Motorhome Tracker

[antprice1970]

Good morning everyone, I'm sure many of you funsters have a tracker fitted to your motorhome so can anyone advise a good tracker that does not cost too much and has not got silly monthly fees.
Thanks in advance
Anthony

 

[Lenny HB]

However for my own use in tracking my vehicles I have used one of these in various vehicles. These are simple to install and seem to work well, they do need a SIM card purchasing and keeping paid-up.

The problem with those is they need a 2G sim which uses the old Text format that a lot of sims no longer support. I used to use one of them until I had problems with sims, now use a Rewire which is far superior.

 

[antprice1970]

The problem with those is they need a 2G sim which uses the old Text format that a lot of sims no longer support. I used to use one of them until I had problems with sims, now use a Rewire which is far superior.

Yes I'm looking at these at the minute, they will do job for me

 

[JockandRita]

The problem with those is they need a 2G sim which uses the old Text format that a lot of sims no longer support. I used to use one of them until I had problems with sims, now use a Rewire which is far superior.

Which is why I have just ordered the 4G version of a tracker I've been happy with, until recently.

Cheers,

Jock.

 

[Lifelongram]

Anyone used/got one of these Matrix iQ ‘MagTrack’- battery operated,DIY installation and apparently insurance approved/Thatcham S7 certified - on offer at £99 at moment and £85 a year subs. Any views?

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[Lifelongram]

MagTrack - Matrix iQ

matrixiq.com

 

[gus-lopez]

Depends on just what you want it to do.

If you are reasonably good with technical stuff, then one of these

Queclink GL300N GSM/GPS Tracker

The Queclink GL300 is a small, waterproof, quad band GPS asset tracker with an in-built motion and temperature sensor, geo-fencing capabilities and SOS/Emergency Alert button.

gtc.co.uk

will sit in a motorhome quietly waiting for you to send it a text (or a phone call) asking where it is. It wll then send you a text back with a link to Google maps. (no app or tracking service needed)

If you are a even better with technical stuff, then the options are endless. Rewire used to use them on their accounts. A really brilliant bit of kit.

I use similar to this, hard wired & with a contract Digi sim 3€ month.

 

[antprice1970]

Thanks for your reply

 

[Whitebirdyman]

Anyone used/got one of these Matrix iQ ‘MagTrack’- battery operated,DIY installation and apparently insurance approved/Thatcham S7 certified - on offer at £99 at moment and £85 a year subs. Any views?

I saw that and thought it sounded interesting. I was worried though that there were costs above the tracking fee if a MH was stolen, they say "The device is also linked to our finder network so, should you want help recovering your asset, a recovery service with an average 1 hour national response time can be deployed to ensure your asset doesn’t get far."

 

[Lifelongram]

Ok, good point ‘recovery service’ but really just want tracker for insurance benefits, so will look into that

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[Lifelongram]

Not sure many of the other, more expensive insurance approved trackers, recover vehicle for you but if this is genuinely Thatcham S7 insurance approved then seems a good deal - with no approved fitting needed - will be contacting them Monday to confirm the S7 certification

 

[rosalan]

As they are not charging an annual fee and only a ‘small’ initial cost when you bought it. I wonder if finding your van would incur a hefty sum. We pay £140 a year for this service plus initial cost and fitting.

 

[Lifelongram]

Don’t think ‘finding‘ issue, that can be done on app and there is an annual fee (£85 a year), the optional costs are to recover the vehicle - does your £140 annual include recovery of the vehicle?