Track Your Children’s Movements: The ET3500 Tracking Bracelet

GPS Science Security — 30 October 2009

Remember how yesterday we were talking about tracking your children with a simple USB device from Insignia? Well, apparently, the child tracker phenomenon is really taking off because another device has stepped up to challenge, the ET3500 GPS Tracking Bracelet.

It’s a bracelet that attaches to a child’s wrist–or anyone else’s, for that matter–and allows you to track at virtually any time where exactly the bracelet is. It comes with an emergency alarm system, an emergency two way radio, journey logging up to one hundred thousand locations, and plenty more.

Basically, you can preset a route and see, at a glance, whether or not the route is being followed. The bracelet will even point out the route for the wearer, showing them exactly where to go, stop, turn and not to go, stop, or turn on a handy LCD display.

Great for parents, a nightmare for civil rights groups, it’s the kind of thing that’s a bit tougher to misuse as it generally requires the wearer actually WEAR the thing, but still–one quick toss in an open car window and you know exactly where the car is at all times.

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Joe M

Yes, with the number of children that go missing each year, every parent should use a personal GPS tracking device, but you dont have to be a parent to need or benefit from owning one of these devices. Motorcycles, skis, musical instruments, laptop computers, purses & luggage, even the family dog: EVERYBODY has SOMETHING they want to protect!!!

When considering the purchase of a tracking device, do your homework because not all GPS systems are alike. Aside from features such as Geofencing, speed-alerts and so on, the one thing you really need to look into is the COST. Most GPS devices I’ve looked into have HIDDEN costs such as monthly/annual renewal fees or charge you per track ontop of the purchase price.

I ended up buying a system called “The GPS Guadian” at http://www.thegpsguardian.com . Not only did I get the device for FREE by purchasing 3 years of service up front, but I got the 4th and 5th year of service for FREE as well.
http://www.gadgetreview.com Steve Anderson

Joe–you don’t see any potential problems with GPS trackers at all?
DJR

Joe – the fact that you left the exact same review (word for word) after the recent review of the Little Buddy Child Tracker makes me think that your association with “The GPS Guardian” is more than that of a satisfied customer.