I bought a t1000e "tracker" hoping that I could use it to track my bike if it got stolen. Well despite it being called a tracker and having a mode called "tracker" it doesn't really work as a tracker. It turns out it's really more of an external radio for my cellphone. It gets me onto kind of a city wide chat channel. Nice but not what I was after.

The really frustrating part is that I think the network and the devices can support a decent tracker ...but it'll take the right combination of dozens of confusing settings. I gave up after about two months of trying various combinations. I even went to a meshtastic club meeting but everyone there agreed that my tracker would not really... track. Sigh.

Just one guy's opinion and with just a singular goal. If you're into Ham radio or like the idea of low power radio chirping communicating across great distances... then jump right in.