Review of Pettracer


Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Absolutely DO NOT BUY!

Absolutely DO NOT BUY!!

This collar is advertised as a light-weight GPS and radio tracker. The range of the homestation is said to be around a km, and battery life is said to last a few days depending on activity.

THE BIGGEST CONCERN IS YOU DON'T OWN THE COLLAR!!! Even after you buy the collar, if you purchase it on a month by month subscription as many of us do, as we can't afford the cost up front, YOU CANNOT CANCEL THE SUBSCRIPTION! You have to return the collar and all the hardware for the subscription to be cancelled, EVEN IF YOU PURCHASED THE COLLAR UPFRONT. I feel this is INCREDIBLY WRONG and should have been disclosed clearly. Also, the monthly subscription is very pricey compared to other brands too - 15 pounds a month!

Secondly, the radio range of this tracker in real life is ABYSMAL. It will barely go past your street because houses and trees and bushes affect the transmission. This was never stated by Pettracer as a warning before buying. You would need a completely open field to achieve even half the range. Reasonably expect the radio range to be around your road and maybe a half.

Thirdly, the collar doesn't transmit GPS positions without radio signal. So, if your cat is away from the radio range (which in real life is essentially your street) you will not know where she/he is until they return. The collar is supposed to be useful when the cats are lost so you can find them, but if you only see where they are when they're on your street, it's not much help is it? Furthermore, the mobile homestation won't be much help either, as the homestation requires at least a floor of elevation to work properly, and if it's on ground level when you're searching for your cat, it'll be of little help.

The app is consistently down and glitchy, and the collar needs updates as it sometimes stops switching modes, but you have to do them MANUALLY through downloading the update and uploaded it onto the collar firmware through another app. Very user unfriendly.

Sometimes the servers are down too, so you cannot see where your cat is. My cat has been outside a few times when they were down and it was incredibly scary, and it took a few hours to resolve.

Live mode drains the battery incredibly fast, but it is the only one that constantly updates. With all the other modes, they claim to update at regular intervals but they do not. They will sometimes update at the interval, and otherwise they don't.

The light and alarm are very weak, and can barely be seen or heard even at night. The safety buckle is incredibly hard to open so unsafe if your cat gets trapped.

Do not waste your money on this and make the same mistake I did. There are other lightweight collars in the market cheaper, and that work much much better.

October 20, 2025
Unprompted review
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