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Uncategorized – AirTagReviews.Com https://airtagreviews.com Best AirTag Accessory Reviews, News & Deals Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:58:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 Top 5 Ways that AirTags will Save Your Next Vacation https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1239&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-ways-that-airtags-will-save-your-next-vacation Tue, 06 Jul 2021 19:58:45 +0000 https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1239 Vacations can be stressful. The hustle to get to the airport with everything you need, losing your rental car in a sea of painfully-similar cars at the beach lot, the constant fear of losing something (or worse: a little one!). It can be overwhelming at times, and you end up losing a lot of vacation time and adding stress to a supposedly stress-free time. Thankfully Apple’s AirTags (here’s a 4-pack of AirTags at Amazon) are here to make your vacations a whole lot easier by helping you keep track of your vacation essentials.

Here are the Top 5 Ways that AirTags will save your next vacation:

1- Never lose your bags again.

Whether it’s your luggage or your backpack, nothing ruins a vacation like lost bags! That’s where AirTags jump in to make sure you never have to go through that again. Attach an AirTag to your luggage or backpack prior to your next trip and you’re good to go. (Worried about AirTag’s range? Check out our 3,000-mile AirTags Lost Luggage Challenge and check your luggage with confidence!)

  • Belkin Secure Holder With Strap for AirTags
  • The Belkin Secure Holder with Strap is easily attachable through its loop to any zipper or strap on your bag. Its innovative twist and lock design will make sure your AirTag is securely snapped in and won’t fly off if you choose to have it dangle on the outside of your backpack. Belkin’s Secure Holder with Strap also features an open design with raised edges that will keep your AirTag secure and generally scratch-free, though the face could still get nicked in a direct-strike. This is a great product for keeping track of your bags on vacation because you can easily swap it from your luggage onto your backpack or your beach bag once you check in to your hotel. The Belkin AirTags Holder comes in four different colors to match your style: Black, Blue, Pink and White.
  • Click here to buy the Belkin Secure Holder With Strap for AirTags – $12.99
  • Belkin Secure holder AirTag Dog Collar
  • Mulinsen Protective Case for AirTags
  • The Mulinsen Protective Case for AirTags is designed to attach itself directly onto your bags’ existing straps, making it more appropriate for backpacks, purses and beach bags than luggage. Made from eco-friendly silicone, this case is easily attachable to straps about 1 inch wide, so make sure your straps aren’t too big. The silicone mold holds your AirTag snugly, and its flexibility makes it easy to replace or move your AirTag at any time. The Mulinsen AirTag Case is also washable and (relatively) scratch-proof, although like any product where the AirTags face is showing, there is still a chance it could get scratched if it gets hit directly. If you’re into colorful cases, Muslisen offers its Protective Cases in 13 different colors ranging from Black, Navy Blue, White and Red if you’re into neutrals, to Yellow, Teal, Orange and Light Pink if you like bolder colors.
  • Click here to buy the Mulinsen Protective Case for AirTags – $9.99
  • Mulinsen Silicone AirTag Strap Clip Review

2- Always keep track of your Rented Cars, bikes, kayaks etc.

Why does it seem to be so hard for everyone to remember their rental car? I can’t begin to tell you how much time I’ve spent on vacation walking around looking for it. They’re. All. Red. Cars. Having an AirTag in or on your rental car, bike, surf board, or kayak will help you stop wasting your vacation time so you can properly enjoy it.

  • Moment Curved Surface Mount for AirTags
  • The Moment Curved Surface Mount for AirTags is a great option because it sticks onto pretty much anything and is waterproof once properly secure. It’s simple design covers the entirety of the AirTag with flexible molded rubber so that it’s securely concealed. The Mount also has a foam lining on the inside to tightly hold your AirTag and prevent it from rattling and getting scratched. The Curved Surface Feature with rugged adhesive allows you to stick it onto pretty much any part of your car, bike, kayak or surfboard. Keep in mind that AirTags connect via bluetooth and they might not work if there are too many barriers between it and your phone like if you place it in your glovebox. The Moment Curved Surface Mounts adhesive paired with its flexibility allows you to put it in your wheel well, so you can easily find your car in the parking structure (or if you’re an international spy-type, you can use this same trick to stalk / spy on someone – sorry James, secret’s out). The Moment AirTag mount is also watertight once mounted, so you don’t ever have to worry about water damaging your AirTags during activities, and it comes with extra adhesive pads so you can easily remove it and place it elsewhere without losing adherence. It’s sold one-to-an-order and is only available in matte Black.
  • Click here to order the Moment Curved Surface Mount for AirTags – $19.99

3- Save the keys

It’s bad enough to lose your own car or house keys, but in my opinion it’s even worse when you’re on vacation and you’re losing someone else’s. Once again, AirTags to the rescue, this time with the best AirTag keychain accessories on the market.

