Trackers

I wouldn’t fit a tracker.  If van was stolen I wouldn’t want it back

Same here. We disabled the last one we had. It wasn’t hard to find.

The discount offered by insurance companies for having a tracker is usually far outweighed by subscription costs.

Brought itrack mini. With hard wire kit 

used for 6 months and has been excellent 

35.00 cost for the unit and £15.00 of top up needed 

Forgot to add 

you can track on smart phone in real time or call the tracker to get a sms fix 

I have a Tracker (the Tracker brand) . Until now the subscription has been £60 a year and I had a £75 discount on my insurance premium. Just had the renewal demand from Tracker and they want £99. 

I had a different make on a previous van and it managed to drain the battery within one month on winter storage.

Thinking now is the time to junk this device altogether

I found my unused tracker while looking for something else .... not that easy to completely hide a box of electrickery in a space as small as a caravan

Seriously looked at these when changed last van.

Issue 1. Do I want it back? Probably not. I pay a tidy sum to have it insured. Still feel this is a bit defeatist though.

Issue 2. You only get an insurance discount if you have an active tracked one, i.e. monitored 24/7 by them. These generally attract a fee of more than the saving.

Issue 3. Buy a low cost one, this requires you to track it and report location to police.

In the end I did not fit one, two wheel locks, hitchlock on a gold storage site.

Better off spending money to help prevent it being stolen in the first place.

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Professional thieves use radio signal jammers during the theft and remove the tracker when they have time. Ironically a well hidden DIY installation is more likely to remain undetected than a manufacturers standard fit.

We have a Phantom tracker, came with the van,  which is linked to the alarm system and is permanently active, the annual fee is still a few pounds less than the insurance discount.

If that were not the case, we would not bother with it.

We also have a remote Alde control thing which  takes a  SIM card and I can text it to do various things like turn on the heating, adjust the temperature, and send me the exact position of the van.