who owns the tool gets a ping. The One-Key user whose phone made the connection will never be the wiser if the owner has marked their tool invisible to others.
Cr8ondt
I was reading about these the other day and think it’s a fantastic idea, my concern is how easy they are to remove. A typical non tool buff theif might not notice but a shady guy on the job site could easily disable them.
Dan
I’m confused about how to use this. I don’t use tools professionally so I am likely not the target market, but I imagine I’d want this on a variety of tools so that while I’m out-of-sight of them I can still sort of know where they are. Perhaps working in a customer’s house while the truck is parked outside, where some high-value tools have a Tick mounted. But doesn’t the 100 ft range kill that? How often do you park and then stay within that range? And, that 100 ft range is surely under ideal conditions, so being in the house with several walls and perhaps concrete separating you from the Tick, range would be severely compromised. So if that means I’m out of range already, somebody can steal the truck and I wouldn’t know until I came out. And then, of course, the thief and truck are no doubt farther away than the 100 ft range so it still doesn’t help. It’s a neat idea, but I’m confused.
Benjamen
See the comment I made to Pete above.
You have to be withing 100′ to talk to the tag, but the app will remember the last place it saw the tag. But it’s not just the app on your phone. One-Key running on anybody else’s phone will also track the tag.
So say somebody steals your truck and hides it in a garage 10 miles away. A contractor with One-Key on his phone drives by the garage. The App will discover the tag , notify the network, and update the location on your phone.
Hector gomez
I am pretty disapointed with this tick. I thought this was a gps real time tracking. My tools where recently stolen and bought thisbthinking i could keep track of them. Turns out this only works if the thief has the balls to stay vlose by, has the app and is using yoyr stolen tool. Worthless for traking them in long distance. Will be returning mine for refund.
Habitat Health
Find any better gps type? Taking my 9pakaged still back…
Maybe if every police officer had it installed it may be more effective I don’t know the numbers on Milwaukee members in Australia either….
BigDan
Can I put this on my dog so I can know when he sneaks into the kitchen to counter surf?
Just being able to find the drill you left on a large site where it ended up under a pile of debris, etc. makes this worth it. Keep innovating milwaukee!
Jeff
I want one to put on my son for when we go shopping. Seriously. “water-tight and dust-tight… designed to endure high vibrations and impacts” This thing was made with him in mind.
Blythe M
Seems like it boils down too how many people have the one key app, more people makes the security more appealing. Very few people on my job sites have m18 fuel stuff, let alone one key. If they could incentivize people to download the app, even if they aren’t one key users, it would dramatically expand their security “network”.
For example, they run a campaign that lets anyone that downloads a general Milwaukee app get access to a monthly giveaway, new releases news, yada yada. This general app also has a one key subsection, and makes all these phones listen for tools and ticks
Paul Hoofard
Great idea man I just got all my personal tools stolen from hotel and I just bought a few ticks but the 100ft thing is misleading but yes if millions of people had the app it would sell much better GREAT IDEA I HOPE MILWAUKEE READS THIS
Man_With_Plan
I found another milwaukee item hitting the market, looks like milwaukee has a compact tape measure with fractions, it seems their eyeing smaller as better?
RC WARD
Sounds like someone working for Milwaukee trying to make this “one key ” thing viable and sell more units. It’s a tough sell for the average Joe to say the least.
Koko the Talking Ape
The system requires that many people run the tracking app. If the app doesn’t become widely distributed so valuables can be tracked reliable, the system falls apart.
So I think the protocols and standards used by the apps should be open and universal. That way every app, regardless of brand, could track and report all tags, regardless of brand. Everybody would win, because everybody would have a bigger tracking network.
And who knows, maybe that is true now. Will the Bosch app pick up Milwaukee tags, or vice versa?
John
No one has yet commented about the size (roughly 2×2″) of the thing. No big deal attaching it to a ladder (as pictured). How do you attach this to the average sized cordless drill/saw/flashlight etc?
