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Old May 19, 2015 | 4:01 am
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alphaod
 
Join Date: Nov 2012
Location: NYC
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Originally Posted by immaculate
They thought of that My understanding is that both for FAA regulations and the sake of battery life, the Trakdot turns off when it senses a certain speed (in flight) and turns back on once you land and are no longer at speed.

My Trakdot works well and I'm fairly pleased with it. Here's a screenshot of Trakdot doing it's thing en route to AMM:
I'm curious in that the website says metal luggage won't work very well, but your screenshot shows it's tracking your Rimowa luggage. Do you have an aluminum case or the polycarbonate one, and if the former do you ever have reception issues like the website says?
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