I got a few as a gift. They kinda worked, but broadcast all your location info to the cloud. Then after some period of time under a year, the batteries went dead and that was the end of them. At the time, replacements were something like $20 or $25, lol no.
The batteries on my keychain tiles lasted over a year on the daily use ones. The one in my wallet is probably a year and a half old and still going fine.
The problem with tile isn't the *device* battery life, but the tile *app*.
When I let it run in the background, it roughly halves my iPhone battery life. I assume that this is from the constant GPS use.
I'll gradually replace them with apple's, I expect--but I see no reason to throw them out before that, at least not for now.
Besides, we've already learned that when my wallet is missing, to check the butter drawer . . .
Tiles suck though (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Tiles suck though (Score:3)
The batteries on my keychain tiles lasted over a year on the daily use ones. The one in my wallet is probably a year and a half old and still going fine.
The problem with tile isn't the *device* battery life, but the tile *app*.
When I let it run in the background, it roughly halves my iPhone battery life. I assume that this is from the constant GPS use.
I'll gradually replace them with apple's, I expect--but I see no reason to throw them out before that, at least not for now.
Besides, we've already learned that when my wallet is missing, to check the butter drawer . . .