Is there anything like the gut-wrenching panic of losing one of your pets? Horrific images flash through your mind of them running around on a motorway or jumping into the back of an unknown van destined to leave the country. The reality is that they are just around the corner sniffing a particularly interesting piece of rubbish just 10 meters away and turning a deaf ear to your desperate calls.
The Findster Duo+ started life as a Kickstarter project with the aim of creating more than just a pet tracker for when fluffy runs off by also helping you get an accurate insight into their daily activity ensuring they get enough exercise throughout the day. The tracker itself comes in the form of a lightweight unit (21 grams), that securely fixes to the collar, due to its size however it is better suited for dogs rather than cats, although some more accommodating felines may put up with it. The Findster Duo+ doesn’t require a subscription and works alongside an app that lets you track your pet in real-time GPS even when you haven’t got any phone coverage.
You can track up to three pets on one device from anywhere in the world, so you can double check if your partner has taken them out for that evening walk and not just let them out in the back garden. The unit is waterproof preventing damage if your pet decided to take a little dip or get caught in the rain, if youe pet does get away from you the Findster can locate them within a 3mile radius, however in built up areas this can be dramatically reduced to just 0.5miles. You can check your furry friend’s activity history on the app and revisit past walks and locations, you can set Virtual Fences which will notify you if your pet leaves your defined safe area, whilst the Radar feature shows your distance from your dog or cat and guides you right to their location.
The sharing option lets you share access to your pets with other authorised people, like family and friends, the built-in rechargeable battery will provide you with roughly 7 days’ worth of life depending on how much you use it, there is an RGB LED light that displays the module’s connection status. We would love to see a longer battery life as it would be sods law that the one time your pet runs off is that same day the battery ran out, the only other tweak would be a slightly reduced size so there would be a better chance of persuading cats to wear them. The Findster Duo+ is an accurate and easy to use pet tracker, giving you piece of mind to your pet’s location for a one-off fee, it’s not brimming with features but does the job. RRP £139.99
3.5 out of 5
Pros
Track your pets' location in real-time
View past walks and locations
Access pet activity levels
View stats and compare them with other pets in various categories
Radar helps you find your pet
Virtual Fences
Waterproof and shockproof
Cons
Device could be smaller
7 day battery life (shorter if used more)
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