My DH and DS have Tile for their keys. DS also has one in his wallet. They work great. Due to DH job, he uses his keys in different areas at work and in his work building. My son lost his wallet a couple of years ago, so he put the thin Tile in his wallet-he hasn't had to use that one yet, as far as I know. I think by losing his first wallet, hopefully taught him a lesson.

I always bought DS teacher and coach Christmas gifts, The Tile, as they are always using their keys all over the place. They seem to have really like them and make great teacher gifts.

Thank you, Olliesmom. It's great to get a first-hand recommendation.

I've been using Tiles for about 5 years, and I use them as much to find my phone as I do to find the item I've attached a Tile tracker too. I like that they work both ways - use the phone to find the tracker, or use the tracker to find the phone. I have one on my keys and one on my stethoscope, and I love them. Now that they've got replaceable batteries, I'm even more a fan.

Thanks for this. I was in Best Buy about to aimlessly lol for gifts for the guys when I saw the Tile display. Went back out to look up this thread, and do a Google, and now the men are taken care of.

I guess these products fill a need some have but isn't it an easier solution to simply have a fixed place or (at most two) where particular items are placed or kept and be careful to be habitual and consistent about it?

I'm not sure what's intended with this comment. Useful habits are useful habits, even the most imperfect of us has them and can try to add others.

"I do applaud, and moderately envy, you, for your 100% orderly life where you know where everything is at any given point"

My my, I'm not sure what the snarky backlash is all about. Does anyone own 25 of these things - one each for the pliers, the Philips screwdriver, and the masking tape roll, others for BBQ tongs, the jacket not worn in the last 12 months, the funnel to put oil in the car and, while in the garage, the air compressor to check the tires? And so many other occasionally used things that may not be immediately found? Of course not. A regular place for things used daily or even multiple times a day is different - the keys, a phone, a wallet (or purse), shouldn't require multiple searches every day to find. My life isn't perfect, orderly or overly structured and I didn't suggest it was. But I know where car keys and house keys are, along with the rest of the daily items I mentioned. You and everyone else should too.

Not intended to be snarky. Just responding to your suggestion that eveything should always be in its proper place.

Seriously? Pliers . Screwdrivers? Tongs? Oh, come on, Emer, you're better than that. Read my posts for what I said, not for what you want to argue about. It's simple ....

Every now and then something is misplaced. I'm ok with that. As I said, you're not my intended audience (I asked for first hand experience) so I'm not sure why you felt it necessary to evaluate my life. I'm not asking for anyone to critique my motivation, but simply to answer my question, from experience.

I have a Tile on my key ring. Once,being the disorderly person i am at times, i dropped my keys in Whole Foods Someone found them and beeped the Tile, but i had no idea who or where in the store. Fortunately they turned them in to the service desk and i claimed them there. The Tile is okay if you are within earshot of the lost item. As i understand, the Apple Airtag works with Find My Iphone, so if you left your wallet somewhere distant, it would show you where. However However, i have nothaddirect experience with it. I did use Find MyIphone to locate my ipad in Gardner, MT when i was in Salt Lake. Someone kindly mailed itto me.

How fortunate that it was an honest person, dedtired! Makes me happy.

Bpath , dying here. TY.

About 40 years ago I was in a very frazzling situation. I could never find my keys. And I had to run through the apartment looking for everywhere for where I had last set them down. I was late for appointments, and it added my stress.

My (now) husband suggested in a sweet way that maybe I could have a devoted place for them, like a hook or my purse and try to always remember to return them to that spot immediately after using them.

Genius concept. It had never occurred to me to do that very thing. So simple in theory. But for me the trick was to not take a quick easy way out, but to make a point of remembering, even if I was in a rush or it was inconvenient, to put them right back into my purse or in a designated spot.

I still do that and it works like a charm. I’m not being facetious or snarky, but my life was very stressful then, and I didn’t bother to put things away when I was in a rush and so wasted time looking for keys.

