http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/ Feeding Your Gadget and Tech Obsessions Sat, 12 May 2012 14:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/#comment-176538 Joebob Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:33:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=208619#comment-176538 Actually wouldn’t mind having this for me.  Put on my backpack when I am hiking/snowboarding/biking just to track the route/distance I have traveled.  Wonder how “smash-proof” it is.

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/#comment-173574 Thatfrza Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=208619#comment-173574 I recently purchased the Tagg unit but after reading all the legal and safety information I am a bit concerened. There is contradicting information about the RF emissions produced by the unit. One section of the legal disclosures sates that since the FCC does not set RF safety standards for pets Tagg chose to use the standards set for humans. Sounds good, right? But deeper down int he legal info it specifically sates “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of 20 cm (8 inches) must be maintained between the antennas for the Tagg tracking device and all persons.” So, it is not safe to bring the tracker within 8″ of humans? Then why is it safe to attach to my dog’s neck? I have called Tagg twice with questions about this but was both times referred back to the leagel & safety info. I have requested the specific RF SAR values so I can comare it to that of a cell phone, which is what the Tagg representative tell me it is comparable to. I would love to hear info / advice from others about this.  

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/#comment-173575 Thatfrza Fri, 20 Jan 2012 18:46:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=208619#comment-173575 I recently purchased the Tagg unit but after reading all the legal and safety information I am a bit concerened. There is contradicting information about the RF emissions produced by the unit. One section of the legal disclosures sates that since the FCC does not set RF safety standards for pets Tagg chose to use the standards set for humans. Sounds good, right? But deeper down int he legal info it specifically sates “To comply with FCC RF exposure compliance requirements, a separation distance of 20 cm (8 inches) must be maintained between the antennas for the Tagg tracking device and all persons.” So, it is not safe to bring the tracker within 8″ of humans? Then why is it safe to attach to my dog’s neck? I have called Tagg twice with questions about this but was both times referred back to the leagel & safety info. I have requested the specific RF SAR values so I can comare it to that of a cell phone, which is what the Tagg representative tell me it is comparable to. I would love to hear info / advice from others about this.  

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/#comment-171494 Jennifer Sat, 14 Jan 2012 19:30:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=208619#comment-171494 I just tested this device and there are a number of probs with it. To correct the above review, it is “water resistant” for 30 mins; it will _not_tolerate doggy roughouse, I’m pretty sure; and it does not give you “real time” info. The lag is about 3-7 mins. For instance, I tracked my dog on a walk whilst he was right next to me. At no time in 1.5 hours did the tracker show us next to each other, because the iphone was tracking me in real time, and Tagg was tracking him with a 3-7 min delay. 

]]> http://www.slashgear.com/tagg-the-pet-tracker-hands-on-11208619/#comment-170615 petntek Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:13:00 +0000 http://www.slashgear.com/?p=208619#comment-170615 Very cool product for sure.  I did read though that this will only fit pets that are 10 pounds or heavier.

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