Doresoom
You don’t. At $20-30 per Tick, it’s just not worth tracking smaller, low dollar items.
They’re probably best used for tracking work vans or trucks, and high-dollar large tools like generators, miter saws, etc.
Rico
I cant see this being useful 100 feet isnt that far of a distance especially when your working on buildings over 3 football fields long I use extension cord that go further then the distance this thing goes
K2
Will this also help you locate the tool? Can you get it to beep from the phone?
Doresoom
No, it doesn’t put out any audible beeps. The Tile tracker does that, but not the Tick. The Tile isn’t IP67 rated though.
Jimmie
There are dozens of companies offering Bluetooth proximity/tracking beacons: XY, Tile, TrackR… Since using beacons to track stolen assets relies on crowd-sourcing (lots of users with the tracking app installed on their phones) and since there are a number of competing beacon protocols, someone looking to track and recover stolen assets would probably be best served by choosing a beacon that has the largest user base. The details on Milwaukee’s implementation are scant so it’s not clear whether they’ve paired with a heavyweight like iBeacon or if they’ve decided to roll their own.
Doresoom
It sounds like they’re just relying on One-Key app users to me. They’ll need to give non One-Key users an incentive to download.
Keep in mind that the other companies like Tile had to start from scratch on their user base too. At least Milwaukee already has a (small?) user base to start out with. It might help them to advertise a rough number of users to get others on board, but then again that might give other tool manufacturers insight into their sales numbers.
firefly
I work in the sw field. Crowd sourcing GPS is nothing new. Overall I think it’s a lame idea, unless it’s universal and back by google or apple. Until the protocol and support for it are baked into the OS. It rely on the app popularity which also rely on the user allowing the app to track them, using their data using for free. In short if they want me to be part of a crowd sourcing GPS. They better pay for me for it, not the other way around! So I think it’s a lame idea overall.
I like the idea of the One Key as an enhancement app… not this.
Don
Could a “bad actor” use the app to locate free tools? If so, this aspect would make me less than enthusiastic.
BonPacific
Not that hard to locate tools anyways. Walk down the street and spot the handyman’s van, or a construction site. This doesn’t add any more risk.
Benjamen
Again my understanding for the tools (the Tick seems to work slightly differently than what I remember) is that only the owner of the tool can actually see the tools. If the tool has been paired with a person’s phone, it won’t show up in the list of tools on any other device unless the owner assigns the tool or deletes it from inventory. (So you can sell a tool).
I would expect the Tick to work the same way. Only the owner can see the tag.
I got it out of one of the design team that the app encrypts traffic between it and the server. (I couldn’t get the details out of him though). All the app is going to see is the id number of the tag and it’ll send the location and tag id to the server and then to your phone.
Lack
If it does pick up the signal from the stolen tool then it doesn’t limit to the owner only.
Even encrypted, I wouldn’t be surprised if you could sniff out at least the trigger alert somehow, but also there are way more lower hanging fruits then this.
goodnightjohnboy
I’m ________ dumbfounded by the continued production of such useless ________ like this. This question goes out to ALL tool owners who buys tools with these so called “smart” gimmicks from any tool manufacturer. Does any of the “smart” technology they incorporate in your tools make your tools more powerful? Does it make the charge in your batteries drain significantly slower than a normal cordless tool? That’s all that counts in any power tool. More power and longer life. But the last time I checked, all that “smart” ________ doesn’t do either of these things. Yet you still buy into the gimmicks & pay for it. Why? To each their own. But this takes the cake. A tracking device for power tools & ladders? I can’t recall myself ever forgetting my own ladders or power tools or trying to remember where I last used one at on a job site. Or who I loaned one to & let em run off with it. It sucks unloading & loading my tools everyday, but I do it. If you care about what you own, you’ll always keep up with it. There’s no need for BS like this.
fred
Born in the ‘40’s, now retired and living on my investments, I am certainly not the target audience for this technology. Even when I was buying six figures worth of tools per year for businesses – the usefulness of tool tracking may have eluded me – because we worked mostly on small jobs usually with only one or two of our crews on any one jobsite. Once in a while – when we were installing in hi-rise or big development situations – tools got laid down and “evaporated into thin air” – sadly needing to be written off as a cost of doing business. Even in these cases I’m not sure how efficacious a tracking device would have been.
