Pebblebee Clip Universal (2024) - Rechargeable Mini Item Tracker Tag | Alternative to Air Tag & Android Trackers | 12-Month Battery Life | Works with Android & iOS Find My Apps | LED & Sound Alerts

Recently switched to Google and I wanted something similar to Apples Find My with all of my accessories. I personally like the arrow when it comes to locating my devices with IOS but I got to say. A little more steps to set up but super simple. This fits in my Magsafe wallet just takes up two cards slots until theirs a magsafe (pixelsnap) wallet with built in tracking I'm using this for now. I love how theirs no monthly subscription. That's a win. On top of that rechargeable? Last a year? Good enough. I think it last longer than a year but even if I have to charge something once a year. Simple. You can alert your phone as well. I mean zero issues using it. Obviously if you're going to sit here and track and use it more it's going to drain the battery. I more frequent updates it sends the less amount of battery life. If I didn't need to track it till I lost it I wouldnt need any updates for the most part it's a small internal battery with very low Mah. Anyways, zero issues. I'm not sure why their would be any negative reviews. It's super slim. Can recharge, easily trackable. Slick. Zero issues. Love it. Better then not having one...

I bought this tracker for two upcoming hiking trips in the Switzerland, France, and Spain. For the Spanish hike (Camino), I am bringing one small bag the will be forwarded from one accommodation to another, so I want to track progress of the bag transfer. We did a similar hike in 2024 (Portuguese Camino) and used Apple Air Tags and tracked it with my wife's iPhone (I have an Android). I'm glad we did because on one occasion the transfer company sent our bag to the wrong place with a similar sounding name. We were able to track our bag down and get it back. I want to be able to do the same with my Android as added insurance. I found these Android based trackers to be very easy to set up on my Samsung S24 phone, much easier than expected. So far, I've done two experiments to evaluate their usefulness. In the first experiment, I place one of my two trackers in our car while my wife drove it away to a small town about 15 miles from our house. It took about 2 hours for the device to update on my hone, but it eventually and accurately found it. For the second experiment, I kept one of the trackers in our car and placed the other into my backpack while we hiked about 6 miles into a very remote area. This time it performed much better and quickly/accurately found both the car and my backpack throughout the hike, updating frequently as I checked. I should point out the both the Air Tags and these Android equivalents rely on other devices on the same network to track and locate your tracker. With both devices, the nearby phones need to have tracking (e.g., find my device) enabled for this to work. With iPhones the default to have this function enabled and you need to opt out if you don't want it. With Androids, it is my understanding that the default is to have this function off and you need to opt in to enable it. That is why people tend to have more success with Air Tags. Never the less, I like having the option of both my wife and I being able to track our bags on both networks. This is particularly important in rural locations where there are fewer phones to help with the tracking. OVERALL, the tracker performed well and I really like the option of tracking on two different networks and for this tracker to be rechargable.

This is a review for the universal Clip and Card. Sorry but they don't work, thus one star. They won't connect to my phone. I know it's just my phone, because my girlfriend was able to connect to hers. This, I'm not just an idiot so can't follow directions or understand technology. My phone is fairly new (only a year or two old) and has android 14 (android 9 or later is required). I verified I had the correct version of the products (the android compatible ones) and checked for updates multiple times, on all apps. I specifically followed the relevant directions for my brand of device (Motorola) and still was not able to connect. I reset the devices and restarted (or shutdown) my phone multiple times in my efforts. I spent several hours (literally) trying to connect to the fob AND card. I have had multiple similar devices and the companies always seem to go out of business AND/OR die periodically, rendering the [unreasonably expensive] tracking device useless as anything other than decoration and dead weight. I was SO hoping this would work! I am tired of losing things. I can't afford it, and it seemed like it was made by a company with more wind in the sails than some. But idk what to say... If I can't connect, I can't track my devices, and these products are useless to me... Minor side criticism: the fob is easily charged with a USB-C style cord but the card has a weird charger with two prongs. The attachment is magnetic but very weak and it's not FULLY clear what direction it should be oriented relative the the cord. A light comes on when you plug it in correctly. Otherwise you might leave it to charge for a day and find it wasn't, in fact, charging. Pros: Both devices are rechargeable; you don't need to constantly buy new batteries or, worse still, replace the device when they die. Both devices work with Google Hub; you don't need to use their app, pay any additional fees, and this feels like an added safety buffer for your investment in case of bankruptcy. Overall, I wouldn't risk it unless you have a phone that is quite new and expensive, a popular model, not an obscure budget one. The devices are not able to connect to some phones "yet" and I'm sure the developers prioritize newer and popular phones over obscure janky ones.