  • Apple’s AirTag Leather Key Ring
  • The AirTag Leather Key Ring is Apple’s official keychain accessory made with a stainless steel ring and a European soft leather pouch that holds your AirTag snugly, so you never have to worry about it flying off. Its clean and simple design shows off the AirTag’s beautiful face and any engravings, while still somewhat protecting it with its leather edge. It has a bit of a higher price than most key ring alternatives online, but seeing as it is an official Apple product, you know you can count on its having the  quality needed to get the job done. This stylish leather keyring comes in 3 colors: Baltic Blue, Saddle Brown, and Red, and is sold individually.
  • Click here to buy Apple’s AirTag Leather Key Ring – $35.00
  • Apple Leather Loop AirTag Holder Review
  • Pinzoveno Leather Case for Apple AirTag Tracker
  • The Pinzoveno Leather Case for Apple AirTag Tracker is a cheaper alternative to the Apple AirTag Leather Key Ring. Made with faux leather, the design of this product is very similar to its Apple alternative: snug AirTag fitting, some scratch resistance given by the case’s edges, open design displaying the Apple logo and any engravings, and a stainless steel key ring. The only big difference is the quality of the leather, which you make up for in price as this product comes in packs of 4 for half the price of one Apple AirTag Leather Key Ring. Pinzoveno offers its Leather Case in Brown, Black, Red and Blue and is sold in a 4-pack.
  • Click here to buy Pinzoveno’s 4-pack Leather Case for Apple AirTag Tracker – $17.34
  • Pinzoveno Leather AirTag Keychain Accessory Review

4- Keep your friends close, keep your children even closer

There’s no bigger nightmare than losing sight of your little one on vacation. Luckily there are kid-friendly AirTag accessories to help make sure you can always keep find and track of your kids (and hopefully relax on a vacation for once!).

  • Peston Silicone Bands Compatible for AirTags
  • Peston’s Silicone Bands for AirTags are skin-friendly silicone armbands made to attach an AirTag. It’s a discrete item as it looks very similar to a watch but instead of the clock, you have your AirTag on your kid’s wrist! This accessory is sweat-proof, scratch-resistant and washable, and is made to accommodate different wrist sizes, fitting anything from toddlers to the elderly. Its open design makes it easy to place and remove your AirTag, but it also means the AirTag is visible and prone to scratches if it gets hit directly. Peston’s Bands come in packs of 5 and are available in Black, Light Blue, Teal, Yellow and Dark Green.
  • Click here to buy Peston Silicone Bands Compatible for AirTags – $9.99 to $11.99
  • Peston Silicone AirTag Bracelet Holder for Kids Review
  • Counlisha Silicone Case with Mickey Mouse for AirTags 
  • Counlishas Silicone Mickey Mouse Case is an alternative to the Peston Silicone Bands, as this one is meant to attach to your kid’s backpack or belt-loop instead of their wrist. Also made of eco and skin friendly silicone, this keychain comes with a stainless-steel ring and an aluminium hook to better adapt it to your needs. The Mickey Mouse design is made to please the kids while also helping absorb any impact and covering the corners of your AirTag to keep it snug and relatively scratch-free. The kid-firendly AirTags case comes in 3 different colours, Black, Blue and White and the latter even glows in the dark to help you spot your AirTag at night (or more realistically, to keep your toddler entertained). A great deal – you can buy them individually or in packs of 3.
  • Click here to buy the Counlisha Silicone Case with Mickey Mouse for AirTags – $6.99 for one or $9.99 for 3
  • Counlisha Silicone Mickey Mouse AirTags Case

5- Always know where your Camera is

I don’t know about you, but my Camera is perpetually on my list of top 5 vacation essentials. The problem is, I’m always worried I’m going to lose it so I don’t carry my camera with me all the time and end up not photographing important moments I want to remember. Thankfully AirTags are here to make sure your camera & camera case don’t’ get lost, and you´re always equipped to capture your favourite vacation memories.

