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Tile Mate Pro Bluetooth Tracker 2 Pack (Black or B/W) $59.95 (Was $99.95) / Tile Mate 4 Pack $79.95 @ JB Hi-Fi ($56.95 W/ OW PM)

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Tile Mate Pro Bluetooth Tracker 2 Pack (Black or B/W) $59.95 (Was $99.95) / Tile Mate 4 Pack $79.95 @ JB Hi-Fi ($56.95 W/ OW PM)
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doweyy on 26/09/2019 - 09:40 jbhifi.com.au (2822 clicks)
Last edited 26/09/2019 - 16:28

Greetings everyone, JB are having a great deal on the 2 pack of this bluetooth tracker, cheapest it's been in Australia so far.

Tile Mate Pro Bluetooth Tracker Combo (2 Pack)

Price match @ Officeworks to save a further 5% and retrieve free delivery for metro areas or C&C in store.

Also available is the Tile Mate Bluetooth Tracker (4 Pack) for $79.95 (Was $99.95). Officeworks is now the same price also.

Overview

Keep track of keys, bags and anything else by easily attaching a Mate. A replaceable battery means it’s more versatile than ever. Our most powerful and durable tracker has a replaceable battery so it will last as long as you need it.

Key Features

Find your things fast
To find anything you put a Tile on, just open the app. Ring it if it's nearby. Check the map for its last known location. Or ask the Tile community to help you find it.

No maintenance ever
All of our Bluetooth trackers run for a full year with zero upkeep. This includes our original Slim and our newest trackers, Mate and Pro with replaceable batteries. When it’s time for a new Slim, our replacement program lets you upgrade yours at a discount. With Mate and Pro, the battery runs for a full year guaranteed, then you can replace the batteries yourself. And if you join Tile Premium, you don't even have to worry about buying battery replacements.

Find your phone
Phones are easy to misplace. Tile makes them easy to find. Just press your Tile twice to make your phone ring even when it's on silent. You can even log into our website to find it on a map or make it ring.

See where you had it last.
The easy-to-use, free Tile app remembers the last time and place it saw your Tile, so if you left it somewhere, you’ll always know where to look.

Ask others to help.
If your Tile isn’t where you left it, you can anonymously enlist the help of the Tile community in your search. With over 5 million Tile devices sold, the Tile community is the world’s largest lost and found network.

*Coin/button cell battery safety information
This product contains a coin/button cell battery. If the battery is swallowed it can cause severe internal burns and, in extreme cases, can lead to death. Keep batteries away from children.

Thanks to Price Hipster for the price drop pickup.

As always, enjoy :)

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  • yeohkt on 26/09/2019 - 09:46

    sees to be out of stock for many melbourne officeworks.

    • doweyy on 26/09/2019 - 09:47
      +3

      You should be able to call up 1300 OFFICE (1300 633 423), price match it and get them to deliver it to you for free (if in Metro) :)

      • badonde on 26/09/2019 - 13:58

        Such a great tip! Just did it over the phone and getting delivered tomorrow :)

      • Mahalo on 26/09/2019 - 17:55

        Officeworks wanted to add a delivery fee because JBHIFI charges delivery $4.99

    • ExtraSalt on 26/09/2019 - 09:55
      +2

      i second that….1300 OFFICE is the best option. They'll deliver to you or to store for pickup. Also means you dont have to be fed lies on why you can't apply PBG by the power-hungry store manager.

  • Maki on 26/09/2019 - 09:48

    It runs via Bluetooth so you can only search within a limited distance, right?

    • xeion on 26/09/2019 - 09:55

      Within 90 metres (300 feet) from what I was reading.

      • Chandler on 27/09/2019 - 10:14
        +2

        90 meters in a clearing.

        In a building/house that's going to drop. Bluetooth does NOT like walls.

    • Lucille Bluth on 26/09/2019 - 09:56
      +2

      Yes correct. That's why it never really appealed to me.

    • ExtraSalt on 26/09/2019 - 09:57
      +6

      but it pings if other Tile users are within range…so technically if you live or go to a tile-dense environment, you'd have "endless" range.

