Author: Jason Fitzpatrick / Source: reviewgeek.com
There’s no shortage of Bluetooth trackers on the market, but the vast majority of them are chunky key fob like affairs. The Orbit Card, on the other hand, is scarcely thinner than a credit card and perfect for putting practically anywhere (your wallet included).
If you’re unfamiliar with the Bluetooth tracker product category, here’s a quick summary. In most cases the limited range of Bluetooth is a downside (we’d all love for our wireless Bluetooth headphones to work at the farthest reaches of our yard for instance). In the case of Bluetooth trackers, however, the limitations of Bluetooth are their strength—when the tracker and the parent device (your smartphone) are too far apart to communicate then your smartphone alerts you that the tagged item is missing and you should look for it.
Because the range of the Bluetooth used in the tracker is around 100 feet or so, this means you get an alert that you’ve left your wallet in your gym locker before you even get outside the gym. That’s vastly superior to making the discovery when you go to pay for gas 20 minutes later or, worse yet, when you’ve driven all the way home and the gym is closed for the night.
The key to this system working well though a tracker that is small enough you’ll keep it with the object you want to keep track of, a good battery life, and good software to link the tracker. Great trackers even add functionality on top of that basic beep-when-separated gig. After testing the Orbit Card for a few weeks, we’re happy to report back that it really nails the basics and even offers a bonus feature you won’t find on similar products.
Size Matters: The Orbit Card is Shockingly Slim
There’s no shortage of trackers on the market that are best suited for key chains, backpack pockets, or other areas where it doesn’t matter if the tracker isn’t teeny tiny.
If you want to track your wallet or you don’t want a lot of bulk in your bag, though, you’ll want an ultra thin tracker and that’s the Orbit Card’s whole claim to fame. It’s super tiny and only takes up about as much room as two credit cards stacked atop each other. It’s…
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