  • Moment Curved Surface Mount
  • The Moment Curved Surface Mount is a great product if, like me, you like to carry your camera around without a bag. Made of flexible molded rubber, with rugged adhesive and interior padding to hold your AirTag safe, you can easily and discreetly use it to stick an AirTag to your DSLR or mirrorless camera. Keep in mind that this is an adhesive accessory and in this case would probably have to be stuck to the bottom of your camera. This shouldn’t be an issue unless you’re planning on using a Tripod or a Gimbal during your trip and you don’t have the surface area to do both at once.
  • Click here to buy the Moment Curved Surface Mount for AirTags – $19.99
  • Svacoco SIlicone Case for AirTag
  • The Svacoco Silicone Case for AirTags is a simple product you can attach though its hook-ring to almost any part of your camera or lens bag. Silicone might be the best material if you’re planning on placing your AirTag in with your camera as it won’t scratch or damage your precious lenses or camera body. The Svacoco Case is a round pouch where you insert your AirTag. Once the hook-ring is in place, you can rest assured that your AirTag is secure and won’t come flying off. Its small size makes it easily concealable in one of the many pockets in your camera bag, and its hook-ring makes it easy to attach to almost anything. Plus, if you’re into bolder looks, Svacoco offers its product in 8 different colours: Black, Dark Blue, Dark Green, Light Blue, Orange, Pink, Red and Yellow. And the price can’t be beat – a $6.99 accessory for some peace-of-mind AirTag tracking for your camera bag? Sold!
  • Click here to buy the Svacoco Silicone Case for AirTag – $6.99
  • Svacoco Silicone AirTag Keychain Review for DSLR Cameras
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Best AirTag Loop Accessories https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1205&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=best-airtag-loop-accessories Sat, 05 Jun 2021 21:08:45 +0000 https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1205 So… someone on Reddit went viral for losing their AirTags before they even got to unbox them. If you’ve bought a pack of AirTags before you’ve probably noticed that they don’t come with any accessories to attach them to your desired object. We reviewed the Best AirTag Keychains in our last article – which are great, but what types of AirTag accessories are the best for connecting AirTags to objects other than keys? And if so, where can you buy them before you also manage to lose your AirTags?

With these very questions in mind, Apple launched AirTag with its own leather and non-leather versions of a lanyard-type holder they call the AirTag Loop: a device that securely encloses your AirTag and is more versatile in regards to placement than the AirTag Keychains. Let’s see you try to lose your AirTags now! (Editor’s note: obviously, it helps to receive them, open the box, and actually activate your AirTags before losing them… you know, so you can track them).

Without further ado, here are reviews of Apple’s AirTag Loop & Leather Loop accessories, as well as the Top 3 Apple AirTag Loop Alternatives on the market: 

