I just tried these for the first time. They are amazing you have ones for Apple as well as Android phones. Put one in your gun case and in each suit case and even in your carry on and you know where everything is at any time.

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They work great but sometimes they will not update until they are off loaded so you have to be patient. I use the Apple tags on all my luggage.

They use other phones to update.

They don’t have their own hardware to connect to the servers.

I have been using them for years.

Won’t leave home without them in my luggage.

Just bought for July trip. What do you mean by update? It'll show they went in cargo hold but takes a while after they've been offloaded?

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Originally posted by RAR60:
Just bought for July trip. What do you mean by update? It'll show they went in cargo hold but takes a while after they've been offloaded?

No.

As long as there is someone with a phone connected to network they will give you an update.

If they are in a place where there is no one within range, they won’t.

Just did a Net search.

Lots of totally useless information.

As far as I know, all airline allow them to be used.

Any, they cannot see them!

Lufthansa is listed as they do NOT allow them.

Some airlines are listed that they are allowed, as long as they are not powered!!??

Whatever, I have been using them for years, and will continue to do so.

Battery is supposed to last for a year.

I normally change them about twice a year.

I have used AirTags now on several trips.

I learned early on that they are unreliable even at relatively close range when placed inside a heavy aluminum gun case. So, with some help from Mike Lindsay, I rigged up a workable solution by placing them inside tamper resistant holders screwed to the outside of the case.

I learned later that they are even unreliable unless they are in locations where there are plenty of iPhones around. And by around, I mean in relatively close proximity. The Androids that are ubiquitous in the third world won’t cut it.

In air travel, cases and luggage with AirTags inside have an annoying habit of disappearing for long periods of time.

As a practical matter, I think AirTags are most useful for finding lost cases and luggage in areas where iPhones are frequently used and close by.

Based on the various posts here, I just used the tags compatible with Android OS's on a trip to Zambia. I found out that they sometimes do require a little time to update but it is generally not very long. I also found that they were quite accurate in telling me where both my luggage and firearm were at any particular time. I could tell if both my rifle and Luggage had made it onto the plane. For me that was quite reassuring. I highly recommend them.

I use Air Tags in every piece of luggage, checked and carry-on. When I returned home from Cameroon in February, my gun case went missing for two hours after I landed at SFO. It took multipleairline employees and a customs officer making repeated searches in the baggage handling area before my gun came up the belt.

I’m 100% certain my rifle would have been stolen by a baggage handler were it not for the Air Tag inside my Tuffpak.

I used the Apple AirTags on my last safari to Zambia in the Bangweulu Swamp. I left the US and my rifle case did not show up in SA with my other baggage. It was the first time I had used the AirTags. It said my rifle case was in London! We flew to Atlanta, and from there to SA. We watched the case next show up in Mozambique, then Zim, and finally Zambia. By then I was already in Bangweulu. A driver then drove my case from Lusaka up to Bangweulu. We watched it on our iPhones.

I hunted first at Shiwa Ngandu, using a camp rifle. After that, we drove up to Bangweulu, and by the time we arrived, so did the driver with my rifles. I was able to use my AHR CZ 9.3x66 to take all of my Bangweulu trophies, including Black Lechwe, Tsessebe, Side Striped Jackal, and a 46” Buffalo bull. I won’t leave home without AirTags again!

DLS:
My experience and suspicions were very similar to yours. While my rifle made it to Lusaka my foot locker with my clothes and ammo did not. When the plane was leaving Joburg I told the flight attendant that I didn't think my check baggage had made it on to the airplane. I was assured that it had because it had been checked all the way through from Atlanta. When we got to Lusaka I found out I was correct. My baggage was still in Joburg. With my air tag I was able to show them exactly where it was. The airline did get it to Mfuwe the next day where someone from the Safari camp went & retrieved it for me. When I got the bag the TSA lock on it had been cut off. Like you I think my bag would have been stolen had I not been able to show exactly where it was.