Trackers & Safety
GPS collars, AirTags, microchips, and doors — keeping pets found and safe.
Jun 29, 2026 · 6 min
GPS Tracker Battery Life: The Spec That Decides Whether It Works
A dead tracker finds nothing. The three battery classes — days, weeks, and a year — why real-world life is always worse than the box, and charging routines that survive real households.
Jun 23, 2026 · 6 min
Indoor Cat Escaped? Prevention Tech and the First 48 Hours
Escaped indoor cats tend to hide close to home, not run. A practical hour-by-hour search plan for the first 48 hours, plus the prevention tech that's honestly worth buying afterward.
Jun 18, 2026 · 6 min
Microchip vs GPS Tracker: You Probably Need Both
A microchip tells whoever finds your pet who you are; a GPS tracker tells you where your pet is. Different jobs, different failure modes — and the layered setup costs less than you'd think.
Jun 14, 2026 · 6 min
Tractive vs Fi for Dogs: Battery, Coverage, and 3-Year Cost
Tractive GPS Dog 4 runs about $374 over three years; Fi Series 3 runs about $635. The $261 gap buys a weeks-class battery and escape-focused alerts — here's which dogs justify it.
Jun 9, 2026 · 6 min
Best Pet Trackers With No Subscription (And What You Give Up)
Live GPS without a monthly fee basically doesn't exist — LTE costs money. Here's what genuinely works subscription-free, the honest trade-offs, and when paying monthly is the smarter buy.
Jun 7, 2026 · 6 min
AirTag vs Tractive for Cats: The $65 vs $374 Question
An AirTag costs $65 over three years; a Tractive GPS Cat Mini costs about $374. They find your cat in completely different ways — here's the honest math on which one your cat actually needs.