  • 1. Apple AirTag Loop and Leather Loop Reviews
    • The Apple AirTag Loop (available in leather or polyurethane) is a light and elegant case that keeps your AirTag snuggly fitted to your desired object. The leather version comes in Red and Saddle Brown, while the polyurethane version offers a wider variety of colors, including Electric Orange, Sunflower (yellow), Deep Navy, and White.
    • Apple’s AirTag Loop holder has an open design one one side, allowing you to see the beautiful AirTag face, but also making it prone to scratches. Pros: it’s Apple, so it’s the brand you love and trust, and it looks beautiful. Cons, it’s Apple, so it’s expensive and the open face doesn’t offer a ton of scratch protection.
    • Note that by buying the Red leather AirTag loop, you support Apple’s initiative to benefit the (RED) foundation for HIV/AIDS and Covid19 relief – Apple’s thus far contributed over $250 million to the partnership.
    • Click here to buy the Apple AirTag Loop – $29
    • Click here to buy the Apple Air Tag Leather Loop – $39
  • 2. Belkin Secure Holder with Strap for AirTag
    • The Belkin Secure Holder with Strap comes in Black, Blue, Pink and White, and is securely snapped shut with a proprietary twist and lock design (as also seen in our Belkin Secure Holder AirTag Keychain Review). 
    • Belkin’s not-so-creatively-named “Secure Holder with Strap” (Belkin’s AirTag Loop Accessory) features an open design with raised edges that will keep your AirTag secure and generally scratch-free (though the face could still get nicked in a direct-strike). The thin strap is easy to tie onto other objects, and the items’ open and protected design shows off the Apple logo and any engravings. Plus, you know you can trust Belkin’s AirTag accessories, which were the only third-party AirTag accessories to be featured by the Apple Store at launch.
    • Click here to buy the Belkin Secure Holder with Strap for AirTag – $13
  • 3. Nomad Leather Loop for AirTags
    • The Nomad Leather loop is made of luxurious Horween leather, and comes in Rustic Brown, Black and Natural (beige) colors.
    • Nomad’s take on the AirTag loop  design is very different from the previous options as it secures the AirTag in a clamping motion (sticks to AirTag with a powerful 3M adhesive, adding just over 2 millimeters of thickness), hiding and protecting most of AirTag, apart from the edges. In terms of Nomad’s Leather Loop “pros”, we like this design as it is more discreet as it hides most of the AirTag (including the logo and any engravings), comes across as more professional looking, and protects the chrome AirTag face.  Only “cons” to the design we see are that Nomad’s AirTag Loop covers up the beautiful AirTag’s face, and does not offer much in the way of  scratch protection for AirTag’s edges – and hopefully that adhesive is easily removable in the future.
    • Click here to buy the Nomad Leather Loop – now on sale for $19.95 (original price $24.95)
    • Nomad Leather Loop Review
  • 4. Benazcap Portable Case for AirTag – Best Value Silicone Loop Alternative
    • Made of eco-friendly liquid silicone, the Benazcap Portable Case for AirTag is the most similar case to the Apple AirTag Loop and comes in Multicolor 5-pack for just $15 (that’s just $3 each!).  The five-pack of colors include Black, White, Blue, Orange and Yellow.
    • Benzacap’s AirTags cases offer a lightweight protective design that is scratch-resistant, washable and sweat-proof, while still showing off the Apple logo and engravings.  But really, you’re buying it because Benazcap’s AirTag Loop accessory is the cheapest AirTag loop accessory on the market with good reviews – 78 reviews on Amazon at time of writing, with an average rating of 4 stars, which is amazing given the price
    • Click here to check out the Benazcap AirTag Loop Accessory 5-Pack – $15 for 5!
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Top AirTag Keychain Accessories https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1179&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-airtag-keychain-accessories Wed, 26 May 2021 21:42:14 +0000 https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1179 Bought your 4-pack of AirTags for $99 (or found AirTags on sale?), finished your AirTag unboxing, and then realized that AirTags don’t come with any accessories or cases? Looking for the best AirTag keychain accessories and alternatives to Apple’s more expensive Leather AirTag KeyChain? You’ve come to the right place (and also check out our reviews of top AirTag loop accessory alternatives)

Here are top 5 AirTag keychain case accessories: Apple’s own AirTag keychain + the 4 best third-party Apple AirTag Keychain Alternatives.

