Tracking Devices

[Phil_5040539]

I am considering buying a tracker for my Abbey Spectrum.Can anyone suggest a company who can supply one at a reasonable price?

Cheers.

 

[jacky3]

MOST TRACKERS ARE NOT CHEAP,AND YOU DO SUBSCRIBE TO THEM YEARLY.IF YOU VALUE YOUR VAN AND CAN AFFORD TO BUY A SYSTEM I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT. YOU GET SIGNIFICANT DISCOUNTS OFF INSURANCE.I HAVE ONE FITTED TO MY AVONDALE OSPREY AND I KNOW OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD VANS STOLEN AND WITHIN HALF AN HOUR THE VAN IS STOPPED.''PHANTOM ''IS A GOOD SYSTEM. THERE ARE TWO SYSTEMS.ONE WHERE YOU TELL THEM ITS BEEN STOLEN THEN THEY TRACK IT,THE OTHER WHICH IS DEARER IS WHERE IF THE VAN MOVES THEY RING YOUR MOBILE 24 HOURS TO SE IF ITS YOU MOVING THE VAN,IF NOT,THEY ARE ON TO IT,THE SYSTEMS ARE NOT CHEAP,THEN NEITHER IS YOU CARAVAN IT UP TO YOU WHAT YOU ARE PREPAIRED TO PAY.

 

[Mike_5041089]

Phil - Prevention is better than cure! We had our van marked by Thiefbeaters, who micro-dot everything & claim 100% recovery of stolen vans - must work as Insurance co gave us a 20% discount. Not cheap at

 

[CSnellock_5039766]

Phil,

I think you need to be careful about the cost of a tracker vs. the potential benefits. I recently spoke to Ted Holt - the caravan clubs technical chairman. Ted advised several issues around the trackers that concerned me greatly.

The Police will only try to recover stolen caravans whilst in transit. Often the theives will take a stolen caravan a short distance to a known empty field and leave it for a week, to allow it to 'cool down'. This means that the window for sucessful use of the tracker may be limited to under one hour.

Part of the reason for this is that the Police wish to catch the thieves in the act, not recover stolen property.

The Police will not enter a travellers site, even if there are trackers activated -it is too risky for the officers and unlikely to lead to an arest.

Part of the Police's lack of desire to recover stolen caravans is because the insurance companies advise that 90% of those owners who do have caravans recovered, do not want them back.

In short, prevention is far better than cure, so your money may be beter spent on additional physical security.

Sorry to be such a kill-joy, but these matters of known Police policy do not seem to be advertised.