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I'm getting mine from Vanbitz...... Eddie's a great person to deal with, the price looks good and they also fit it and support it afterwards. Strikeback alarm plus Strikeback 800 tracker - no monitoring contract and I can change the sim and then use it in NZ also (when I ship the van over here).
Check the Strikeback 800 on their site. It has a sim card, sends you a text when the alarm goes off, allows you to remotely immobilise the vehicle by text, tells you the GPS location. Alerts you if the battery is low. And it's non-subscription-based.
I'm getting mine from Vanbitz...... Eddie's a great person to deal with, the price looks good and they also fit it and support it afterwards. Strikeback alarm plus Strikeback 800 tracker - no monitoring contract and I can change the sim and then use it in NZ also (when I ship the van over here).
Agreed. Who you deal with matters as much as the product. Van Bitz are great on both counts.
A bit of an update on this subject to those who might be interested .
As my motorhome is going to its new owner soon and I haven't made up my mind about refitting the tracker onto my new van I thought I would have a crack at removing it for possible reuse later.
I never saw the unit being installed by the Thatcham approved dealer so I guessed it would located be near the fusebox so decided to start looking there. Cutting a long story short it took me 30 seconds to locate it , about another minute or so to disconnect the power to it and about 15 minutes to have it all including the GPS & VHF antennae out of the dash and packed in a box ready for storage .
To be fair Global Telemetrics the system monitoring people called me about 5 minutes after the power went off to check what was happening.
So what have I concluded - Yes I suppose putting a tracker on the new vehicle will give me some peace of mind but will it really stop a determined thief and aid recovery - No not if its that easy to take out !
minutes to have it all including the GPS & VHF antennae out of the dash and packed in a box ready for storage .
So in theory, steal the van off your drive while your asleep.
Go a few miles away and take out tracker, throw it in a field or on the top of moving vehicle... Drive the van in any direction and away from the tracker !!! SORTED... Well in theory anyway for a would be thief.
I just had my new van 2012 apache 700 and Safeguard just specified a Cat 1 alarm fitting, tracker not mentioned as a requirement..
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I just had my new van 2012 apache 700 and Safeguard just specified a Cat 1 alarm fitting, tracker not mentioned as a requirement..
Yep thats about it really and I assume that every Fiat base van will have the tracker in more or less the same place so a half decent thief will just take a quick look with a pair of wire cutters cut two wires and away.
So best case you know its gone but not where to !
I as a manufacturer of tracking systems and a national installer of said item have a different perspective based on my 12 years experience and the 7 soon to be 8 updates to our unit along with interviews with motorhome Thieves. Keep your key fob for your alarm separate to your driving keys. Your motorhome (unless small enough to be dragged on to a low loader) will be stolen using the keys. An alarm is only any good if the siren sounds and there are people around willing to intervene. If the thief has your alarm key fob the siren won't sound. Fitting a tracking system (properly) should entail it being hidden in such a way that the thief can't find it in a short period of time. Our unit can be triggered via an alarm input which gives good all-round protection for you, the motorhome and it's contents to a certain degree. Or, stand alone using an on-board accelerometer which to my mid gives greater protection for the motorhome but less for contents and your person. However it does mean that the thief steals the motorhome and thinks he's getting away with it until he is pulled up by The Bobbies some way down the road. When I sell a system I give the prospective client all the facts and let them choose as there are real advantages to both but I always end the conversation by getting them to agree to being more careful with their keys and keeping the alarm fob separate.
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