Needs a louder sound

[WeatherWeasel]

So I got my tag, put one in my wallet and that in my pants. Hung the pants over by the closet, a whole 5 feet away. So I decide to make the thing beep or whatever it does. I can't hear it. I try again, same thing. So I go get the wallet, put it by me and do the sound thing, same deal. Take it out of the wallet and I can hear the faint sound.

My initial thought was WTF???? so I look around to see if there is some thing that adjusts the volume and of course not. I suspect if my wallet fell out of my jeans, into my sofa and I tried the sound, I would not hear it.

I used to use the tile and their device is loud. Do I have a flawed unit or do all of the sounds be so whiney.

Is it defective or is this some thing that a techno gullible person such as myself fell for , lot, stock and barrel?

 

[lordhamster]

I agree they aren't super loud, but you saying you could barely hear it with the tag in your hand sounds like a defective unit. Either that, or you have some hearing loss (which is quite common at higher frequencies).

For reference, I tossed a naked tag into a pocket of my backpack, which is sitting inside of a closed closet in my home office. I can still hear it quite clearly when it beeps. It ain't LOUD, but certainly audible from inside a closed closet zipped into a backpack.

 

[WeatherWeasel]

Perhaps defective. Hearing loss, I doubt it. I can hear the dog rummaging in the kitchen and the neighbors outside complaining that the dog pooped in their yard. I do have one more of these tags I can fiddle with. I do not hear the mosquito ring tone which is my evil way of irritating my students

 

[WeatherWeasel]

OK, it is defective. We found the wife's purse and the dogs leash. fortunately I have another tag and will replace it. Thank you for generation of the thought.