      • CrankyCarrot on 26/09/2019 - 12:47
        +1

        I have these. The updates take a while to come through when bouncing off other Tiles. Like maybe 5-6 hours in my experience. And it will give you a pretty broad area to search on a map, eg about 1sq km in the city.

        • Lv80 on 26/09/2019 - 12:50
          +1

          1sq km isn't particularly helpful. Handy for knowing what building or place you left i…but if genuinely lost on the street/park/road….good luck?

          • CrankyCarrot on 26/09/2019 - 12:51

            @Lv80: Exactly.

            I use them on my father's keys and wallet as he has dementia and seems to "lose" them in his messy apartment about once a day.

            Perfect for that purpose but next to useless in tracking him down when he goes AWOL.

            • Lv80 on 26/09/2019 - 12:53

              @CrankyCarrot: ahha..I'm sure there might be better wifi/gps 'tiles' for this? or wristbands? More costly but that'd be an awful feeling loosing someone you love that has dementia

              • CrankyCarrot on 26/09/2019 - 13:24

                @Lv80: There are, but they're all impractical in that they aren't small with long battery life like the Tile.

                He will either not take the devices with him (most larger GPS units/smartphone), or remove them by force - tracking bracelet.

                The closest thing I could find requires charging every 40 hours and may be too large to place in his wallet, instead of the Tile.

              • MikeWhitneysHair on 26/09/2019 - 15:59

                @Lv80: Turns out there's a PDF from Dementia Australia on these! https://www.dementia.org.au/files/NATIONAL/documents/GPS-tra…

                The watch ones are pretty expensive but potential worth it for you

                • CrankyCarrot on 27/09/2019 - 00:05
                  +1

                  @MikeWhitneysHair: Yeah, that's the info I had already - just got it via email from somebody so couldn't post.

                  The problem with the watch is that he already has a watch he likes and very possibly would not take to/use a purpose built GPS one. I can't explain to him that he needs to do this or that — I can only work around what he naturally does anyway. Hence why ideally I need something the size of a Tile or smaller that could slip into his wallet or attach to his keys — ie the only things he consistently doesn't leave the house without. Again, with the GPS watch $499 + ongoing subscription costs are a bit too steep to take a gamble on knowing him and the high chance of it just being tossed aside and never used.

                  The shoe sole things might also seem appropriate, but he doesn't always wear the same shoes to go out.

                  Thanks for the effort though!

                  • MikeWhitneysHair on 27/09/2019 - 07:03

                    @CrankyCarrot: Sounds like a challenge. Necklace with a Tile? Encase it in something? Sorry wish I knew of a better solution!

                    You're a good egg Theo! All the best to you and your old man. He's very lucky to have you.

                    • CrankyCarrot on 27/09/2019 - 14:16
                      +1

                      @MikeWhitneysHair: Thanks.

                      He doesn't see it that way. Thinks he's fine and I'm just bothering him.

                      For now I have to make do with other methods of keeping track - ie Opal activity. Better than nothing but a far cry from the precision of GPS. He doesn't and wouldn't wear a necklace. If you could get devices like they have in the movies, ie tiny things that never seem to need recharging and have pinpoint accuracy, I'd probably install one in his dentures.

                      • MikeWhitneysHair on 27/09/2019 - 17:24

                        @CrankyCarrot: Reminds me of that Black Mirror episode with the implant that gives parents access to their child's location, vision and hearing

                        They obviously paint a dark picture but just location would help with situations like yours.

                        • CrankyCarrot on 27/09/2019 - 17:53
                          +1

                          @MikeWhitneysHair: I wish it was as entertaining as an episode of Black Mirror.

                          Maybe in the future they will just strap the oldies into some kind of VR and let them run wild online while nourishing them through tubes. Sort of like a geriatric Matrix.

  • nightelves on 26/09/2019 - 09:49

    Would Amazon price match this as well?

  • mr fox on 26/09/2019 - 09:53

    Anyone got these? Interested to hear if they have a better rep than previous iterations.

    • Heybargain on 26/09/2019 - 09:59
      +1

      Yeah got these from a previous amazon deal, haven't used these previously but they work great for finding lost keys.

      • Maki on 26/09/2019 - 10:07
        +2

        How often do you lose your keys that you need to rely on this device to find it?

