From my experience with Nomad's Qi charging products (two of their pads, including the AirPower-like put-it-anywhere model) this thing will fail in under a year and the company will be of no help whatsoever. I'd pass.
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Nomad Launches Qi-Rechargeable Find My Tracking Card to Prevent Lost Wallets
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I just don't think anything is going to beat the functionality of an AirTag, I wish 3rd parties could make a product like this that had all the functionality but unfortunately that's just not the way it is
This one appears to do everything an AirTag can do except for precision find. On the other hand it’s wirelessly rechargeable. I’m willing to give it a shot. Will it fail in a year? Who knows. If it does I won’t buy another one. Simple.
Not sure why Apple doesn't have a wallet Airtag for $29. Seems like a no-brainer.
Yeah that would be cool, I doubt we will ever see anything from them besides the single design of the AirTag unfortunately.
Or similar functionality in the physical Apple card. I'd pay extra for that.
Although I'm not one to lose my wallet, there was an unfortunate incident where a particularly frisky rodent decided to take up residence and hide my wallet. I got the last laugh but the little teeth marks in the leather are a reminder.
This looks like something I could totally use. The only negative is I have a Groove Life wallet and I got it to purposely cut down on cards and I don't know how much more room I have.
The only thing I think it would be cool to add besides the precise find would be a Smart NFC Networking Card. All in one card. Oh well, probably not happening. lol
My Seinxon card is only 1.6 mm thick. Qi chargeable too.
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I wonder how resilient this thing is? I carry 4 credit card-format items in a slim leather wallet in the back pocket of my jeans where it gets very slightly bent when I'm sitting. It's never been a problem with the cards, but I wonder how this would fare.
Many many wallets these days intentionally block RF signals. Some testing and/or a disclaimer about how this product works/doesn't work with different wallets would have been helpful.
On my 2nd replacement card so have not had to purchase a new one yet. However, the case keeps on cracking in my wallet. Don't know if a thinner card is better or not but rechargeable is a definite plus.
This is a brilliant idea. Seriously!! That alone would make me (and the family) carry the physical Apple Card. Instead, I leave the damn thing at home because it was too heavy and difficult (slippery) to get out of my wallet. My Amazon card is plastic, bendable, easy to extract...and the points are always useful.
Man, I wish there was a viable alternative to Amazon...every time I order (which is A LOT) I feel like I'm doing something wrong.
Thats a DAMN good idea. Apple Card is a tag. Oooof, Take my money
I disagree. A rechargeable battery holds less power and is often not (cheaply) replicable. I have a collection of CR2032 batteries at home so I can always replace the battery of my AirTags if it's empty.
Damn! That’s one of the best ideas I’ve ever seen here. I would immediately pay extra for airtagged Apple Card. Bravo sir Braaaavo!
Having a rechargeable battery is better than having no rechargeable battery.
But surely it’s still far better to have replaceable battery.
Rechargeable batteries will lose capacity and die eventually. By then, this product will be no better than a paperweight.
I’ll stick to my AirTags for now.
But surely it’s still far better to have replaceable battery.
Rechargeable batteries will lose capacity and die eventually. By then, this product will be no better than a paperweight.
I’ll stick to my AirTags for now.
I am grateful it’s not yet another rechargeable product that’ll die when the battery dies. Consider how cheap AirTags are, it’d be an environmental nightmare if people have to throw away AirTags with dead batteries and buy new ones. AirPods come to mind as an example of wasteful consumer products with rechargeable batteries that users cannot replace easily.