AirCard Combines Find My Support With a Digital Business Card and More

[jammies]

I have one of the Eufy Find My cards (https://us.eufy.com/products/t87b2011). It works nicely. Would be nice to have the U1/Ultra Wideband support, but at least it works with the Find My network. It's normally $30, but on sale for $20 at Eufy or Amazon.

It's 2.4mm thick (rather than the 2.2mm this card is hoping to hit), but who knows if the Kickstarter will actually hit that 2.2mm. The battery life is listed as "3 years" so that's similar. The Eufy is plastic rather than glass and aluminum and doesn't have the business card aspect, but that's probably unimportant once Name Drop comes with iOS 17.

This is potentially nicer than the Eufy in that it is made of glass/metal and might have a louder speaker, but the Eufy works well and it's available today and it's cheaper. You can have Amazon/Eufy ship you a card today for $20 and save $17 (since the Kickstarter is €27 + €7 shipping which is about $37). Plus, it looks like they're basically sold out of early-bird rates and the retail rate of €39 + €7 shipping would be around $50, a lot more than the $20 Eufy.

 

[cable]

I wonder if this one will actually work? It seems like no other attempt at this so far has been good.

Really? I've had the tile credit card in my wallet and it's been a lifesaver. Located my wallet multiple times over 3 years on the same battery.

 

[ninetyCent]

Who still sits on their wallet? If it doesn’t kink your spine beyond the point of usefulness, putting your wallet in your back pocket is akin to putting your iPhone there, which I have seen some women do, or putting your firearm there, which I have NEVER seen anybody do.

putting your wallet in your back pocket is akin to putting a firearm there...the things you learn when talking to the people of the internets...

 

[ninetyCent]

I was being sarcastic.. that thing looks way too thick to fit in anyone's wallet

My bad, i hate it when i fail to detect sarcasm.

 

[zach-coleman]

Really? I've had the tile credit card in my wallet and it's been a lifesaver. Located my wallet multiple times over 3 years on the same battery.

I meant find my network attempts.

 

[Christoffee]

I was unable to find a single positive review of that product, lol.

It’s always in Find My. And I always get a notification if I leave it behind. So that’s excellent.

I’ve bought 4. Me, partner, daughter and father-in-law.

 

[hirsthirst]

not everything has to be for me, but make it rechargeable & I'm interested - currently just one more thing to have "range anxiety" about waiting for it's 30-month battery to be up & the subscription price to be hiked every 2.5 year cycle.

for people that like things like this it feels better to get a wallet with an AirTag slip-in holder.

 

[sideshowuniqueuser]

What does this solve?
This is a genuine question.

In 59 years I have lost my wallet exactly 1 (one) time. That was 40 years ago…

Do people genuinely lose/get stolen their wallets this often? 🤨

The use case I am seeing, is not for my wallet, but as a theft tracking device for all kinds of valuables. Looks like the anti-theft device that I was hoping AirTag would be (but isn't due to it notifying the thieves that they are being tracked/stalked). Yep, there are other 3rd party anti-theft tracking devices, but they are all a lot more bulky, expensive, and require an additional expensive subscription for the GPS data.

 

[adammusic]

I fit an AirTag in my wallet

 

[_Spinn_]

I like seeing more things support Find My but having to throw this out when the battery is dead is no good.

 

[imola.zhp]

I picked up a Eufy SmartTrack Card on sale for $17 just as my Tile Slim was dying.

I'm not quickly finding a db rating on the Eufy SmartTrack Card but it does have left behind reminders and a lost mode that will enable someone that finds it to contact you, it does this with a QR code as well. Eufy SmartTrack Card is 2.4mm thick vs 2.2, so slightly taller, Eufy SmartTrack Card's battery lasts up to 3 years vs 30 months. No coupon for half off a replacement that I am aware of but it costs nearly half in the first place. Yeah, I'm good with what I have...

 

[MAGSAFEMATE]

Business.. card? Those still exist?? 🤔

LOL

 

[msmyrtle]

Whatever happened with this? Any ideas if it was a success? I remember being puzzled back then when reading about it. Like, okay, I already have a digital business card and even share it as an Apple Wallet pass (a couple of people asked me how I do it; linked the answer for anyone who's interested). I have an AirTag. Am happy with both. I failed to see the real need for this device. (Leaving a chance that I'm missing something)

 

[ProbablyDylan]

Whatever happened with this? Any ideas if it was a success? I remember being puzzled back then when reading about it. Like, okay, I already have a digital business card and even share it as an Apple Wallet pass. I have an AirTag. Am happy with both. I failed to see the real need for this device. (Leaving a chance that I'm missing something)

I bought one. it's not very good. Doesn't connect when you want it to make a noise, doesn't update very frequently, and constantly gives me false "you left your wallet behind!" notifications.

Can't recommend this specific item. I will not be replacing mine when the battery goes.