I will be recieving my ICE trike at the beginning of April with a bit of luck and I thought that it was a large enough investment to make an effort at keeping it safe.

To that end I have bought a Mini GPS tracker

[www.shop.mcsport.dk]

Global GPS Mini Tracker - find person, your car or motorcycle, your dog, caravan, etc. in seconds with the meter.
Global GPS Mini Tracker 102 uses a mobile SIM cards and GSM / GRPS / GPS systems.
You call tracker and get an immediate SMS back with Track's exact
position you via eg Google Earth or by typing in a GPS navigation can see on your screen in an instant. Simultaneous display speed and time.
Listening: You can send an SMS to the device open to the built-in microphone - N?dalarm: By pressing the SOS button to sent n?dalarm up to 4 pre-selected phone numbers - Motion Alarm: If the unit moves - Zone Alarm: If the unit has moved more than f. eg 100 or 200 M '.
The device has built-in GPS and GSM antennas, microphones, LIPO battery. Which included: 1. extra LiPo battery with long life - 1 extra backplate with powerful magnet, waterproof plastic pouch with belt buckle, 220V charger.
No monthly subscription cost for GPS only heading to a mobile simkort which can be a prepaid card.
Technical specifications:
Network: GSM / GPRS
Band: 850/900/180/1900
GPS Chip: Chip SIRF3
GPS sensitivity:-159bdm
GPS accuracy: 5 m.
Size: 64 mm. x 46 mm. x 17 mm.
Weight: 55 grams
Starting time:
Cold: 45 sec.
Warm: 35 sec.
Battery: 3.7 V 1000 mAh Li-ion
Standby time: 80-90 hours
Operation Temp. -40 Degrees to +55 degrees
Humidity. 5% to 95%

Supplied with:
1 pcs. GPS Tracker Model 102
2 pcs. 3.7 V 1000 mAh rechargeable Li-on batteries
1 pcs. 220V charger with double jack
1 pcs. Waterproof storage bag
Detailed instructions Danish
CD Rom with tracking software, etc..
Acquisitions-see below: permanent connection from the MC / Car battery whereby the built-lion battery kept constantly charged.

It cost about ?120.

I will test it when I recieve it and let you all know how well it works.

Steve

How does the attatchment go? I guess it'd be a strong enough, though. But if I put one of those on my bike and it gets stolen, how easy would it be for them to remove it? I got robbed twice and the police is useless in these matters...

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It does not come with any sort of attachment but in the literature it says it attaches with "very strong magnets". There are indeed very strong magnets on the back of the unit, but I would not trust them.

When I get my trike I will either sew a small pouch inside the seat or headrest, if I can. The unit is black and is just a bit bigger than a small box of matches, so it is quite discreet and I think you would not see it unless you were looking for it.

I have not tested this properly yet but I have had a quick look and used my PC to locate the tracker and it was spot on.

Some of the features I have learned about up to now are.

Movement alarm...If you park it up you can get the unit to send you an SMS if it moves.

Auto Track...If the unit is travelling you can get it to send you its position every 30 seconds and follow it on the PC.

Voice surveillance..Usually it is in track mode but you can send a SMS to it and get it to listen in to its surroundings.

Speed alert...You can give it a maximum speed to travel at and if it goes over the limit you have set you get an SMS.. Great when you tell the son not to thrash the car.

Boundry limit.. Using the PC you can set a distance limit and if it goes beyond that distance you get a SMS.

Specific route..you can set it to follow a specific route and if it deviates you get an sms.

Bearing in mind there is a multitude of purposes the unit can be used for. It even has an SOS button on it so when the button is pressed it generates a continuing SMS until the user stops it.

I have not really gone into it yet but it sounds promising for my trike and motorbike.

There is no monthly payment with the unit either.

Steve