Works great. Google integration could be better (needs 2 apps to work properly). I would like the reverse tracking, to find my phone, to be more like Tile. It's just not easy to do, or find the feature in the app. Just make it standard and it would be much better. I like the ability to recharge if necessary so I'm not buying a new one every couple years. It will save me some cash over the life of the product.

I do read negative reviews. I thought enough good reviews made it worthwhile to try, so I ordered two Clip 5 Tags and Clip 5 Wallet to see how they work compared to Apple Air Tag with my iPhone. My Wallet Clip 5 delivery is out to mid-December (boo hiss). I just ordered four more Clip 5 Tags to replace the rest of my Air Tags. Listen up Apple: this is a technology jump over Air Tag. If I have problems, I will do an update. So far, so good. I figured if the negative reviews were accurate and I encountered problems, I'd just return and stick with Air Tags. Here we go: 1) Instructions that came with the Clip 5 Tag need to be redone. I did a Grok, and the installation was way better. If you order the Clip 5, do a Grok (good for iPhone and Android) and save yourself some time. Stupid FAST once I did Grok. Scanning the QR Tag was a waste, I think just to capture your email. It did me no good - as Mel Brooks said in "Spaceballs" - "MERCHANDIZING!" 2) I haven't tried distance yet, right now I have the two on charge overnight to make sure I'm "locked and loaded." I'll add a note in my iPhone's calendar to charge every 6-8 months. I did have Air Tag batteries that died, and I had no idea they were drained. Apple, you need to address this. Also, I had an Air Tag that died (I had no idea it was dead) that was like 13-14 months old. Apple's warranty is 12 months. Apple's response, "So sad, so sorry." Not cool. 3) Clip 5 is my first Pebblebee product: WAY louder than Air Tag - excellent. Even got my dogs' attention. Apple, get a clue. 4) Clip 5 has lights to show when the battery charge is getting too drained. EXCELLENT. Air Tag - you have no idea how drained the battery is, until you try to locate something and there is no soft sound. Apple, get a clue. 5) RECHARGEABLE! YEAH!!! The claim is 18 months. Doing a charge every 6-8 months won't hurt. No longer need to use the CR2032 coin batteries that can't be recharged. Apple, get a clue. 6) I didn't need to buy an Air Tag holder so I could attach this signaling device to my key ring, duh - additional expense. Apple is good at this. Spend $1,100 on an iPhone and you still need to buy a $15 drop protection silicon case. Apple is champion at "nickel and diming" you. Apple, get a clue. 7) The Clip 5 Tag came with a nice quality key ring - perfect size that holds my car fob, house key and my dogs' chip info. Nice. BTW, guess what Apple doesn't include....Apple, get a clue. I will praise Apple for allowing the "Find My" app to find non-Apple stuff. Seriously, good job Apple, I didn't have to install a Pebblebee app. Excellent Apple! My only Apple device is an iPhone 17 Pro deal that Verizon just ran that was LITERALLY PRICELESS to upgrade my 13 Pro to keep me on Verizon for 3 more years. I've been with Verizon since I was an engineer/architect at MCI so I'm at 27/28 years with VZ with no complaints as I traveled nationwide a lot for work and dog shows. I do like Apple products, well the iPhone (7, 13 and now 17), however, Air Tag needs a new generation with a BIG update - get a CLUE APPLE. The Clip 5 could easily blow the Air Tag away unless Apple giddies-up. Once you buy into a product like a remote signaling device, you will probably stick with it until a big tech leap comes out. The Clip 5 did it for me. You can see I don't update my cell phone very often.

Love Pebblebee products. I’ve been using their products for the past 5 years and love the new colors/design. It’s loud and I love how the tracker lights up when you are looking for your item. It’s come handy in the past when looking for my cat that accidentally got outside. Good to use on your kids backpack, makeup bag, wallet, car rental keys, car keys, car, and shipment when moving.

I fully charged the device and confirmed in the app that the battery status was “good.” However, within just two days it became completely unresponsive. It no longer connects, won’t ring, and I can’t even check how much battery is left. Given that it went from a confirmed healthy battery state to total failure in such a short time, it’s hard not to suspect a hardware or power management issue. I’m returning it for now. I decided to try the replacement Pebblebee and adjust my rating based on that experience.

Pebblebee were a random little-known company when I first heard of them, but I always chose them for Google/Android Find Hub integration plus rechargeable batteries. They've always been high quality, and with the latest generation they've started making them actually kind of cute with the different colors, too. Plus you can use them with either Apple Find My as an AirTag replacement, OR Google Android Find Hub if you're in the Android ecosystem. And they're the only ones doing the light which makes it easier to find things in a dark room/car/etc! I love that they're super simple an easy to set up with Android, just popping up on the screen immediately. I can easily recharge them with whatever USB-C cable is laying around whenever the Find Hub app says they're running low (which is on the scale of months or years). They also seem more reliable with tracking than my experience with Chipolo.