An interesting one came up on my facebook feed. A friend of mine has just bought some of these GPS Trackers for her two kids.
What is it?
This is a watch that also works as a GPS tracker and a phone. It allows parents to know where their kids are but also allow two-way communication. If you feel your child doesn’t need a phone but does need to be able to contact home then this could be a great item for you.
How does it work?
You need a micro sim which you can get from a number of phone networks. You also need to download an app to your phone. Finally you need to register the device ID (on the back of the watch) and log into the app. The App is how you set-up the phone and also where you change the time and 2 SOS number it can call. The app also gives you access to the GPS Tracker
Micro Sim
It looks like you need a 2G simcard for the watch. Some networks will provide a sim card that does 2G/3G/4G but others only do 3G/4G.
Reviews
Amazon reviews are showing this as 3.1 out of 5 but about half of all the reviews are 4 or 5 stars. One 5* review says,
A reasonable priced tracker watch. Boy loves it. Easy enough to set it up once you buy the SIM card and follow the instructions (register with ID, choose right region of Europe and UK). GPS is quite accurate most of the time but I did notice a glitch of weird location. Overall a happy customer.
Where to Buy
It is available on Amazon for not much more than the cheapest of mobile phones. Click here to read more about it.