Editor’s Note: Today 5/19/22 AirTags 4-pack back on sale at Amazon. Amazon has AirTags on sale again today! Amazon has the AirTags 4-Pack on Sale for $89.00 ($22.25 each). That’s just off their best price for AirTags.
Editor’s Note: Today 5/5/22 AirTag prices dropped to best-ever price. Amazon has its lowest-ever-price on AirTags today! Amazon has the AirTags 4-Pack on Sale for $84.55 ($21.14 each). That’s an all-time-low price for AirTags!
Editor’s Note: Today 5/3/22 AirTag prices dropped to best-ever price. Amazon has its lowest-ever-price on AirTags today! Amazon has the AirTags 4-Pack on Sale for $89 ($22.25 each). That’s an all-time-low price for AirTags!
Editor’s Note: This was Amazon’s Prime Day Deal. Today, Amazon has the AirTags 4-Pack on Sale for $94.27 ($23.57 each). Not earth-shattering, but this represents the best deal yet on AirTags. If you’ve been holding out on buying a pack, or know someone who’s been on the fence about AirTags, act quickly and buy them now @ Amazon . Amazon sales don’t last long (often less than a day). We can also you know whenever they go on sale – just subscribe to our AirTag Deal Alerts on the top right of the home page.
Editor’s Note (June 21, 2021): Amazon’s AirTag deal is BACK! $94.86 today for a 4-pack ($23.72 each). Second best price we’ve seen to-date. Today is Amazon Prime Day, and we’ve been refreshing like crazy waiting for a Prime Day deal on Apple AirTags. Looks like it’s finally here! So hurry and buy your four-pack of AirTags now if you’ve been thinking of them – Prime Day deals usually aren’t beat until Black Friday, if at all. Or sign up for our AirTag deal alerts on our homepage to be notified if / when they drop further.
Editor’s Note (May 29, 2021): unfortunately, as is common, Amazon’s price has continued to change, and bounced back to full price of $99 / four-pack as of this update. That said, we’ve now seen Amazon drop AirTags to $94.27 multiple times, so it’s worth clicking the link above to check the latest price. Or sign up for our AirTag price alerts (click on our homepage and then enter your email address on the right hand side deal-alerts box – we won’t spam you), and we’ll let you know the next time there’s a new all-time-low-price on AirTags.
]]>It means (potentially) fantastic sales on AirTags? Like, how big of a discount might you see on AirTags on Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Try up to half off (yes, 50% off AirTags). That’s pretty incredible. Beats the best AirTags sales we’ve seen previously.
So where can I find AirTags on sale for Black Friday or Cyber Monday? The best place so far, is from Apple itself. Normally, a 4-pack of AirTags is $99 (at Amazon, for example). Be sure to check Amazon’s Black Friday Sales here – but honestly, I’m not sure how they’re going to beat Apple this year.
Apple is offering $50 gift cards (for free) if you buy an iPhone, a $75 gift card if you buy AirPods, and a $50 gift card if you buy an Apple Watch, a $100/$200 giftcard for an iPad or Mac, and… incredibly – Apple is giving you a $50 Apple gift card if you buy a 4-pack of AirTags for just $99. That means you are getting a bit more than 50% off of AirTags!
Check out Apple’s sale here, order your AirTags 4-pack, and then hurry back here to find the best AirTag Accessories. Like the best AirTag dog collars for Fido, or the best AirTag accessories for traveling / lost luggage as seen in our around-the-world AirTag lost luggage challenge, or just the best AirTag cases and accessories for college students or AirTag accessories for the kids on your Christmas list.
Happy holidays, and cheers to always being able to find everything!
]]>I ordered my first four-pack of AirTags from Apple the minute they went on sale for $99. It’s important to note that Apple offers free later etching / engraving (emojis, text and numbers) on AirTag, but only if you order directly from them. It’s pretty cool (and free is always nice), but I’ll say that due to AirTag’s small size, the amount of writing you can do is pretty limited. I tried to write my dog’s name, since AirTags are the best pet trackers, but there weren’t enough letters to write “Lucca” – yup, you can only engrave four letters on an AirTag.
So, putting aside free engraving, where is the best places to find AirTags in stock? Where can you find the best AirTag deals? AirTags are now available at major stores such as Amazon and Best Buy for pre-order. Best shot at deals it to regularly check Amazon’s AirTags 4-Pack pricing and the price of a single AirTag at Amazon, and also to keep an eye on places known for having surprise Apple sales like Costco, the cell carriers (Verizon for example regularly has sales on AirPods), etc. We’ll keep you posted – just sign up for our AirTag deal alerts on the top right.
It’s also important to think about AirTag accessories. Apple’s AirTags may be “cheap” at $29 each or $99 for four… But there are limited AirTag uses without an AirTags case, key ring, or loop. For example, I plan to put one on my dog Lucca’s collar – but other than duct-taping an AirTag to the collar (which would be… sad), there’s not an easy way to attach a beautiful chrome circle to something without a case or key chain accessory. And that’s where AirTags get expensive. AirTags don’t come with any accessories at all from Apple.