All this being said, I think that I can be more open-minded about this idea and take a wait and see attitude about how it may catch-on (or not) and what folks think of it if in actual practice. Our youngest workers who seem (to me anyway) obsessed with digital technology, blue-tooth connectivity and seemingly constant use of their smart phones – may embrace this technology and find value in it. And, while it may not be “the thing” for small companies or individual users – folks like Utilities, that have tens or even hundreds of thousands of employees and hundreds of crews in the field at a time, may find that tracking their tools becomes an integral part of their loss prevention program.
Stuart
Just because you don’t see usefulness in a new product, it doesn’t mean they’re useless.
Please keep the language PG. Your input is always welcome and appreciated, but the language can distract and even take away from your points.
I don’t know if this is something that would be embraced by utilities or other large entities. Milwaukee designed the One-Key platform to scale to suit users of all types, but big budget entities might seek a custom solution, or perhaps a more customizable or flexible one.
One-Key users – some but I’m sure not all – have taken advantage of the tools’ tracking abilities. These Tick modules might have been planned from the start, or maybe they were inspired by One-Key user feedback and response.
That all said, there are many trendy and fad-fueled tools and technologies hitting the market. Whether the Tick is useful or not depends on users, and it’ll take some time before things becomes apparent.
The yeti
He’s pretty well bang on tho . It’s a solution out looking for a problem . Nothing but a gimmick
firefly
I can see the usefulness of Bluetooth tracker for local inventory at the end of the day if I have a large number of employees working for me. Smart device can also report the tool health, number of use cycle along with other useful metric.
I like device with smart enhancement such as the One Key that allow use to tweak the profile to their need via an app. My number one requirement is that the tool should work even if the “smart feature” break down. Any smart tool that require the app to work is a lame idea. That’s why I like the One Key “smart” implementation especially the part where the user profile can be selected right on the tool without the need for the app.
I am not entirely oppose to this Tick thing as fairly cheap way to inventory some of your other equipment at the end of the day along with other One Key tool. I think that is a neat feature. I am oppose to the marketing for the crowd sourcing GPS feature as one of the primary feature to track your stolen tool. There are too many variable for it not to work. App popularity is one of them. So while it might work. And if your One Key tool is stolen, this might have a very small chance to help you to recover it. Framing the story like it’s a sure thing while it’s not is a no no in my book.
The yeti
Firefly
U nailed it on the last paragraph. If it can’t help me find a tool easily . From miles away never mind a few feet . It is not worth buying . Please someone tell me . How hanging this piece of plastic off my level or drill or flashlight is gonna help me .
Stercorarius
I personally had about $12,000 in tools stolen over a month ago. There was a one key impact wrench in the cluster. I reported it as stolen in the app so any phone with One Key would ping it. It has yet to be located. Hopefully this increases the number of people with the app because currently this technology is a bad joke. I want my tools back. On another forum a guy tested the tracking with his brother and his impact. They could not get it to ping without both people having the apps open with GPS and Bluetooth enabled and on a wifi network. I hope that isn’t a universal requirement.
The yeti
Looks like a good solution to a problem that doesn’t exist . If it tracked the tool for more than 100 ft sure . But come on 30 meters on a job site is nothing . If it’s only good for that far . It won’t even cover most job sites . Never mind if someone does actually just steal your tools .
Chris
Will someone please link to a photo of this device atttached to a tpucal drill or saw? I just don’t get how that would work — HOW it would be attached, WHERE (on the tool) it would be attached, how it would not get in the way… Sure, it can fit on a ladder, but a ladder is one of the hardest tools/equipment to misplace/forget to collect/not notice as you’re cleaning up/have stolen easily. Photos please!
