I bought this product and one other to track my child who is visiting her mother who is currently in Texas for the holidays. We are currently in a custody case for our child who currently lives with me (the mother lives in Mexico). In an effort to insure that my child does not leave the country but still has the opportunity to see her mother, I am using this product to track my child’s whereabouts using GPS location, GeoFencing, and email alerts for various situations. I placed this product in a pocket in her backpack, another similar product in the lining of her suitcase, and further a third (software) on her phone. I figured between the three at a minimum one would make it through any attempted abduction and give me ample opportunity to alert the authorities at the border.
So first, the purchase, delivery and setup of the GL300W was very easy. I did the setup online and the purchasing of the plan was smooth. The device activated within about 10 min and was showing location in my home. I also setup the competing device and the cell phone at the same time. Similar experiences with those as well. I needed to run a trial prior to my child leaving for Christmas break with the other parent. So, I setup a geofence around my home and around the school property and set the distance of the fence at 0.1 mile. I put the unit in the school backpack. I setup the alerts that I wanted to receive in email for the events I needed. The trial lasted about 8 days. I was pleasantly surprised that I knew when my daughter left home and arrived at school in addition to seeing the exact route that was taken to school and then back home in the afternoon. This allowed me to verify on a daily basis that my daughter was where she was supposed to be when she was supposed to be there.
I had a problem with the competing product at the beginning in that when my daughter returned home from school it was showing that it was still at school. This product (GL300W) worked flawlessly and did not have this glitch. The 8 day trial was successful.
My child left for Christmas and the unit tracked perfectly from our home to the airport. It lost connection during the flight due to no cell service at altitude, but picked up signal again when it landed in Texas. It has now been a full two weeks and it has tracked without fail with approximately 30% battery life remaining. My daughter is due back tomorrow so I will see how it tracks back home from Texas. I emailed customer service about the ability to track into Mexico and was assured that the product will work internationally. Customer service has been awesome so far and very responsive getting back with me within a few hours. Their pricing is very reasonable for what I was looking for, there is no long term contract required, and I cannot put a cost on the safety of my child and my peace of mind relative to that goal.
The product does what it says that it will do and does it well from what I see so far. I was skeptical initially, but those doubts have passed. This product is reliable. All transactions and tracking is done via a web browser. If I had one recommendation for improvement it would be to have a user friendly app for Android or IOS. I am fairly computer literate so I was able to figure out what I did not understand. There are also videos on Youtube which can help you out with questions.
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