  • 1) Apple AirTag Keychain Accessory Review
    • Available in three colors, blue, red, and brown (“Baltic Blue”, “(PRODUCT) RED”, and “Saddle Brown”, respectively)
      • Note that by buying the red AirTag case, you support Apple’s initiative to benefit the (RED) foundation for HIV/AIDS and Covid19 relief – Apple’s thus far contributed over $250 million to the partnership
    • Quick Apple AirTag Keychain Pros & Cons:
      • Apple AirTag Keychain Pros: Apple’s AirTag keychain is simple, beautiful and functional – it’s made of soft, high-quality leather and is a great way to attach your AirTags to your keychain (or could even be used to put an AirTag on a dog collar); nicely frames and displays the chrome AirTag face, Apple logo & any emojis or engravings
      • Apple AirTag Keychain Cons: At $35 Apple’s Leather Keychain is more expensive than AirTags; open face looks nice but doesn’t protect your AirTag from scratches; some people don’t like leather; with keychain, dangles low when hung on a dog collar as a pet tracker
    • Click here to check Amazon’s sale price – usually $35
  • 2) Belkin Secure Holder AirTag Keychain Review
    • Available in black, pink, white, and blue, Belkin was the first and only third-party case available from the Apple Store at AirTag’s launch, and for good reason… As you’ve read in our Hands-On Belkin AirTag Keychain Review, it’s fantastic.
    • Quick Belkin Secure Holder AirTag Keychain Pros & Cons:
      • Belkin AirTag Keychain Pros: proprietary twist-to-lock feature securely holds your AirTag and ensures it’s not going to fall out of the case; MUCH CHEAPER than Apple’s leather keychain holder at just $13; high quality construction – feels very solid and looks nice; holds up well as a pet tracker (my dogs have been wearing AirTags with the Belkin keychain on their collars for a few weeks now and they’re not even scuffed); minimalist design – doesn’t add much bulk to the AirTag size & shape
      • Belkin AirTag Keychain Cons: like Apple’s, these show off the chrome AirTags face at the trade off of not protecting the face from scratches; actual key ring is rather large – almost AirTag-sized, which may or may not be the size you’re looking for (can put a lot of keys on it, but it’s a bit big if you’re attaching it to another existing ring); hard to find in stock due to popularity
    • Click here to check if in-stock at Amazon; or click here to buy directly from Belkin – $13
  • 3) Nomad Leather Keychain for AirTags Review
    • Nomad’s Leather AirTag Keychains are beautiful and well-crafted – like all of Nomad’s gear. They make their leather keychain in high-quality black and brown leather, and also make black and white versions of their Nomad Rugged Keychain for AirTag which is IP67 waterproof (like the AirTag itself) for another layer of protection (reviewed below)
    • Quick Nomad Leather AirTag Keychain Pros & Cons:
      • Nomad Leather AirTag Keychain Pros:
        • Beautiful vegetable-tanned Horween leather design in brown or black; distinctive, stylish and expensive-looking design; like all Nomad products, it’s going to work great for a very long time – and comes with a two-year warranty to back it up
      • Nomad Leather AirTag Keychain Cons:
        • Generally a bit expensive, at $29.95 (like Apple’s AirTag keychain); some people don’t like leather products
    • Click here to buy directly from Nomad (pre-ordering until July ’21)
    • Nomad Leather AirTag Keychain Review
  • 4) Nomad Rugged Keychain for AirTag Review
    • Nomad’s Rugged AirTag Keychain is perhaps underselling itself… Yes, it’s rugged in the sense that it protects your AirTag with a solid polycarbonate frame and TPU overmold (like a good iPhone case), but it’s also professional and sleek looking. Available in black and white – and IPG67 dust and waterproof, regardless of color. Nomad’s Rugged Keychain for AirTags is the ultimate AirTag keychain case for people who want to protect their AirTags, find their keys (or use an AirTag to find your dog), and want to look good doing it
    • Quick Nomad Rugged AirTag Keychain Pros & Cons:
      • Nomad Rugged AirTag Keychain Pros:
        • Protects your AirTag from dust, water, and most importantly – drops and scratches; Nomad offers engraving – with more characters than Apple – so you can put your dog’s name & your phone number on it, for example, and use it as the ultimate pet tracker (ID tag & tracker in one); looks fantastic; comes with a two-year warranty; vegan materials; possibly our favorite AirTag holder
      • Nomad Rugged AirTag Keychain Cons:
        • Also a bit expensive, at $29.95 (like Apple’s AirTag keychain), but worth it!
    • Click here to buy directly from Nomad (pre-ordering until August ’21)
    • Nomad Rugged AirTag Keychain Review
  • 5) Spigen AirTag Case Valentinus Review
    • Sleek, strong / durable vegan pleather & knitted enclosure with opening to to show AirTag’s beautiful chromeyness; Includes a carabiner-style keyring so it’s easy to attach most anywhere; Slim design
    • Quick Spigen Valentinus AirTag Keychain Pros & Cons:
      • Spigen Valentinus AirTag Keychain Pros:
        • Protects your AirTag; great design with clean lines and simple black & white color scheme; vegan-friendly “polyurethane leather” (nice-looking fake leather); unique carabiner-designed keyring allows you to easily clip your AirTag to whatever you want to track that day (attach your AirTag to your keys, suitcase, gym bag, backpack, purse, etc. – see our list of top things to track with an AirTag)
      • Spigen Valentinus AirTag Keychain Cons:
        • Carabiner is great but perhaps a bit large for your keys; beautiful but only available in black
    • Click here to buy from Amazon for $19.99-$24.99 (sale / deals seen as low as $19.99)

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How To Look Rich while Losing Things: AirTag Hermès Review https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1074&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tips-for-looking-rich-while-losing-things-airtag-hermes-review Thu, 29 Apr 2021 09:08:57 +0000 https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1074 Let’s say you’re like me, and you always misplace your keys. Or, let’s say you’re much richer than I am, and you always misplace your, I don’t know, suitcase filled with diamonds or caviar. (Pro tip – don’t try to check a suitcase full of caviar on an international flight – customs can really be unsympathetic when it comes to valuable seafood!). How do you ensure that you’ll never lose your keys again / can always find your suitcase full of diamonds?