Stuart
Working on it! More photos will come when Milwaukee releases some usage examples, or we receive test samples.
fred
I read a piece in a newspaper some years ago about this thief that they caught who was selling ladders out of his garage. I think he worked for one of the phone/cable companies or utilities – and was stealing them to sell. They apparently all had the real owner’s company logo on them – but apparently that did not deter him or his buyers.
Brad
So basically it’s a Tile tag that costs more and with a different methods of attaching it to the item?
I’m sure it’ll be useful for some, but this crack at bringing the “internet of things” to the world of tools seems unlikely to have much staying power. External aftermarket tags can be removed easily enough, so achieving the functional awareness on the market would be a double-edged sword. If anything, it seems more likely to end up as an integrated feature in pro line tools.
Doresoom
Basically a Tile tag, but it’s IP67 rated, and you can swap out the battery. So unlike Tile, you don’t have to keep buying them every year.
Goodnightjohnboy
Mr. Stuart I apologize about the profanity. I got a little carried away with my post. But I meant what I said. Now I ain’t saying that technology can’t work with power tools, but make it something useful. But the wireless crap & apps is a joke. There is absolutely no practical use for it. Here’s a question that toolguyd should ask these folks. Why can’t they just put GPS in tools? I’m talking about all manufacturers. Just like the one in your phone. No special apps specific to brands. No need to call it a feature. Make it standard on all power tools. Just one universal app or website for all brands. Wtfaremytools.com. Register your make & model & you can track it anywhere, just like your phone. No profiles. It would certainly be practical. It would put an end to useless gimmicks like one-key. It would serve a purpose for something people wouldn’t mind paying for when buying tools. If they can put it in your phone, believe me they can put it in power tools. Its been needed for a long time. Not some useless tracking device that can be smashed or removed & certainly not a Bluetooth bullsh_t wireless app. That would make a serious impact on thievery of tools. I know If I found some sorry POS SOB who took $12k of my tools, they’d never be seen again. If you find the sob, cut his hands off before you call the law. Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.
jtkendall
Tools don’t have a built in battery that is recharged like phones so there is a chance that a tool with GPS won’t be tracked with a dead battery or no battery attached. A corded tool would have no way to power GPS. Bluetooth takes very little power to run for an extended period of time, GPS takes considerably more power and money to implement. Would you sacrifice run time of your tool to power a GPS chip? Would you pay a monthly fee or a higher cost for a GPS enabled tool?
Your phone can be tracked because you are paying for a monthly data service and the GPS chip is using some of that data to constantly update it’s location. Your phone is also less likely to sit dead for days and if your phone supports battery removal you aren’t going to take the battery out to put in a different phone like you do with tools.
The yeti
They could run a tiny cell battery just like they have in this worthless tick device. It could be rechargeable. And draw a charge from the charger . Have say a 10 day stand by . That it can ping or be pinged
fred
There is much to be said about standardization and uniformity on both sides of the coin. Having every power tool equipped with a standardized tracking device that conforms to a national standard, should lower the cost per unit of application. Critics would argue that this smacks of “restraint of trade” and would stifle innovation and competition among tool makers. Others might attribute Machiavellian motives to a standard that required all power tools (or even some costing more than a certain threshold) to have a tracking system. Some tool buyers would resent the stifling of personal choice, rail against increased cost and worry about Big Brother watching. I recall the arguments about not wanting the government to mandate seat belts in cars – and driver safety was certainly a more compelling raison d’etre than tool theft. I’m guessing a government mandate for this would be a hard sell. I also don’t quite see the big tool manufacturers coming together (some would say in to help avoid future litigation) on this like they did with table saw blade-guards, riving knives and anti-kickback pawls. For pity’s sake they show no inclination to do anything about standardizing battery interfaces and charging – something that would IMO be of much greater benefit to most tool users than a tracking device.
The yeti
A thief would disable it. The benefit is to a large employer on a big site. As u say Fred. Stuff just goes for a walk on big jobs
firefly
Standardization are bad idea in general. Unless the technology is mature and the benefit far out weight the costs.