        • sauce2k6 on 26/09/2019 - 10:10
          +1

          for me it's not so much I'm losing my keys but more so for a rainy day just in case I do lose them. Them fob key replacements for my mazda 3 is almost $500!!

        • aNoPHeLeS on 26/09/2019 - 14:57
          +3

          When you lose your keys, sunglasses and wallet on a regular basis, a tile is literally worth its weight in gold just for decreasing the stress of getting out of the house every morning!

          • GordonR on 26/09/2019 - 16:43
            +3

            @aNoPHeLeS: So Tile Mate Pro weighs 15.5 grams and gold is $49.30 per gram.

            So if they're worth $764 then this seems like an amazing deal!

    • irishchoppers on 26/09/2019 - 10:24
      +4

      I had a few for my wallet, car, house keys and car keys. I found the best use was placing one in the car and one in my wallet that meant I could remember where I parked or know my wallet was safe in the office (as opposed to dropped on the street) if I got home and realised I didn’t have it.

      I used the Slim version for wallet.

      • Lv80 on 26/09/2019 - 12:50

        how location specific are they? Ie the leeway of the actual location?

    • PlasticSpaceman on 26/09/2019 - 10:26
      +9

      I bought a pack of four for $107.78 when they were on sale from Amazon (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/470855 also the non-pro version was $64.83 https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/471144). So far have been fairly impressed. As has been noted, you need to be within 90m for the device to be detected but it can effectively use a mesh of anyone else out there with a device with the tile app loaded to help detect the tile. They are pretty popular, which means for example in my suburban area at the moment there are apparently 3,817 in my general location. Which means that with the Tile on my puppy's collar - although nowhere near as good as a gps device - I still have a better chance of locating her if she manages to run away. Other advantages include being the battery lasts a year, you're able to replace the batteries when they die, and the tile itself is pretty rugged.

      Minor annoyance - apparently you used to be able to share Tiles with multiple users in the past, but that has been restricted. To get unlimited sharing and other features such as a history of locations, you need to subscribe to a plan - that is pretty expensive, at US$30 per annum (https://www.thetileapp.com/en-eu/get-premium), although it does include a replacement battery each year plus 3 year warranty on the Tiles so maybe is worth it is you have a lot of them.

      Issues - well, I suspect it works better with iOS devices. Although initially fine, my Galaxy S9 currently seems to be unable to see the tiles even when standing next to them. "Solution" apparently is to uninstall, do a reboot, hold crystal over mobile, mutter magic words and eventually it might start working again. I suspect it's a security patch that google has rolled out that has in turn caused issues with the Tile app - so hopefully that will get fixed. Update - it seems to be working for me at the moment….. There you go. The app does use battery on your mobile to work, and if allowed to run in the background (which is required to enable the community location feature) then it will use more. Hasn't been an issue for any of our mobiles, but if you have an older mobile with a battery on the edge of death it might be a concern for you.

      Overall, I think they are good and better than other trackers I've used. $30 each is probably the most I'd pay for them though.

      • banana365 on 26/09/2019 - 11:21
        +2

        They are pretty popular, which means for example in my suburban area at the moment there are apparently 3,817 in my general location.

        I'm pretty skeptical about their claims for how many users there are in any given area. Whenever I check there are usually around 3,500 (give or take a few hundred) around me. That's even in low population areas.

        • odgregg on 26/09/2019 - 15:04

          Down here in Hobart it currently reports 854 tile members around Hobart (that's up about 150-250 from about a year ago). It seems to be pretty accurate, and it seems like a tile gets picked up location wise within about 30 minutes. Many times much quicker.

      • snivy on 26/09/2019 - 15:34
        +1

        Got the Pro during the Amazon sale too, I have the current Mate version as well and can definitely say the Pro is better; faster and wider range. I put them inside my luggage for the last few trips and the Pro ones notified me faster that the luggages were arriving. Sometimes I could see where the luggage has been around the airport and that's pretty funny, it varies from country to country though, but the user base in Australia is pretty good. One downside of the Pro is that they're bigger so I can't really use them for small wallet.

  • Max999 on 26/09/2019 - 10:13

    Thanks always wanted to try them out at the right price.

