Buy a pet location device, just look at these 6 points!

You must have seen "Pet Searching Enlightenment" on the street or on WeChat Moments. In fact, pets that have not been taken anti-lost measures are difficult to find once they are lost. They only stray on the streets, or disappear in a dark corner. The end is mostly bleak. Nowadays, pet owners are more and more caring about pets, and even raise pets as "children", and affectionately call them "hairy kids", and the monthly expenditure on "hairy kids" is not low. Hundreds of dollars, thousands of dollars more.

Preventing the loss of "hairy children" has become a topic of increasing concern for shit scavengers, and many "anti-lost artifacts", namely pet location devices, have also emerged in the market. When shit shovelers buy location trackers for "Mao Kids", they must first lock the scope on the location trackers that are professionally designed for pets, not to mention those hybrid types. So for professional pet location devices, which aspects should be compared when choosing? The editor is here to summarize 6 points for everyone, for the reference of shit shovel officers.

One look: is the positioning accurate

This is the core indicator. After all, the purpose of buying a locator is to prevent pets from being lost. Of course, the more accurate the positioning, the better. At present, some low-end brands on the market use GPS satellite + base station dual positioning. Under normal circumstances, GPS is used for positioning, and when GPS cannot be covered, outdoor base station positioning is used. This dual positioning mode has poor accuracy and reliability. There are also some brands that use the slightly more accurate GPS satellite + base station + WIFI triple positioning, and the better is the quadruple positioning, that is, GPS satellite + AGPS + base station + WIFI, where AGPS is auxiliary satellite positioning, and GPS is used. Satellites, combined with base stations, make positioning more accurate.

At present, the double-star five-position positioning is the highest precision on the market. Some brands are called seven-fold and eight-fold positioning, which are just gimmicks. The essence is similar to five-position positioning, namely GPS satellite + Beidou satellite + base station + WIFI + Bluetooth. Only a few brands use it. For example, the smart pet location device launched by China Mobile Communications is this hybrid positioning method with a positioning accuracy error of less than 5 meters. This product is currently on sale on the official website.

Second look: Is it fast?

The speed mentioned here refers to the frequency of uploading location information. Why does this indicator rank second? In fact, it’s not difficult to understand. If the frequency is very low, such as uploading the location information of pets every half an hour, it is meaningless, because when the shoveling officer ran over based on the location information, the boy would not know how to run. Where did it go, half an hour is enough for the hairy boy to slip a few kilometers away. The shorter the uploading time interval, the more accurate the real-time location information of the pet provided. Therefore, the speed is directly related to whether the pet can be found accurately and quickly, which is the second most important indicator. And this is precisely an indicator that many shit shovelers ignore.

Currently, most brands on the market can upload location information every 60 seconds, and the location information is relatively accurate. Some low-end brands can only upload once every 300 seconds or so. In fact, they are no longer of reference value. There is a brand, China Mobile's smart pet location device, which can upload location information every 30 seconds, which can be called "real-time positioning". According to the information I have learned, no other brand has a faster frequency than this.

Three look: Is it safe?

In fact, the safety of pet location devices is also a key indicator ignored by the majority of shit scavengers. The pet location device is powered by a battery. Shovelers must have seen news reports about various problems when charging the battery of a mobile phone. Then the safety of the battery of the pet location device during charging is also a very important purchase reference factor. .

At present, most brands on the market, especially low-end brands, use poor batteries, some are even second-hand batteries, and do not take some safety protection measures, which poses considerable risks. The practice of this part of the battery safety of the mobile communication pet location device is worthy of recommendation by the editor. First, it adopts an overvoltage protection function. When the voltage exceeds the product setting range, it can play a role of power failure protection. In addition, the mobile communication pet location device also uses advanced batteries and imported circuit protection boards, which can provide overcharge protection, overdischarge protection, and overcurrent and short circuit protection, effectively preventing battery spontaneous combustion and greatly improving battery safety. . Here, the editor would like to emphasize once again that when shovelers buy gps tracking device, they must look at the relevant configuration of the battery, which is related to the safety of life and property, and should not be careless.

Four look: is the operation stable

Like mobile phones and computers, the quality of the chip determines the stability of the product's operation. With the continuous advancement of technology, the most important hardware and chip of the pet location device is constantly being updated. Therefore, the shoveling officer must check which chip is used when buying it. At present, most pet location devices on the market use MT6260/MT6261 chips, mainly because of their low cost, but their stability is worse, their power consumption is high, and their standby time is short.

Five look: Is it waterproof?

Waterproof is also an important indicator for pet location devices. Except for the low-end products on the market that have poor waterproof effects or even no protection, most brands have made some effort in waterproofing, and they can basically reach the IP65 protection level. In the number "65" here, the first number "6" refers to the dustproof level, that is, it can completely prevent dust from entering, and it is also the highest level of dustproof. The second number is the water-proof level that the shit shoveler should focus on. "5" means that there is no problem in washing with water, and it can basically meet the daily needs of pets such as splashing water and raining. Some brands claim that they can be soaked in water to reach the IP65 protection level, which is not rigorous enough. The waterproof level of "5" can not be flushed with strong pressure, let alone soaking in water. If you want to prevent strong pressure from flushing, then you must reach the waterproof level of "6". For those hairy children who love to swim and snorkel, they need to reach the "7" level, which is IP67. Such a product can be immersed in 1 meter of water for 30 minutes without any problem.

Six look: is it light

Weight is also a very important reference index, because it will affect the wearing comfort of the fur child. The weight must be light so that pets of any size can be worn easily. In addition, the light weight will not cause too much influence on the pet's movement. If it is too heavy, it will keep shaking during exercise, and the pet will feel uncomfortable. Of course, shit shovelers should also consider the size of the product at the same time. The size should be small and thin, large and thick. It is not easy to fix, and it will also affect the movement.

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