Take some of the comments about this device for example. One comment mentioned that $30 is outrageous. $30 is actually not a bad price point for this type of device though I would argue that they are using the wrong pricing model. Personally I think selling the device for cheap with a subscribe model would work out better. In this case they will make a lot of money at first but they will be losing money in the long run in the case this become popular. Because somewhere Milwaukee would need to maintain a server to keep a list of device and their associated app. They also need to maintain a list of stolen device somewhere. Imagine maintaining a server that can sustain million of hits (assuming that this work out well and become popular) will definitely cost some money. Milwaukee can take the hit for the long term hit because this become a way to advertise for them. But only if they have a way to keep you inside the eco system. Imagine battery are also standardize, that would be one less way for them to keep you inside the eco system. There are other pros and cons to the battery standardization but you can see where I am going with this.
Crowd sourcing GPS are still the cheapest way to do it even though it doesn’t work that well. If not we need to step up to a device with a GPS and a sim card. This will cost more money per device. Plus somebody still need to pay for the cost of the data plan. That’s why most of the newer car will have some sort of device build in that can be turn on once you subscribe (GM OnStar, Toyota Safety Connect…) Those make sense in a car because they cost a lot more money… So it’s a lot likely that they will get subscriber to offset the cost for the hardware that they installed upfront. People whine about this $30 device. How likely are we going to get user to pay $20 to $30 annually to track their tool? If somebody is stealing 12K worth of tool. I would imagine they are taking the whole cabinet… In that case it probably be worthwhile to install tracking device on either the container somewhere or one or two of the tool. Other problem with standardize tracking device are they are a lot easier to disable. Once one person figure it out. They can all do it.
That’s why standardization are generally bad idea…
Doresoom
You’re forgetting that you pay for a data plan on your phone. A GPS tracker would be useless without a means to ping a server and report its location. So you’d have to pay a monthly service fee if they were all using GPS trackers. I looked up several on Amazon, and they seem to top out around $25/month!
Joe
Total different question……Dewalts new 9ah is out,I have it…on the top of the battery there are 2 holes with a “screen” inside what is that for ?
Oleg Kuperman
$30 each on a Bluetooth-only unit without GPS functionality?! Is this a joke of some kind or does Milwaukee really believe that anyone and I mean ANYONE with a brain and/or some elementary technological knowledge will actually consider spending $30 on a gadget with such limited functionality/security, with unreliable internals that cost less than $2 to acquire and build?! If Milwaukee, let’s say, sold this thing for $10, even then, being aware of the current prices the industry charges for a Bluetooth chipset and other parts that are required to build a gadget like that I’d still argue it was drastically overpriced… At $30 they’re just kidding, I’m sure it’s going to end up being liquidated in Home Depot stores with a yellow tag a year from now, considering just how easy it is to remove, damage or misplace it, besides, Bluetooth tech has a very low range and benefits.
As I said before – a GPS/aGPS receiver with a beefier battery would have made it truly useful and, maybe, worth $30, but as of right now it’s just an expensive joke, for any real professional anyway. A Barcode tag and a basic scanner app will do the same or, possibly, even a better job for inventory purposes, as far as tracking goes – once your tool is gone with someone not employed by you, very likely, it’s gone for good, why also give the thieves a $30 gadget together with the tool that you’ll most likely never get back anyway?..
There is no denial that Milwaukee had produced some truly amazing products over the years and their innovative, technologically superior approach to power tools is something I wish other companies had picked up as well but this thing isn’t one of those amazing things, to me it’s not only a flop but also a sign of stupidity and greed, something I never thought I’d see from a company as great as I tgought Milwaukee was.
