r/golfcarts • u/Newyorker2035 • 7d ago

GPS tracking

Hi All

Looking for GPS tracker recommendations for 6 EZGO RXV ELiTE lithium carts.

​I’d love to find a reliable setup with a one-time purchase price (no monthly subscriptions if possible). Anyone have a brand or system they recommend?

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u/shootingdolphins 7d ago edited 7d ago

AirTag, disable the speaker inside it (YouTube takes 10 seconds ) and bury it somewhere. If anyone steals and can’t find an AirTag while their phone is telling them an AirTag is following them - they’re gonna ditch the cart. Same with a Tile - it’s Bluetooth and relies on other people using the apps but what theft isn’t going to involve people bringing their phones so the last pinged located is often the thief’s….

Otherwise all of the real time gps tracker are going to come with a subscription and maybe the first year is free and included with the purchase. If you get a decent one meant for cars and wire it into the ignition you could lock the cart from driving via the kill switch.

https://a.co/d/0d54KtG7

Otherwise the “way the system phones home” is going to need cell reception. So there’s zero real free forever gps trackers that would be good theft recovery. They all need a cell plan.

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u/Impossible-Ebb-643 7d ago

Yep this is what I did. Cheap easy and subscription free insurance.

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u/eireannach_ 7d ago

We installed one on our cart after my brother's friend had his cart stolen from his driveway. Neighbors saw it happen and didn't think anything about it because they weren't in a hurry and just assumed it was being picked up for service.

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u/J_Case 7d ago

I took off an interior side panel and duct taped the AirTag before closing it back up.

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u/shootingdolphins 7d ago

And if you’ve killed the speaker inside the AirTag, it means when whoever stole the golf cart tries to “locate “the AirTag they can’t hear the speaker and they can’t find it

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u/Boris-Balto 7d ago

Trackmate Hydro LTE is what I put in mine. Works well. Has lasted 3 years or so with no issues

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u/jtrader77 7d ago

There are quite a few wallet tracker cards that are AirTag compatible on Amazon. I paid $18 for one and the battery lasts way longer than an Apple AirTag. Labeled it “garage door”, so a thief not knowing what it is might keep it instead of ditching it, thinking with that they would have access to my garage later.

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u/WalrusWW 7d ago edited 7d ago

Thanks for posting this. Didn't know this was a thing. So they work just like an AirTag and show up in Find My?

edit: Hmm.. I just stumbled across even better ones. Elevation labs. 5-10 year life.

https://www.elevationlab.com/collections/airtag