I rarely misplace my keys now. However, recently I had to quickly out a room. For the life of me I can’t find my orbital sander that I kept in that room. I do misplace other things from time to time, because. If I can get a few dozen micro dots for each crazy thing I misplace, that would help; but I’d probably have to spend several hundred dollars doing that and then make a list to match all the different microdot codes. ;-)

A sister is always misplacing things and has lost many phones, sets of keys, you name it. We thought of getting one of these tracker things for her, but then she’d probably lose the thing that you’re supposed to manage the trackers with.

Some of it is training yourself to put things where they belong after your through with them, or to remember certain protocols. Like not being able to go to sleep if you haven’t brushed and flossed, or to look behind the car when you’re backing up.

I think they can be very helpful in certain situations. I wish I had one on my orbital sander. Anybody wanna come help me look for it? I’ve tried whistling.

Elmer can often speak in an assertive manner and he can come across as being judgmental or pedantic. Let’s remain kind and generous. Accept that we all have individual styles. Most of us offer considered helpful, well intended commentary.

“Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.”

And exactly how often are we supposed to turn the other cheek?

If a response isn't passive, it may instead be proactive. Proactive doesn't mean aggressive.

My sister's partner left her wallet in a store, but my sister had wisely slipped in a Tile.....while on the phone with the store, they rang the Tile and the store clerk could find where it was (fallen in the change room). Happy ending.

Rather than trying to be someone different and more organized, I've embraced my disorganized clutter and found ways to work with my natural self. One of my useful habits is buying and maintaining a Tile on my keys and stethoscope - useful habits come in different shapes and sizes.

Hi Ded,

I cannot answer that, of course. I have been pressed for details or clarity, but have never felt attacked. I understand and accept that not everyone is warm, fuzzy, Disney or Hallmark. I enjoy reading your posts and questions. I like the exchanges. I enjoy the quick wit (Bunny, SamKaren, others).

I can be sensitive. I can jump bark bite. But I also need to go get tunable dye laser therapy to remove what appears to be tire marks on both cheeks.

Daily I cope with pain and monster fatigue. There is a good reason why I dont post photos of my house ;-)

For the most part, all of us try to connect, help others, enjoy a community.

Don’t make me enumerate the dozens of things I can’t find but know are here in this house, probably under something. Probably under a lot of dusty something. I could use a dozen or so of those trackers if I could figure out which things to put them on prior to “misplacing” them. (”Lost” is a such a despairing word.)

I‘m missing a bunch of those micro cassette recorders** — most likely with super important information on them, Or probably my singing to myself. There’s a nice quilt I mean to find but I can’t locate it. A Quilt! for crying out loud! who misplaces a new quilt?,! I probably put it in a safe place :-) I bought it, then realized it was a collectible, so was going to sell it and buy a villa with the profit.

And I’m missing a few digital cameras, but they’ll turn up as soon as I make my bed.

My dear old pa would look for five minutes for his electric drill. Then thrash around, swearing and complaining for ten more minutes. Then he’d climb into his truck and drive 45 miles round trip to Sears for a new one. We probably should have buried ten drills with him, plus the couple he loaned out. Too much work to do, not enough hours, small place with too many others. Unconventional, for sure. Conventional people can be very dull and are a dime a dozen. Orderliness can be over-rated.

Please come for coffee and giggles and help me find my sander.

PS I think I have a bead on the sander. In a box with other hurriedly dumped stuff. I’m mortified to admit this. The carton is too messy to be photographed.

** Good ones too! Two Olympus Pearlcorders, one good Radio Shack look alike. I think I ”hid” them from any possible intruders. I have a few special spots. I have since (thanks to news) discovered that if you have a messy car, house or rabbit hutch, no one is going to bother looking for your Kmart jewelry.

A cluster of personal insults that individually provide, all the same, personal insults.

All the more hypocritical having begun as a bible quotation by some who I suspect pick and choose what religious teachings they feel they need to follow. Especially ironic just before the onset of what for a declining number of people is a religious occasion.

Classy comment. More rudeness.

Not a tile. I got SO an 8 pack of those keychains with a remote. Each keychain was a different color, the remote had corresponding buttons. He has lots of vehicles, cars, trucks, race cars, trailers, etc., and would often lose the keys. Which meant I had to find them. The trouble was remembering which color was on which key when it was lost! It was essentially a waste. I put one of my glass heart shaped bowls on the kitchen table, pointed to it and said "key bowl!" And that's where his keys, all of them, go and that's where they always are. He is easily trained........ I keep all my keys on my key ring. Its got a huge puffy pink ball thing on it that was a gift. Makes it easy to find if I misplace it.

