Airtag Review: Can it track stolen bikes?

In this video we review Apple's Airtag as a GPS tracker alternative for bikes and ebikes. We tested the Airtags over multiple weeks in San Francisco. They're surprisingly good.

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[glandberg]

I picked up some Airtags when they first came out but I didn’t really run any real world tests with them. Thanks for showing me how they work for the same application I intend to use them for.

[Drewheeler]

You might want to blur the map more for his address. It took me 2 minutes to find his full address. I have the cross street and the city from video. Just saying

[alicejcw]

This is rad, thanks for testing! I have an old hand-me-down specialized cyclocross bike repurposed as a commuter, and yeah I definitely don't want thieves to take it.

[prinzrob]

Hi guys this is Robert, Education Director with Bike East Bay, across the Bay from you in Oakland. My daily commuter is a black Public D8i, bought at their old warehouse location here in Oakland before they sold their business to Mike’s Bikes.

We operate a lot of free bike theft prevention classes and trainings, and have been getting lots of questions from folks about the effectiveness of Airtags for stolen bike recovery, so thanks for doing these tests and putting together the video!

Thanks as well for the raffle. If I win I’ll try some of my own tests here on the sunny side, and maybe re-raffle them off to class attendees to hopefully boost participation.

[Roberttttttttt]

Always mount a Samsung tag too. Double security and at least one of them won’t tell thief he is being tracked

[shillin]

Looking forward to keeping my Canyon Ultimate safe with an AirTag when I get back to commuting later this year!

[LoftechUK]

I removed the speaker. Very easy to do and hid it in the light. Works like a charm.

[albondar]

Bro is a legend ! Thanks so much for the comprehensive testing !

[daniellindquist]

Had a lot of fun with my Lectric XP until it was stolen earlier this year in Boston. 😭😭 Got a Rad mini and looking forward to use those Air tags to keep her safe!!!!

[vinsonfan]

I'm riding a Kestrel Talon, thanks for running this giveaway!

[batterybikes]

Obligatory Addendum: I went walking through Chinatown with keys, Kailey and no iphone. As soon as we get home Kailey's iPhone notified her that the Airtag on my keys was tracking her around. I have no idea why the bike AirTag has stayed silent through all this. (Could be an issue with a single Airtag?)

Update Aug 1: The random winner of the GPS/Airtag contest is Alton Dillon. "Moving to college soon, I feel like the invoxia tracker would give peace of mind with my Aventon Aventure."

I'm going to be this guy's 11th subscriber and also reach out to ship him an Invoxia GPS. Congrats man. I'll do another one of these for the next video when we try and get a bike stolen and recover it with GPS and Airtags.

[MikeCheung]

I have a Bullitt cargo bike!

Cool to see this test, it’s exactly how I’d use the airtags.

[sherlockholmes]

Just got into cycling, which I am so excited about. Was a big investment for me to get the Specialised Diverge E5. Really looking into airTags to have some peace of mind. Fingers crossed on the giveaway. Thanks for doing these tests.

[lixinz.]

Thank you for running the giveaway! Great contents! I recently got a Rad mini step thru 2 and I'm so worried about leaving it outside because my apartment doesn't have enough space.

[mathismuller]

I put one of these in my 80 Euro second-hand bicycle and it just gives me peace of mind (admittedly it is a little overkill for that cheap of a bike). I put mine in the saddle, which was already torn at the side and so I just stuffed it in there and covered it witch duct-tape. Now it really just looks like an old, damaged saddle (which, technically, it is). I also attached a loop of tape around it, so I can pull it out if need be. I also disabled the speaker so a thief won`t find the thing as quickly should he get notified. Ideally he just thinks it is not worth the hassle of finding the AirTag or is even "scared" because of the notification and puts the bike back on the street for me to find. I deliberately hid it in plain sight, because I thought that thieves would probably know about all the common hiding places like under the water-bottle holder, in a modified bell or directly under the saddle. But maybe we give thieves way to much credit in terms of creativity.

[altondillon]

Moving to college soon, I feel like the invoxia tracker would give peace of mind with my Aventon Aventure.

But I just wanna say, thumbs up for the great content and A+ camera quality 📸

[LoopsZ]

Great video man! Thank you very much for making it!

[coffeehoneyrachel]

Oh this looks so nice!! YouTube recommends the video to me cause recently I am searching for GPS protective device. This one looks much better and more reliable! I just got a new electric bike! Really need this to prevent from losing it

[bobbyle]

Found this from Reddit, thanks for testing this! Never knew airtags worked that great. I'm a Samsung user, I hope Samsung's smartstags worked this way! Bike: multiple

[Uns_Maps_]

Great review, answered most of my questions.