LOC8TOR Lite

Comment: I married into a home with three cats (my step-cats?) who were 100% outdoor. I've been trying to get them to be indoor only, but it's a losing battle, they're all seniors well into their teens. I've spent evenings searching high and low for the beasts, and spent many sleepless nights waiting for them to come home.

NO MORE. Now I can find them in their favorite hiding places, this thing is GREAT. I've had it for a month, the range is perfect (purrfect?) and the unit is nicely designed and easy to use.

One of my cats has even started to head inside each time his monitor starts 'chirping'... and I think the roast chicken he gets as a treat helps, too.

LOVE THIS PRODUCT.

Disclaimer : my kitties are all older and do not wander that far. Our home is on an acre and they generally do not wander off. The few times they have (during the day) I just had to walk the perimeter of the property and I was able to locate them easily.

Comment: This RFID tracking device was a replacement for one that was accidentally broken. I use it to keep track of my cat, Cleo, who is basically an inside cat but I allow her to ocassionally wander outdoors for a little each morning. She never goes very far but has been known to hide in the bushes around our house or our next door neighbors. The receiver on her collar flashes and beeps when I am in range. While I usually can't hear it, she can and immediately knows that I am looking for her and usually comes out of her hidden space where I can see her. If she doesn't, I can zero in on her very easily. The Loc8tor Lite is easy to use and the batteries last about a year or so. The receiver on Cleo's collar is very small and light so it doesn't add any weight at all. This device gives me great peace of mind when it comes to finding my very special cat - inside or outside. The effective range is about 100 to 150 feet which has proven to be quite enough for her typical wanderings. I highly recommend the Loc8tor Lite to anyone needing to keep track of a pet or some other valuable object.

Comment: A cat usually have a 1 km radius, while this device has a 120 meter range in open terrain. There are a lot of fences and houses where I'm living, which makes the range go down to something like 30 meters. That's 3% of the cat's range, which makes this device not usable at all.

I have used the device several weeks now, and I can only find the cat with the Loc8tor when I can see her anyway, or when she's within meow range.

Comment: First impressions were good - well packaged quality looking item. The tags looked substantial but the locator unit looked a bit flimsy.

The locator has a nice "soft feeling" finish and the tag buttons feel nice but the volume button is opposite the on/off button and that can be a pain. I do not know how long the battery cover will stay in place.

I setup the first tag and everything worked well but when I came to the second tag it would not register. I then tried to unregister the tag and reregister it without success. I then unregistered the first tag and tried putting the second tag on button one; neither tag will now register.

The instruction book does not contain a troubleshooting section and there is no "reset to factory settings" button on the unit. The manufactures website is of no help.

When setting up the locator up you get beeps and an LED light flashes; these do not seem to relate to what I am told will happen in the instructions. Although the unit has red, yellow and green LEDs to locate the tag it is only the one power on LED that flashes for every stage of the setup process.

In conclusion it is a good idea but I have lost faith in the item and have returned it for a refund rather than exchange.

Comment: We purchased this to locate our cat. WE like her home at night, but on nice nights, SHE decides when to come home. The product works as well as described. The batteries are pricy, but we are comfortable because it is doing the job we purchesed it for. The tags are always "on", so they need the batteries replaced every few months ($5 each for two batteries.) The pick-up is good and has a long distance, especially if there are no obstructions. The tags get wet when the cat drinks water, and the batteries tend to rust, which cannot be helped. The cat doesn't care for the beeping on the tag, so she tends to head home.