Elmer, I (the OP) am the one who said 70x7. In the Bible it actually implies “endlessly” or “ongoing”. In fact, I was defending you by answering the question in that way.

Even if people are not believers, there are good ”rules to live by” in the Bible.

Thank you all who gave me advice. I ended up getting the Tile. Had to make the decision in time for delivery.

Let’s end this here. Peace and joy to you all.

Suzie, let's check back in the new year and compare notes. Happy New Year!

I got my son one of those tracker tiles, can't remember the brand, but it had a replaceable button battery. He kept it in his wallet because he misplaced it all the time....I found most of them did not have the option to replace battery. Most battery life on most of them showed to be 9-12 months. So I opted for the slightly more expensive one that you could replace battery.

Also, you need to run Bluetooth on your phone all the time to be able to track where the Tile is/was left. If you don't run Bluetooth you can use the audible finder and listen for the beep. My hearing is so bad I can't really hear the beep. The tile could also be used to find his phone, making it ring.

My son didn't use the Bluetooth option. Used the audible beep to find his wallet, wherever he left it in the house. The Tile battery wore out and needed to be replaced so he took it out of his wallet. Now can't find it. I've look in every possible crevice. I think he threw it away not remembering the battery could be replaced..

I hadn't heard of these tracking devices until now. This would have been a good gift for my brother who is always misplacing his keys or leaving his wallet in his vehicle. He has always had a memory like a sieve

FYI, there are a bunch of independent reviews on YouTube that compare the different brands. I found it helpful but sometimes too much information.

Oh Elmer, lighten up! Seriously. You’ve never misplaced anything? Even the most perfect among us occasionally put things down where they are hard to find. Or slipped between sofa cushions. No reply needed.

I wonder how differently the conversation might have gone had someone said instead, "I've found what works for me is to keep my wallet and keys in only one or two places. That way I always know where they are" and left it at that. A helpful suggestion, and expression of what works for them without any shoulds or judgments passed on others.

Peace be with you all.

Well, we had fun with the tracker even before setting it up. "Where's my coffee?" "Did you put a tracker on it?" "Anybody seen the cat?" "We need snow. Where's the snow?"

""Anybody seen the cat?""

I've seen more than one pet with a tracker on their collar!

we just got an air tag for our dog from our DD for Christmas.

90% of the time, he stays in the fenced yard...bbbuuutttt every so often, something 'smells' sssooo good that he 'must' jump/squeeze through and t-r-a-c-k that S-M-E-L-L!!! and if there is a fox or deer in the yard, all bets are off and he is 'going for it', leap/squeeze, no matter he's going...

so after a few long searches, she came up with the air tag for a safe return:)

mind you, we did 'reinforce' the fence at multiple points but he has "springs' in his legs and a very determined nose... must be the flat coated retriever in him :)

I didn’t know they make them for pets. We could use one for the cat; he camouflages well.

Do they fit comfortably in shoes?

foas, for wandering? or for finding kids’ shoes in the pile at karate or ballet?

To find where I kicked mine off.

I wait till DH hollers ”who left their shoes where I can trip over them??”

I'm always losing my glasses. I wear them for distance, so as I start doing things around the house, I'm constantly taking them off because I can't see anything close up. If I have to read something, off they come. If I am cleaning, off they come. If I'm on the computer, doing chores, eating, working on my plants...you get the idea.

I keep looking to see if anyone makes something that you could stick to glasses. Air Tags are not for eye glasses. If anyone finds any that work for eye glasses, please post it!

Jane

It occurred to me that in my family, we all have Android devices except one who has an iPhone. Will a Tile work? Or does he need AirTag?

jane, me too!

Tile will work on both -- I know there's an app for both types of phones. AirTag is made by Apple; I know there's an Android app, but I do wonder if it will work the same on an Apple as an Android. (I don't know, but given AirTags are made by Apple, I'd check out the Android app before you buy, not after.)