  • Yabadabadoo on 26/09/2019 - 10:13
    +5

    These are useless, without GPS or at least WiFi it's pointless. It only shows where it last pinged and was connected to Bluetooth which could be miles from where it is now. I doubt when the time comes to rely on this that it will be accurate enough to help. I have one on my car key and its offen reporting it as being 50km away.

    • laney on 26/09/2019 - 10:18
      +1

      On their site it says that when other tile users "see" the device it will update the location.

    • banana365 on 26/09/2019 - 11:29
      +6

      These are useless, without GPS or at least WiFi it's pointless.

      In your experience possibly. I've been using them for a couple of years after I got a few of them as promotional freebies from an IT vendor. They work absolutely fine for my needs and also for many others (otherwise they wouldn't still be in business). If anyone invents a device that has WiFi or GPS that runs off a button cell for a year or more then that will be a massive game changer, but I don't see battery technology progressing that much within the next 5 years, likely even longer.

      I recently bought a 4 pack to add to the 2 I was already using. Once a month or so they really justify the cost when they enable me to find keys, passes etc. that have been moved from where they were left.

      • salmon123 on 26/09/2019 - 14:11
        -3

        but I don't see battery technology progressing that much within the next 5 years, likely even longer.

        Batteries will be gone in 5 years. Inductive charging.

        • banana365 on 26/09/2019 - 14:25
          +1

          Charging of batteries that won't be there? Interesting trick. Even if it's a super-cap or similar, it'll still need charged and people won't want to be charging their keys, wallet etc. on top of all the other stuff they have to remember.

      • cosmogirlsz on 27/09/2019 - 07:36

        Agreed, I bought a pair for my dad and they are perfect for his needs. Losing his phone and keys in our house/garage/backyard everyday stresses him out and this has enabled him to find the objects in 2 mins instead of 2 hours.

      • jebdra on 27/09/2019 - 11:33
        +1

        @banana365 I read that as "bought 4 to add to the 21 I was already using."

        Had me scratching my head to think of 21 places to use a tile, let alone another 4!

    • Shwayne on 26/09/2019 - 16:27

      If it had GPS and/or WiFi, how would you expect the battery to last a year?

  • justtoreply on 26/09/2019 - 10:22
    +3

    Yeah theyre probably ok finding things locally but at $100 or even $60 a pair that's all they're good for. A tile-dense environment was never going to happen unless these are $10-15 each.

    It feels a little like a confused product because of that.

    Still, maybe I'll buy two and put them on my kids. One is turning into a 'runner'. I'm scared of losing her.

    • banana365 on 26/09/2019 - 11:35

      One is turning into a 'runner'. I'm scared of losing her.

      Write your surname and mobile number on the inside of her upper arm or on her stomach. That's what we used to do whenever we went with our kids to big events. Never had to use it thankfully, but I know it's a common method that's worked for others. Just make sure you don't write it where others can read it without at least asking the kid first.

      • justtoreply on 26/09/2019 - 13:10

        It's even little 'events' like walking out the library and we were distracted for a moment. Next thing she's run off and literally gotten around the corner of the building before we knew.

        Scary for a parent when your kid doesn't understand road safety properly (that's my main concern)

        • banana365 on 26/09/2019 - 14:22
          +3

          Sounds similar to what we went through. Thankfully my kids are now a bit older and less prone to disappearing. There are trackers/locators now that would do the job, but they're not cheap. I'm in SES and we regularly search for missing people with dementia. It's enough of a risk with them that there's an entire (expensive) market for trackers aimed at them - https://www.dementia.org.au/files/resources/GPS-tracking-and…

          Oh, and if anyone ever tells you "just keep a better eye on your kids" you have my permission to slap the stupid out of them.

        • PlasticSpaceman on 26/09/2019 - 14:57
          +10

          We had twins - one would run left, the other right. Had to choose which one we wanted to keep. Generally we'd run after the quicker one, figuring we'd be able to get the slower one later. Seemed to work - they're teenagers now, and I can't remember the last time I saw one of them run. Slouch, sure. Run - nah. :-)

  • PlasticSpaceman on 26/09/2019 - 11:09
    +1

    FWIW Both the Tile Mate and Mate Pro are IP55 rated (https://tileteam.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/200547688-Is-…). This means that they are "Dust Protected" and resistant to water spray and smaller jets (http://www.dsmt.com/resources/ip-rating-chart/). So not waterproof, but not too bad. The Pro case seems to be a little more rugged (with the steel vs plastic), but the main differences are the Pro is a little bigger, heavier, has twice the range (90m vs 45m) and has a louder buzzer.

