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Dame · 08-18-2009, 01:02 PM

I've seen that in a few places (or something similar.) Usually I don't give them much of a second glance because they normally seem to be about $30, but I saw a bunch of them in a couple of my local Tuesday Morning for $10 and paused to give it some thought.

I think its a neat idea... but it is a more sensitive piece of machinery. I worried about how delicate it would be (how much force would be needed to break the casing and such). I don't think I'll really be running out to purchase one, partly because well - getting the info off it requires that other person to have a computer. If I were to loose Winston in the dog park, the odds are they someone might have a cell phone but not a computer on em. If I were to loose him, the person who finds him might not be computer savy (or every have a computer - you never know! lol) I also wonder how easy it might be for the info to get corrupted or have the info on the drive get lost. I can easily check all the time if he's old fashioned info tags are still in good shape, the drive would be tricker.

Winston has his ID tag with his microchip ID# on it as well as their website so they can look him up, and I also have another tag with his name, town & my cell number on it. I almost bought one, I think the idea is super cool! At the same time I'd want to keep at least one of those tags on there if he wore it just in case, and then I started to question why spend the money if I am going to still use that and a traditional ID tag.

Now if they were to come up with one that acted as a locator... I would SO be in on that one!

Edited to add: If anyone's interested I believe this is the one Tuesday Morning is stocking

08-18-2009, 01:02 PM	#8
Dame Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Louisville, KY, USA Posts: 239	I've seen that in a few places (or something similar.) Usually I don't give them much of a second glance because they normally seem to be about $30, but I saw a bunch of them in a couple of my local Tuesday Morning for $10 and paused to give it some thought. I think its a neat idea... but it is a more sensitive piece of machinery. I worried about how delicate it would be (how much force would be needed to break the casing and such). I don't think I'll really be running out to purchase one, partly because well - getting the info off it requires that other person to have a computer. If I were to loose Winston in the dog park, the odds are they someone might have a cell phone but not a computer on em. If I were to loose him, the person who finds him might not be computer savy (or every have a computer - you never know! lol) I also wonder how easy it might be for the info to get corrupted or have the info on the drive get lost. I can easily check all the time if he's old fashioned info tags are still in good shape, the drive would be tricker. Winston has his ID tag with his microchip ID# on it as well as their website so they can look him up, and I also have another tag with his name, town & my cell number on it. I almost bought one, I think the idea is super cool! At the same time I'd want to keep at least one of those tags on there if he wore it just in case, and then I started to question why spend the money if I am going to still use that and a traditional ID tag. Now if they were to come up with one that acted as a locator... I would SO be in on that one! Edited to add: If anyone's interested I believe this is the one Tuesday Morning is stocking Last edited by Dame; 08-18-2009 at 01:04 PM.