Gabe: Hi folks.
This is Gabe at Security Baron.
We all know that losing a wallet can ruin a day, but having a Bluetooth tracker can
save a day.
Today we're going to review the Chipolo CARD.
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In today's view of the Chipolo CARD I'm going to look at some pros and cons, its design,
its features set, the setup process, before finally diving into a mobile application of
the Chipolo app to make sure you have the information you need to make the right decision.
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Let's kick off today's review of the top Chipolo CARD checking out some pros and cons beginning
with the pros.
It has a range of about 200 feet to water resistant, and it integrates with Google assistant
and Amazon Alexa.
On the con side, it comes in at about $35 which is on the higher end for Bluetooth trackers.
It does not have a replacement battery option.
You're going to have to replace the entire thing in about a year.
You pay $35 and you're going to have to replace it.
When we go into the design the Chipolo CARD is actually quite thin.
You note this only 2.15 millimeters thick and only weighs about 1.28 ounces.
In fact, if you look at it its dimensions against my wallet full of metro cards and
credit cards you'll see that it's significantly smaller.
Otherwise, it is a rigid but somehow soft plastic feel with this Chipolo logo, a button,
and it comes with a 95-decibel siren.
Along with that, it's weather-resistant.
If you're caught in the rain or hit with a few splashes it should be fine.
I do want to note that it is thin.
What you've seen with a few of the thin Bluetooth trackers is that they do not have replacement
batteries.
Yes because of that you're going to have to completely replace this tracker in about a
year.
Otherwise, that's the design for the Chipolo CARD.
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Let's check out the feature set for the Chipolo CARD.
You want to be able to find wherever your Chipolo CARD is, and you will be able to do
so because there's a 200-foot range with your mobile device.
Think about it as you and your iPhone or you and your Android phone are the center of a
200-foot bubble with which you can find your Chipolo CARD.
Just outside of that what are you going to do is just market lost and use the community
network.
This means anyone with the Chipolo app will help unbeknownst to them.
You find your Chipolo CARD.
You turn it on.
Someone will walk past it, and you'll be like, "Hey, that's where my device is."
You can go pick it up, which is really useful.
What if you've lost something inside of your home?
Well, then you can use voice control with your Google assistant or Amazon Alexa.
You can say, "Hey Google I've lost my wallet."
It'll help you to find it.
Turn on that siren.
You're going to walk around your little apartment until you find it.
I promise you that your smart platform will be way more enthused about helping you find
your lost wallet than your roommate will be.
The final element which is pretty fun is being able to use this button as a shutter.
If you want to take a picture but you don't have a fancy selfie stick, you can just place
your iPhone or Android in a certain location, change it to a situation where the Chipolo
app is functioning as your camera and hit that shutter button, and say cheese.
Overall a pretty impressive feature set from the Chipolo CARD.
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Let's talk about the setup for the Chipolo CARD.
It's pretty straightforward.
You're going to have the Chipolo out of the mobile application downloaded with an account
set up.
Then you're just going to go to add new device.
You'll place your Chipolo CARD beside your mobile device.
The two will sink and you're ready to go.
You can name the Chipolo CARD whatever you'd like.
Overall it's a super easy process and probably one taking more than two minutes.
Let's dive into the final element of our Chipolo CARD.
Review mobile application to Chipolo app.
It is your mobile command center where you're going to be doing most of the interfacing
with your Chipolo CARD.
People seem to like the app.
It has a 4 out of 5-star rating in the Google Play store, and a 4.4 out of 5-star rating
in the Apple App Store.
Let's go ahead and check it out My on my iPhone 10.
Here I am checking out the Chipolo mobile application.
You know right from the beginning I have two devices set up even though I've only got one
card right now.
It's the wallet and my actual phone which is kind of silly named ifollow.
On the top left, you've got settings but there's honestly not a lot of functionality there.
On the top right you have the plus to more devices.
You can add a classic Chipolo plus or just another card.
We're in the glyphs form.
Let's go ahead and see what we can do with the wallet which is what I named my Chipolo
CARD because that's where I place it.
Here I can just do ring to find.
That's the basic premise of using a Bluetooth tracker.
I hit the ring to find.
[ringing sound]
That's how you know where your device is with a 95-decibel siren.
There's more to the wallet than that.
If I go up into the right-hand corner you see those three dots.
It has share wallet, take a selfie, or customized wallet.
Let's go ahead and take a selfie.
It's a pretty impressive element.
I can just double click with this button on the Chipolo CARD and it'll take a picture.
Voila.
There we are.
That's how we've got it and save that the photos.
Going back out you'll note that there's actually dual functionality of the Chipolo CARD and
your phone.
It's a really reciprocal functionality.
I've lost my phone I can actually double click on the Chipolo CARD and it will ring my iPhone
like so.
[ringing sound]
You see there it says, "Chipolo ring.
Here I am waiting to be found."
Stop ringing.
You know that that is a pretty cool dual functionality that you can get from the Chipolo CARD.
Another thing one can do is if your Chipolo CARD really does get far away from your current
location you have the ability to market as lost.
Once I get beyond the 200 feet the option to save mark as lost comes up.
I can hit mark as lost.
When I find it again I can just hit stop searching.
That mark as lost we'll then make sure that other people with Chipolo are helping you
to find your particular device.
In the bottom right you'll see that has the option for map.
By hitting map I can actually see where I am, where my devices.
Which is pretty useful.
Right there in the map, it would give you the location of everything you need related
to your phone and your Chipolo products.
Overall there's a lot of flexibility with the Chipolo CARD and what you can do in the
Chipolo app.
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We've covered a lot today regarding the Chipolo CARD.
You want to know is it the right Bluetooth tracking for me.
I'll say this, if you want a card that has a lot of nifty features like Smart Platform
integrations, weather resistance, and just has a nice slim aesthetically pleasing profile
then you may want to take a look at the Chipolo CARD.
However if you want a card that will allow you to replace its battery you're going to
want to look somewhere else because you're essentially paying $35 for something that's
going to die within about a year.
There is no replacement battery option for the Chipolo CARD.
You have to accept that eventuality.
However, if that's OK and you don't want to replace your battery the Chipolo CARD is a
solid option for a Bluetooth tracking.
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That concludes our review of the Chipolo CARD.
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As always this is Gabe at Security Baron.
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