Best dog tracker for hiking and hunting
Far from phone masts, cellular trackers stop updating. Radio trackers talk straight to a handheld. What each one reaches, how often it updates, and what it costs.
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Garmin Alpha with TT 25 collar
Garmin's system reaches up to 14.5 km (9 miles) from the handheld with updates every 2.5 seconds, with no plan and no phone network. It's also the most expensive here at $1,199.98 for the Alpha handheld with a TT 25 collar.
All Garmin Alpha with TT 25 collar facts- How it finds
- Radio
- 3 years, all in
- $1,200
- Battery, claimed
- 2.8 days
- Weight
- Not stated
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Dogtra Pathfinder 2
A cheaper way to track by radio: $429.99, updates every 2 seconds, no subscription. 187 g and for dogs from about 16 kg. Its e-fence can use static stimulation.
All Dogtra Pathfinder 2 facts- How it finds
- Radio
- 3 years, all in
- $430
- Battery, claimed
- Not stated
- Weight
- 187 g
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Tractive GPS DOG 6
If your walks stay within mobile coverage, a cellular tracker is lighter and cheaper to start with: 39 g, €69 plus a plan from €120 a year, 175+ countries. It stops updating where there's no signal, and leaving your home country needs the Premium plan.
All Tractive GPS DOG 6 facts- How it finds
- Cellular GPS
- 3 years, all in
- €345
- Battery, claimed
- 14 days
- Weight
- 39 g
Radio trackers by price
Device plus three years of the cheapest plan, at each maker's listed prices. Each currency is ranked on its own.
In US dollars
In Pounds
Worth knowing. Radio range is the maker's figure in open terrain. Hills and forest cut it, and both the collar and the handheld have to be charged.