  • muzzamo on 26/09/2019 - 11:30

    These are great for our primary use case, which is finding keys and wallets around the house. We have lots of bags for lots of different purposes as well as lots of locations in the house. Which bag is the key in and which pocket of which bag do you look in to find it? We have 6 tile pros in total.

    Granted, the other option is just to remember where you put your keys, but that doesn't work well for me.

    • Lucille Bluth on 26/09/2019 - 11:50
      +2

      You just leave a bowl to put your keys in near the door you enter your house in. Works for me.

      • jebdra on 27/09/2019 - 11:36
        +1

        Which door?

        Garage? Front door? Back door (out onto the fire trail for walking)?

        • Lucille Bluth on 27/09/2019 - 11:58
          -1

          Fine. Hallway you always enter and leave from. I imagine you wouldn't be entering through the attic or window.

          Or do what I do, attach a massive lanyard to your keys or have a massive keychain like they do at hotels to make it harder to misplace.

          I found out recently people can buy a massive universal remote for their TV that is really hard to misplace or slip inbetween cushions on your sofa.

          Or just attach your stuff to a brick and carry that around with you lol

  • Slugoid on 26/09/2019 - 11:49

    I've been looking at these for my car keys, since it's like $500 to replace.

    Can you set a mode where if the you drop your keys from your pockets on the street, it will notify your phone when it's out of range of your phone? Then can you set safe areas where it won't notify you, like at home or at work so you don't get false negatives when it's out of range. If these 2 requirements can be met, I'll be off to JB this afternoon.

    Edit: Seem like you can do it with Smart Alerts, but that requires Premium subscription. I'll pass…not liking the subscription thing when I'm already paying like $30 a tile.

  • [Deactivated] on 26/09/2019 - 11:50

    I've used it more often than I've expected to.
    I keep one in my wallet, and use my phone to ring my wallet when I've misplaced it at home, or to check that I have put it in my backpack and not just left it at home.
    Also I've used it the reverse way, to find my phone!

  • tonydav on 26/09/2019 - 11:56

    Had the earlier version of these (from Kickstarter from memory). Useless. No range. Basically had to be in the same room. And the battery died so quick. Still have about 5 sitting on my bookshelf never used.

    • muzzamo on 26/09/2019 - 12:26

      The tile pro works much better. It basically works as advertised.

  • Frozensage on 26/09/2019 - 12:17
    +3

    I'll wait for apple's version…

  • mskeggs on 26/09/2019 - 12:18

    Can I stick one on a car key and both me and my partner see where it is from our own phones? PlasticSpaceman's comment suggests that takes an annual fee.

    • Ugly on 26/09/2019 - 12:35
      +1

      No fee - go into the phone app, tap on the 3 dots above the item you want to share and press "Unlimited Sharing".
      You can share via email, via your contacts, or create a link that can be sent to anyone

      (The FAQ's list "Unlimited Sharing" as a premium feauture, but I don't have premium and can still access it on my iPhone)

    • PlasticSpaceman on 26/09/2019 - 14:52
      +1

      Sorry - you can share, but the number of people you can share a tag with is limited to one other person/account/email. So if it's just you and your partner, it's fine. :-)

      https://tileteam.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/205332837-Sha…

      (If you have an older tile/account you may still be able to share that to unlimited people)

    • odgregg on 26/09/2019 - 15:08
      +2

      We do this by just having a single Tile account. All our Tiles (4 of them) and the 3 phones (and one tablet) show up in the app. Each phone/tablet you can name, so it reports which one the Tile is near. And each phone works like a tile as well (you can locate your partners phone when she's misplaced it for example).

  • unifex on 26/09/2019 - 12:31
    +7

    I have a bucketload if these. Particularly like the one in my luggage that tells me that my baggage made the flight.