The truth is – Apple’s AirTag accessories cost more than the AirTags themselves!
Apple sells its simple AirTag Leather Key Ring for $35.
The Apple AirTag Leather Loop is even more expensive, at $39.
The only Apple AirTag accessory that isn’t more expensive than AirTags themselves is the simple rubber Apple AirTag Loop, which at $29 is the same price as a single AirTag.
… So… If you buy a four-pack of AirTags for $99 and want to put them on your two sets of keys + two dog collars, and you want to buy Apple’s AirTag accessories, you’ll need to spend a minimum of another $29 x 4 for the AirTag Loops. That brings your $99 purchase to $215 – just to be usable!
Are there any inexpensive AirTag Accessories?
Apple does sell two lower-priced AirTag accessory alternatives, the Belkin Secure Holder with Key Ring, and the Belkin Secure Holder with Strap. At $12.95 each, these aren’t exactly cheap but at least they aren’t more expensive than AirTags themselves! In fact, they’re roughly half the price of Apple’s own key ring and loop, and for an Apple-Authorized AirTag accessory, I’m betting you can’t go wrong with the Belkin products. I ordered the white Key Rings for my AirTags, and I’ll be sure to post a full review as soon as they arrive. My dog Lucca will too. See our full Belkin AirTag Key Chain Accessory Review.
Editor’s Note: You may have noticed that shipping times on the popular Belkin AirTag accessories have already gone to 5-weeks or more on Apple’s website. So what do you do to protect your beautifully shiny chrome AirTags from scratches / be able to use them on day one when they arrive? Look for inexpensive AirTag accessories on Amazon. Just like iPhone cases, there are already loads of them and there will only be more in the future. Thankfully, there have been so many AirTag Rumors that the AirTag Accessory companies have had time manufacture all sorts of AirTag holders and AirTag cases in advance.
Here are the best AirTags accessories available on Amazon:
]]>How does AirTags cost compare to AirTag Competitors such as Tile and Chipolo (affiliate)? Read on below. (And for other questions and answers, see our AirTag FAQ)
AirTags Device Cost:
Tile prices its Pro line of bluetooth trackers at $35 each – or as low as $25 each if you buy a four-pack – which is the same as Apple AirTags. Tile also has sells the less-expensive Mate series of trackers for $25 each – or as low as $17.50 each if you them in a four-pack, but these really aren’t comparable… Think Apple would release something that wasn’t at the Tile Pro-level? We don’t. So expect that AirTags should cost somewhere in the range of $25 – Editor’s note, this AirTag Rumor was confirmed.
AirTags Monthly or Annual Service Cost?
Apple released its Q4’20 earnings release on September 20th, 2020 and put right in the headline that Services hit an all-time record – so its obviously an area of focus for the company in terms of how to grow its top-line. And, you can see in their actual 10-Q financials that Services accounted for 20% of fiscal 2020 revenue for Apple, and an impressive 34% of gross profit (Services are higher margin than hardware or “Products” as Apple calls them). So Services are a real thing… Apple wants you to pay them monthly, yearly, heck if you’ll pay them daily & buy them lunch they’d probably take that too.
But will AirTags simply fall into the Products revenue line item as a one-time charge on your Apple-branded credit card, or will AirTags have a recurring subscription fee? Well, unlike the competition (sorry Tile), AirTag does not require a monthly or annual service fee.
Tile sells its Premium service for $30/year and its Premium Protect product for $100/year. Tile Premium gives you additional features (smart alerts if you walk away from your device (e.g., you leave your wallet at the bar), free battery replacement, and 30-day location history for your devices), extended warranty (extends warranty on Tiles from 1-year to 3-years), and expanded customer service. Those last two (warranty and premium support) sound a lot like AppleCare, so we’ll have to see if Apple ultimately offers AppleCare for AirTags.
Will Apple offer a service for AirTags like Tile’s Premium Protect? Tile’s Premium Protect offers everything Tile Premium does… but it’s $100/year instead of $30, so what are you getting for that extra $70? Insurance. Premium Protect covers lost items that you had Tile trackers stuck for up to $1000 in reimbursements a year. Tile explains it like this “If your Tiled item is lost for any reason, and Tile can’t find it, we reimburse you. This service warranty provides up to $1000 per year with no additional fees through XCover.” XCover is a third-party insurance company with whom Tile works…
Do you think Apple wants to be in the insurance business? They sort of are already, with AppleCare, but that’s only for their own devices… I don’t see them wanting to insure against the theft of a lost bicycle. But hey – who’s Apple third-largest shareholder (after mutual fund companies Vanguard and Blackrock)? Why, it’s the insurance-magnate and Oracle-of-Omaha Warren Buffett’s very own Berkshire Hathaway. They own Geico and loads of other insurance companies. Maybe Apple would offer Geico insurance on AirTags Premium+ AppleCare+ Super-Duper-Crazy-Insurance? Editor’s note: <– that’s obviously not going to be the name of AirTags AppleCare… We clearly need to take a marketing class! We’ll have to see.
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