Tractive XL Smart Dog GPS Tracker | Live Pet Tracker with Virtual Fence | Vital Signs Monitoring of Heart & Respiratory Rate | Up to 1-Month Battery Life | Dog Collar Attachment (Adventure Edition)

Update: Now in my 3rd week with the product and battery life is at 48% on one tracker and 55% on the other tracker with just the initial charge. My dog Tank has "ESCAPED" 3 times since then and I've been able to recover him within 10 minutes each time, except for once when it took me 30 minutes to find him because he kept moving and I kept driving past him, but I had him tracked the whole time. It can be kind of difficult to track them when they are on the move, but I use the tracker of the first dog who is with me, to guide me to the second dog on the run. Works pretty good. Thus far I'm pleased as punch with this product. I used to have to wait for him to come back, have a neighbor bring him back, or get him at the dog pound. So, the peace of mind alone is worth the price! Short Story: My units arrived on one day, my dog Tank ran away the next day, and the notification alarmed me the he was out of the safety zone within minutes, I brought up the search grid and found him two neighborhoods over and recovered his bad ass within 10 minutes of his great escape! Bravo Zulu tractive it proved its value within 24 hours of its purchase! Long Story: Both of my dogs showed up on my door step, Brutus (Belgian Malinois) 5 years ago and Tank (American Pitt Bull) 5 months ago, and in both cases I tried to find the owners but never could. So, my dogs are wanderers, runaways and accomplished escape artists from day one. They will get out on the lamb at any time because escaping is in their nature. Twice Brutus has disappeared over night in the forest behind the high school which is full of hungry coyotes where I sat in my car all night worried and crying with no idea of where he could possibly be, only to have him show up in the morning 9 hours later, tail wagging like he had done nothing wrong. Tank has run away now four times in the past month and a few days ago and I had to go on Ring.com to find him in a cage in the neighbor's house. Somehow he had miraculously lost his name tag so the neighbors had no idea who he belonged to and were planning to KEEP HIM had I not found him on Ring.com. A few months ago he was gone for two weeks only to show up at the dog pound with whooping cough sick "as a dog!" After the Ring.com incident I decided I had to do something so I bought the tractive dog collars for both of them on Black Friday to make use of the sale. I couldn't afford the premium service for both dogs plus the collars because that would have cost $406.00 that I didn't have at the time. I was concerned that the basic service wouldn't be adequate but when I thought about it I didn't really need world wide coverage, free replacement, dog tracking history, and the other bells and whistles. What I needed was to find these bad ass dogs when they pulled their disappearing acts, fast, efficiently, and precisely. They are way too big and intimidating to be running around on the loose and the coyote problem around here put them in constant danger the entire time they are out there. So, I chose the monthly option on the basic plan. I would suggest the company offer a monthly subscription on the premium plans as well, if they had, I would have definitely bought the premium plan. As I said above these trackers proved their value within the first 24 hours of my purchase as I successfully found tank so quickly that I was totally impressed. The virtual fence let me know when tank fled and it allowed me to track him in real time. It doesn't get any better than that. I've heard a lot about problems with battery life and that will be a problem if you are away from the safety zone (Home) that you setup with the virtual fence. If you are at "Home" the units go into a power saving mode that is incredibly efficient. Since my dogs spend the majority of their time in that zone I've had my units on and running for the past 6 days and they are both still at 80% battery life. I estimate the battery could last a couple of weeks in the power saving mode based on what I see now. I will continue to monitor but thus far I am very pleased with the battery life which is considerably better than my cell phone and smart watch that have to be charged daily. I can also say, if you are traveling with the dogs you could always turn the device off until you get out of the car with the dogs, this will extend the life. Cons: The upfront price is stiff for folks like me, especially if you have to buy two units. I bought mine for $59 each on sale which wasn't so bad, but the subscription price is tough because they want it up front on the premium plans, $144.00 each. The basic subscription is $15. I can absolutely see that I want the premium plan just for the tracking history alone, so I will be getting it when I can. I wish tractive would offer a monthly subscription on the premium plan. For that reason I am deducting one star. I wish the GPS real time tracker would provide directions to get you to where your pet is. Yes, it shows the precise location of your animal but if you don't know where Red Stone street is from your location on Brown Stone street, knowing where your dog is doesn't help you GET TO YOUR DOG. In my case I had a second phone that I was able to ask it to navigate me to the location where Tractive said my dog was. It would be helpful if Tractive could navigate you to drive or walk to where it shows the dog's location to be. Untested: I don't know how this product will work when I'm out in the bush but it does use GPS satellites, cell phone towers, blue tooth and radar mode to track your pet, so I will be testing to see how effective it is in the bush in upcoming winter months. But as far as using it in the city, I'm very pleased thus far. Overall: I like the damned thing. I think I might give it the fifth star back. It gives me peace of mind in knowing that my fur babies are okay and safe! I wish I would have bought this before I lost my beloved Brave Heart (Jack Russell Terrier) who was also a great escape artist. If I would have had this I would not have lost him a year ago. My heart is still broken at the disappearance of his sweet soul from my life. Daddy misses you Brave Heart and I pray you are well.