Goodnightjohnboy
There’s more than one type of GPS, I was using the phone as an example. I’m talking about something that has its own power source like a super efficient watch battery. Not some gimmick that will only work if your tools battery is charged. It doesn’t necessarily have to be GPS, it could be a beacon or transmitter of some sort. Something that wouldn’t effect tool power. BTW if your phone gets stolen & you terminate the service, you can still find your phone. It wouldn’t be expensive at all because they buy materials by the ton. It might cost them 40 to 60¢ per tracker & battery. Have you seen the prices they ask for their tools. They can afford it. Its bad enough that we’re getting ripped off to begin with. There are very few cordless tools that are priced remotely close to their value. Corded tools aren’t near as bad because they can’t add the gimmicks to corded tools. No price gouging on useless tech on tools with cords. And there’s no way possible you can feel good about buying a battery. They want twice as much. Like I said, they can absolutely afford it without gouging the price no more than $2-5. But the in charge don’t care about their consumers like they used to, so garbage like this will unfortunately still be sold.
Goodnightjohnboy
All they care about is how much they can mass produce with the cheapest materials for the cheapest labor & for the largest markup and how much more $ they can stuff in their pockets.
Goodnightjohnboy
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with capitalism, but don’t ________ your own who made you into what you are just to make money for the sake of greed.
Tony
I would humbly submit that posts like this should be deleted. Perhaps a “terms of service” should be posted to clarify the expectations for those who have not been able to take a hint (i.e. making a reference to Stuart’s past editing of this individual’s posts).
Matt
Agree
Adam g
Same, and ban those who violate.
Stuart
Please keep your comments respectful. If a word can’t be used in a children’s TV show, it shouldn’t be used in a comment.
As I just mentioned the other day, your choice of language detracts from any point you’re trying to make.
Your comments will enter moderation so that I can be sure the language is appropriate before they can be published.
And about your argument, nobody is forcing users to buy products they don’t want or need. Bosch has a similar product they can bring to the US for competition. If nobody buys either product, there’s no money earned.
Nathan
this is more of a where did I leave my ______ tool not so much a who took my _______ tool.
I mean limited use it could help a bit with a who has or who used the ________ last. Sure but I see it more for which site did I leave my ___________.
still useful but I’d like to see someone else come out with one too. Looks like they have the durability aspect covered well.
Stuart
The blanks were my doing, replacing colorful language. Please, let’s just move past this.
firefly
Stuart, I appreciate you doing your part to keep the conversations civilized without being draconian.
Nathan
No I did that such as fill in the blank. Not for any commentary. as opposed to typing something like. drill/ladder/saw etc.
just fill in the _______.
sorry I probably missed a post somewhere.
Adam
I guess the app was updated today. It added the ability to remotely shut-down your tool. It also added a trigger lock mode, to prevent unwanted use when you don’t want to report it missing (ie. kids)
Mark
We have recently Demoed this device and while I love the concept. It fails to delivery consistently, which is what you want out of a security system. It does fine when adding the Tick and setting up the inventory item. I love that you can add an actual picture of the item into the inventory instead of a stock photo. It does track the tool occasionally, but the biggest issue I have had is that it does not send alerts as it has been advertised. I have to manually go into each item in order to see its last known location. We have tested this several times with it tracking on other peoples phones as well. I sent it home with my boss to see if it would go with him, as he also has the One-Key App. Even with him having the app on, it did not show that the tool ever left the shop. I love the idea of this product and that it is supposed to work off a spider web style network, but so far it isn’t living up to its promises.
Sheaky
This isn’t a theft deterrent. I don’t know if that’s how it’s being marketed, but it just won’t work that way. The area the app says it’s in is often wrong. I’m not talking about rooms in houses, I’m talking about addresses. I use them. This is how I use them. Because our business often leaves fans, ladders and other tools like this on job sites for extended periods, it helps the people who were assigned those things remember where they were and pick them up later. We often leave driers on jobs for weeks at a time. It’s really more of a memory jog. Even if the address isn’t right, it’s close enough for the guys to remember where they put something. I’ve lost far more tools to bad memory than I have to theft. So, if you think of it like that, it may be worth protecting your 200 dollar ladder from your own guys, but not the guy with a bad motive. If it walks away, it’s gone. If it was left behind, you get it back.