    • Chandler on 27/09/2019 - 11:05

      I'm honestly surprised you're able to pick it up at that distance through those materials.

  • whyisave on 26/09/2019 - 12:46

    Buy these and put it on a lanyard for your pets, children, …staff.
    Stick on a bicycle, skateboard…and watch where the kids take them and how far…ha.
    Always know where they are.

    "Hey Kids,…new Christmas keyrings!"

    New necklace for the wife?
    ( like the mice putting on a bell, on the cat )

    • Slugoid on 26/09/2019 - 13:05
      +1

      Won't work well when the tiles are out of range of a phone.

      It's easier to track people with their phones then these tiles. Find my Friend on iOS work very non-intrusively in the background and tracks your "friends" in real time.

      • Shwayne on 26/09/2019 - 16:22

        It doesn't even track them when they're next to your phone, it just shows you where the phone was when the tag was nearby.

  • Diplomats on 26/09/2019 - 12:59
    +3

    I’ll wait for the Apple tile.

  • Bargainbeth on 26/09/2019 - 13:56
    +3

    Thank you doweyy for posting so many deals that call out to me, but can you stop posting so many good ones?! You'll be the death of me (financially).

  • fajman on 26/09/2019 - 14:22
    +10

    I work in the city, left my briefcase on the bus with the tile attached (to my car keys) and it wasn't handed in. A week later i got a ping from someone else finding it. I ran half way across the city to find the bag sitting on a bus waiting to go on route. Apparently the bus driver didn't get around to handing it in (the %##$)

    It gave me directions to about 20meters in the city, not sure why someone said 1km

    Saved me $1k… fantastic purchase for me

  • sovereign01 on 26/09/2019 - 14:44
    +1

    Feels like Tile trying their best to get penetration before Apple release their iPhone native competitor

    https://www.macrumors.com/2019/08/30/apple-tile-like-tag-ite…

    • sauce2k6 on 26/09/2019 - 15:01
      +1

      Probably apples business model

      iTile base model $299
      iTile with GPS $399
      iTile with GPS and 4G $599

      Apple will charge $1 every time you ping your iTile

      /#innovation

      • Chandler on 27/09/2019 - 11:06
        -1

        /#iNNOVATION

        FTFY

      • sovereign01 on 11/10/2019 - 11:26

        Is this a serious comment, I can't tell.

        I don't think Apple would be charging prices like that, but I'm not sure

  • herysoe on 26/09/2019 - 15:19

    can this hooked up to google assistant?

  • cya on 26/09/2019 - 15:37

    Thanks! Sent mine back to amazon (bought them @98.99) 3 days ago.

  • Dr Techno on 26/09/2019 - 15:51
    +1

    I found the best way to use these, is to install a bluetooth scanner that gives you signal strength and then just pin point the area based on signal strength. In the office my friend couldn't find his tile with the app whatever so I just used that method.. worked okay but took sometime to scan the room

  • Foma2 on 26/09/2019 - 16:08

    Can it be used as a pet tracker for adult cats ?

    • Shwayne on 26/09/2019 - 16:16
      +1

      Yes, but just keep in mind it doesn't track the position of the tags, it simply tracks when it was in range of your phone.

      If you lost your cat, you could use the "community find" feature to see for crowdsourced reports of the tag (assuming other people in your neighbourhood have the app running).

      So if your cat went missing, you could check your tag to see WHEN the cat went missing, and if they were actually missing, or just hiding somewhere around the house.

  • mac2403 on 26/09/2019 - 18:14

    How do you go about setting these up so you can always alert the same phone from the same tile? We just got 2 tiles and when on the same account it always called the same phone no matter which tile I click. I eventually transfered one tile to a second account and now each can find a seperate phone. As soon as I shared it again it always calls one phone. Hope that makes sense. Basically we want to one tile for each phone but we want to see them all in each other's accounts. Is that possible?

  • amsaini15 on 26/09/2019 - 18:28
    -3

    No point buying them unless they can be accurate with Gps in it

    • mskeggs on 26/09/2019 - 21:49

      Hard to power a gps for 12months off a coin battery.
      Would be inconvenient to have to charge it everyday, and you would still need a way to transmit the location.

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