Perhaps more to the point… How can you find your lost suitcase, while also looking super fancy? You might have read our article and learned that AirTags are the best way to keep from losing your luggage while traveling, but what if a beautiful chrome AirTag isn’t fancy or expensive enough for you?

Well, thankfully Apple came up with an expensive AirTag alternative – the $300-$450 AirTag Hermès.

What’s the difference between an AirTag Hermès and a normal AirTag? About $300+ of Hermès-branded accessories!

The Apple AirTag Hermès line includes three beautifully expensive AirTag + accessory offerings: 1) a $349 Apple Hermès Key Ring, 2) a $299 Apple Hermès Bag Charm, and 3) a wallet-busting $449 Apple Hermès Luggage Tag.

AirTag Hermès features the same one-year battery life, 300 foot bluetooth range, and billion-device-strong Find My Network to help you find your lost things. It’s the same. Exact. Thing. It just comes with a lovely Hermès-branded leather case, and comes laser-engraved with Hermès branding on the AirTag itself. “AirTag Hermès” instead of “AirTag” on it.

Apple is probably the best company in the world at marketing, and a key marketing concept is the idea market segmentation. The idea is to extract maximum value from your customers by figuring if certain customers are willing to pay more that others, and offering them a product at a higher price point. Enter AirTags Hermès. It’s the exact same thing as a normal AirTag, but with a fancy Hermès-branded case for a few hundred dollars more. It’s beautiful. It’s luxurious. It will be rare. And it tells the world – hey, rich people need help finding their suitcases and keys too.

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Top 5 Creative Ways to Use Apple AirTag Trackers https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1076&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-creative-ways-to-use-apple-airtag-trackers Thu, 22 Apr 2021 13:30:11 +0000 https://airtagreviews.com/?p=1076 Now that Apple Released AirTags, people keep asking us – what are the best things to attach AirTags to? So, grab a 4-pack of AirTags ($99), and pick 4 / 5 of the ideas below.

Top 5 Items to Find with AirTags:

  • 1) Using AirTags to find your lost Suitcase / Checked Bag when Traveling
    • How many times has this happened to you? You stay up late the night before your big trip to finish packing, you jam in every last item you may or may not need based on whatever weather and activities you may or may not experience… you board your flight to paradise, you try your best to sleep but end up watching some terrible movie instead, while picking through a TV-dinner tray of unidentifiable-potato-gravy-meat(?) and inexplicably dry salad… you land, exhausted, and stand around Luggage Carousal #3 for 20 minutes waiting for the first bag to less-than-gracefully fall into place and slowly make its way around the loop. It’s not your bag.
    • You then wait some more, as the conveyor belt fills up, jockeying for position amongst the crowds of other weary travelers from your flight, still cautiously optimistic your bag will be in the same city / country as you.
    • And… Nothing.
    • Crowd is starting to disperse, and you slowly fill with dread and try to cling to hope as the last couple bags arrive. Your bag will make it… right? How can an airline lose a suitcase in the 21st century? Did they really just ship it to Europe when you flew to South America? Losing a bag while traveling… Is. The. Worst. Maybe it just ended up on a different conveyor belt somehow? Maybe it’s in the airport but running a bit late?
    • The solution? Open your Find My app, and track your suitcase with precision. The airline’s going to love when you tell them exactly where it is! Well, maybe they won’t say “thank you” in so many words, but at least you’ll know where your bag is. Thank you AirTags!
  • 2) Clipping an AirTag to your Pet’s Collar to Ensure you Don’t Lose your Dog or Cat
    • My good friend Andrea recently lost her cat, Marco. She had Marco and his brother for 5 years and he never once tried to bolt out the door, until this March… Maybe Marco was sick of being stuck in doors so much due to lockdown? We’re not sure.
    • Marco bolted out the door and into the cool evening air during an Uber Eats delivery, and immediately disappeared out of site. Black cat at sunset in a big city. It was horrible, terrifying, and all-to-common. Andrea was devastated. (Spoiler alert, she put up roughly 200 signs and ultimately a neighbor found Marco – two days later – camped out under the neighbor’s deck a couple blocks over. He was safe and sound and probably feasting on wildlife)
    • How would an Apple AirTag help you find your lost cat? Well, for $29, Marco is going to have an AirTag on his collar next time – and he’ll be extremely easy to find with the Find My network. Andrea won’t have to print 200 flyers and wait / pray for a neighbor to call – she’ll know right away that Marco is out doing some hunting under a neighbor’s house, and the Find My app will walk her right over with AR-based turn-by-turn directions. Pretty good pet insurance policy.
    • See our article – Are AirTags Good Pet Trackers?
  • 3) Using an AirTag to Find your Keys
    • This seems so obvious it’s almost boring, but it has to be on here… when you’re rushing out to work or school and you can’t find your keys… Ugh…
    • Attach an AirTag to your keychain, and you have some easy options. Use the Find My app to make your keys sound an audible chime / beep (great if they fell behind the counter instead of being on the counter, where you thought you left them), or even use the indoor-GPS-features of the U1 ultra-wideband chip to get turn-by-turn directions to the toy-box-under-the-tiny-desk-your-daughter-uses-which-she-thought-would-be-a-clever-place-to-hide-mommy’s-keys-today. Not a literal life-saver like using an AirTag as a Pet Tracker, but pretty amazing nonetheless.
  • 4) Using AirTags to Find your Car or Bike Parking Spot
    • OK, you might be saying you don’t lose your car – how hard is it to remember where you parked?
    • Well, last year (pre-covid) I flew from LAX to JFK on American on a last-minute business trip, and had to park in one of the airport structures. It was supposed to be a one-day trip for a meeting, in and out. Of course, traffic was awful and I was running late – I barely had time to park, and run to the gate to make my flight (and therefore, make it to tomorrow’s meeting on time).
    • Of course, flying back, there were unexpected weather-related cancelations and schedule changes. I ended up having to switch flights last minute, and was routed through a different city instead flying direct… Which meant, when I landed (late at night, exhausted, after a terrible 5,000-mile-in-20-hours-roundtrip), I was at a different LAX terminal than I departed from. I suddenly realized it was dark, I’d never been here before, and I had no idea where my car was.
    • After a 20-minute late-night walk through LAX, and somewhat deliriously tired, I clung to my wavering hope that at least I knew I parked on level 3. I mean, I think I parked on level 3? But what structure? This isn’t where I flew out of, and these parking structures sure do look the same.
    • Have you ever tried to find your car at a place like LAX when you don’t know the level you parked on, never-mind the structure?
    • I would have paid so much more than $29 for an AirTag to be in my cupholder as the clock ticked past midnight and I still hadn’t found my car. I wanted to cry… WHERE WAS MY CAR?
    • Lesson learned. I’m keeping an AirTag in my glove compartment of my car from now on. Sure it would be cool one day to smugly tell the police where my car is in the off-chance it gets stolen, but really, I know why I keep an AirTag in my car at all times. It’s because I never want to forget my parking spot again. LAX isn’t going to win so easily next time.
  • 5) Using an AirTag to find your kid
    • I can already see the onslaught of complaints about this one, so I’ll caveat that I’m not suggesting we track our kids every day / I’d only do this if we were going to Disneyland or a waterpark (Are AirTags Waterproof?) or something… But, let’s be honest. Why wouldn’t you slip an AirTag in the pocket of your toddler’s tiny jeans for the day? Does that make me sound like an overly paranoid parent? Maybe, but it’s also a $25-$30 insurance policy to prevent a parental heart-attack. Let’s say you’re trying to quickly order a $19 bottle of water from the “guest experience partner”, when he starts to up-sell you to a “collectible water bottle” with a plastic princess stuck on the top for only $12 more. While this unnecessarily complicated water bottle transaction is taking place, little Timmy spots an awesome butterfly and starts to follow her through the crowds. Yeah, compared to the money I’m spending on water bottles, I think sticking an AirTag on my kid is a relatively cheap and unobtrusive way to relax a bit on the next family vacation.

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