I retired as a systems engineer for the federal government integrating shipboard navigation and collision avoidance systems after 40 years of service. The Tractive system is easily one of the most excellent examples of a perfectly integrated system I’ve ever used. It seamlessly combines GPS, Cell phone network, lightweight long life battery tech and smart phone capabilities to make a simple to use and intuitive solution. The fact that the system is so affordable is the icing on the cake. We live in a very remote area and have a big white porch dog who keeps the foxes away from our chickens. As she has aged, she wanders off and gets lost ending up sitting on the wrong porch several miles away. It only happens rarely but when it does, it is so nice to know we get an alert and can drive directly to her and give her a ride home. The area we live in is so remote that no other tracking approach works. We use the little base station which keeps the rapid position reporting dormant to extend battery life while she is home so when I charge the tracker each month the battery still has about 40 percent life left (uses about 2% per day). It is just a great system. True excellence. “Find my” app for dogs.

I got the Adventure one, very happy with it, super easy to set up, It has more features than I need, but they let me know that she is getting enough exercise, which is nice. the price was good, did not really care to have to spend upfront for the subscription, would of preferred a monthly option with auto pay. But glad it got it. It has been active for 3 weeks now and the battery life is at 68%, so very impressed. The fences I set up work great, I get notifications when she leaves the area , comes back into the area, and if she is far far away, lol( with my husband) the gps function is spot on! ( Noe) husband says if he is every beeing sneaky he would have to leave the dog at home. LOL

Only one with big battery. Will last 14 days (not 30). App is intuitive. Subscription cost same as others but better carrier service in my area. Is fairly large so need a large dog.(100lb)

Best gps for athletic dogs. I have a 70 lb Pointer/Lab mix. We go to an island in City Park in New Orleans; she goes off leash and hunts rabbits. I don’t have to worry about where she is because the Tractive gps tracker covers a large area. It really alleviates the stress of off leash dog exercise. The connectivity works quickly and accurately. The Tractive unit is a little bulky but my dog gets excited when I put it her collar. I had a Catahoula before this dog and I really could have used a Tractive unit with her. Tractive and it’s app are a bargain.

Bought what should have been the highest quality one and after 14 months it will no longer charges. I spoke to them about their warranty and they offered to replace the unit, but then wanted me to pay shipping and import costs that would be more than the device itself. I will no longer be using this company and would avoid using them.

Es resistente y ha sido confiable en el rastreo. El único contra es que la suscripción es algo elevada.

De racker heeft mij al 2x geholpen wantzeker de tweede keer kon ik de hond in Frankrijk bijna 10 Km van huis terugvinden nadat ze het spoor van een hert was gaan volgen. Verder kan ik haar activiteiten in de gate houden qua activiteit en ruste/slaap en leuke wandelingen bekijken en afstand en tijd van lopen nadien terug zien.

Je recommande. 100% satisfaite, fait parfaitement le job.

Sam lokalizator działa i tutaj nie mam się czego czepiać ale aplikacja to KATASTROFA. Działa jak chce, niby przeprowadza synchronizację ale nie pokazuje pełnych wyników i cały czas krzyczy że muszę więcej używać lokalizatora :) No faktycznie !! Dziennie pies ze mną robi ponad DWIEŚCIE minut treningów a tu takie komunikaty. Kolejna sprawa to SUPPORT który wcale nie pomaga tylko przeprasza i nic więcej. Ode mnie tylko NACIĄGANE TRZY GWIAZDKI !!!