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mwhite

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Anybody have recommendations for thin credit card sized FindMy compatible wallet trackers? The only brand I know off the top of my head is Chipolo. I know there’s at least one brand out there that’s rechargeable, but I wonder how badly that affects thinness. What else is out there that you would recommend (rechargeable or otherwise)? Thank you.
 
I have used Ekster but likely won't again. It's about the thickness of two Apple Cards, very lightweight, six month battery, and makes a fairly loud noise/alarm. But the first one I had simply stopped pairing for no reason after 3-6 months. They did exchange it for free with a new one, but I find that Find My isn't always updated (sometimes it says last seen 3 Days Ago, etc). I have it on the outside of one of the Ekster wallets using one of their elastic money bands. So it isn't in the RFID blocking wallet itself. Anyhow, I think the Ekster tracker gets a majority of positive reviews, and I wouldn't consider myself a negative reviewer, but I'm ready to just go without the tracker. I can use the smaller MagSafe compatible Ekster card case instead and have it always stuck to my phone.
 
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I have used Ekster but likely won't again. It's about the thickness of two Apple Cards, very lightweight, six month battery, and makes a fairly loud noise/alarm. But the first one I had simply stopped pairing for no reason after 3-6 months. They did exchange it for free with a new one, but I find that Find My isn't always updated (sometimes it says last seen 3 Days Ago, etc). I have it on the outside of one of the Ekster wallets using one of their elastic money bands. So it isn't in the RFID blocking wallet itself. Anyhow, I think the Ekster tracker gets a majority of positive reviews, and I wouldn't consider myself a negative reviewer, but I'm ready to just go without the tracker. I can use the smaller MagSafe compatible Ekster card case instead and have it always stuck to my phone.

So the Ekster uses a replaceable battery?

Right now I’m using a Tile wallet tracker, but it’s not FindMy compatible, the non-replaceable battery is low and the whole thing needs replacing. I also want to get off Tile completely (am planning to get an AirTag for my keys). One thing I will say about the Tile wallet tracker is that it does last a long while before needing to be replaced.
 
I used a Chipolo card until the battery failed. Then I switched to the KeySmart Smartcard. It's rechargeable and thin. So far, so good.

 
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I have a Nomad card, that's a bit thicker than I thought, but still fits (relatively) snugly into my wallet.

It's the bottom card here:

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So the Ekster uses a replaceable battery?

Right now I’m using a Tile wallet tracker, but it’s not FindMy compatible, the non-replaceable battery is low and the whole thing needs replacing. I also want to get off Tile completely (am planning to get an AirTag for my keys). One thing I will say about the Tile wallet tracker is that it does last a long while before needing to be replaced.
It's rechargeable and comes with a little magnetic USB-C charge cable.

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I have a Nomad card, that's a bit thicker than I thought, but still fits (relatively) snugly into my wallet.

It's the bottom card here:

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I was thinking about this one too. MacRumors featured it in an article.


Two options, 2.5mm or 1.7mm.
 
Man, I don’t know. I revisited the Tile Slim Tracker and despite being non rechargeable, it has a battery life of three years, which seems to blow everyone else out of the water. However, it is not FindMy compatible. I wonder why that is the case? I’d probably just go with it again if it were. If anyone from Tile reads this, make your Slim Tracker FindMy compatible!
 
We (me, my wife and my son) use the Rolling Square AirCard tracker cards.


We got in shortly before they launched them. As I understand, Rolling Square was first. There weren't any other tracking card types at the time. Of course, they've expanded since then…



The battery on my Aircard is still showing 100 percent and that was about 2 or 3 years ago I think. I use a Ridge Titanium wallet and my card goes in the cash strap on the back.

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Yeah, that would be the Nomad Tracking Card Pro, for $39.00. It’s currently on backorder.

Here it is..


Thin
Looks like credit card
MagSafe charging
 
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