Pets get wanderlust too; but sometimes too much wandering can lead to a lost pet. Marco Polo Pet Monitoring ensures the most reliable way of getting your pet safely back to youUnlike many pet monitoring devices, Marco Polo promises long-range tracking without the use of GPS, cellular service or WiFi! This ensures a more specific location tracking, especially in areas with no cell towers. Pet owners can have peace of mind knowing about their pets’ activities just through a simple press of a button.

Key features of Marco Polo Pet Monitoring:

• Long-range tracking up to 3.22km With no cellular fees to pay or additional batteries to purchase, this is the most affordable tracking device in the market
• Configure a ‘Safe Zone’ for your pet so that the device will notify you if your pet wanders past their usual boundary
• This lightweight monitoring device is highly durable and water-resistant.
• Spot might be your best friend, but you can never totally read your pet’s mind. Be it on a hiking trip, or just a nice day out, you never know if your pet has lost its way home. Marco Polo is the most reliable, durable and affordable solution for every pet and pet owner.

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Few worse feelings exist than that hollow jolt of fear when you realize your dog is nowhere to be found. According to a recent survey conducted by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, about 15 percent of pet owners lost a dog or cat in the past five years. Of the 93 percent of lost dogs that were found, only 6 percent were found at shelters. About 15 percent were found because of identification tags or microchips, and 49 percent were found by searching the neighborhood. New technologies are helping more owners with that search by leading them directly to their lost pet. Locator collars used to be expensive and were used only by hunters, but now a variety of locator collars are aimed at pet owners. They can be divided into radio and GPS types, each with their own advantages.

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Marco Polo is the only long-range RF pet monitoring and tracking system designed for daily use on both cats and dogs. Because it is self-contained, it will operate anywhere on earth without need for external services (no cellular, internet or GPS required). It also has a very long battery life, only requiring monthly charging when the pet is close to home most of the time and once every 2 weeks when continuously away from home. It is the ideal solution for people who live in rural areas or travel with their pets.

Since Marco Polo is a radio direction finder, it does not show the position of your pet on a map. Instead it shows a directional arrow that points the way from where you are to where your pet is. For continuous monitoring the safe zone can be adjusted over a wide range and the locator is always the center of the safe zone so it can follow you as you travel with your pet. Up to 6 pets can be monitored or tracked from a single handheld locator.

Here are some specifications and highlights about the Marco Polo dog tracking system:

• Does not require cellular or GPS coverage — works anywhere
• Recommended for pets 5 lbs. and larger, tag weighs 0.8 oz., ok for cats, tracking tag slips into a ballistic-nylon cloth holder that attaches to any collar that is 7 inches or more in length
• Range is up to 2 miles in excellent conditions, less in rough terrain, heavy forest or suburban areas, if the dog is out of range you can walk or drive around to cover larger areas
• Has 4 programmable safe zone areas that range from a 100 foot radius up to about 1000 feet.
• Battery life is up to 6 weeks when the dog is within range of the locator and 2 weeks when away from home
• IP67 waterproof rating (submersible)

The 3-year cost of ownership for 2 dogs amounts to $335. Hardware cost: $235 for the first dog, $335 total for 2 dogs ($100 additional per dog).

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I’m going to be honest with you here. I tried to put their claim of 3.2km search range to the test and I gave up. The distance you can cover with this system is phenomenal. There are literally no other products on the market that compare to it that are suitable for cats. Whilst Willow was wearing the collar asleep by my campervan I walked North over sand dunes and monitored the signal strength.

It seems to cope well with foliage and bushes although I did get a ‘no signal’ about 1 kilometre away down behind a bigger dune when I had the devices pointed away from the campervan. I headed for higher ground. The midday sun was burning and having climbed another dune and seeing the signal bounce back up to 50% I have no doubt that in good conditions the search radius of 3.2km could be achieved. How would it handle suburbia surrounded with buildings? I imagine the distance and accuracy of the directional arrow would be reduced somewhat.

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