Advantages And Disadvantages of Pet Tracking Collars
To choose Pet GPS collar or Pet Tracking collar? I will recommend pet tracking collar. Why?
The first reason because it was a budget item and must-have devices if you want to quickly locate your lost pet. This kind of tracking collar transmits a periodic beacon signal that is detected by a directional receiver. With the receiver you are able to tell in which direction your pet is located by how strong a signal you are detecting. In addition, as you get closer to the radio collar the beacon signal also gets stronger so you can determine both the relative direction and distance to your pet. In addition, with a pet tracking collar, you can find your missing pet in just a few minutes versus finding them in hours, days, or even weeks.
A built in short range radio tracking has two distinct advantages over GPS collars because they use free radio frequencies as you avoid the monthly cellular network fees used by the GPS system.
Furthermore, the electronics used with these short range devices can be made small and light enough for any domestic pet to wear. The tracking system on the collar only has to beacon a weak signal so the amount of electronics and power requirements are low. These types of tracking collars just need a small coin battery for power.
However, there is one disadvantage to using a radio tracking collar. Unlike the pet GPS locators you would not be able to pinpoint the longitude and latitude of your pet since the radio collar does not transmit any exact location coordinates — just distance and directional information that you can detect via the relative signal strength with the directional receiver.
The other perceived disadvantage of a short range radio pet locator collar is that it will not work over long distances as compared to the GPS collar. That is only partially true.
A short range radio collar would be able to work in much more remote areas and in places where the cellular phone networks cannot reach since the radio collar only needs to transmit as far as the receiver while the GPS pet collar needs to transmit to the nearest cellular tower.
So consider a radio pet collar as a pet tracking device if you cannot find a pet GPS collar that fits your needs and budget.









