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(More customer reviews)I got this because it looks to be a well designed product that I can use to provide an extra measure of safety for my dog Telstar, who is a bit of a nut and a gifted escape artist. I checked out a few of these and this looks to be the best made one out there short of making my own (I am a certified computer geek and hot rod guy, so I could do this if there wasn't one this nice out there...) However, upon receiving the item, I noticed a few points of concern:
1) The documents are all in Word format(.doc). Since I don't want to assume that someone who finds my dog has Word (yes, I know about Wordpad, but this still bugs me), I put a couple of notepad documents (.txt) with my info on them into the tag as well so as to maximize format compatibility options for anyone who might find this.
I also put my information in the tag in Spanish -titled "espanol"; in case my dog is found by a Spanish-speaking person, which is a distinct possibility in my area. If you don't speak Spanish (or need to translate into another language) visit [...], copy and paste your text into the translation box, then copy the translated text into a new document in the tag. Be sure to title this translated document "espanol" (or whatever language name applies) preferably in the native text of the language. I know that this may sound like a lot of effort for this step, but it does no good to translate the text and then give it an English title if the person who finds the tag doesn't understand the title. Anyway, I digress...
2) The split ring attached to the tag is junk. My dog is crazy and strong, and his favorite playmate is our pit-mix ruby, who is also very strong and likes to grab the tag end of Telstar's collar in her mouth. Translation: if I were dumb enough to trust this crap split ring to keep the tag attached to my dog's collar, it'd be lost in the yard in about 2 days. You can get a much better quality split ring at a hardware store for less than a buck that will keep the tag from being lost after the first couple of times it is subjected to the stress of being attached to a dog collar. Which is what I did...
3) Although the cap of the tag is screw-on and is sealed with an o-ring -which is great, the led in the bottom of the tag appears to be unsealed, which potentially negates any waterproofing conveyed by the cap. I'm going to seal this spot with a dab of silicone so that water can't sneak in through the back, as it were...
One last thing: I removed all but the most essential documents from the tag -the more cluttered the file list is, the more confused (and less likely to read them) the person who finds and plugs this tag in is likely to be. I'm keeping it simple by reducing the document count to a bare minimum needed to make effective use of this awesome product. Anyway, if you're willing to tweak it a bit for best performance, this is a great option for keeping your beloved family member safe -remember that unlike a microchip, this tag can be read by anyone with access to a computer with USB port...
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