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This gets us mad.\u00a0 You see portable GPS trackers advertised all over the internet many of them, are motion activated, meaning they turn on when moving and off when stopped.\u00a0\u00a0 Do a search, you’ll see companies advertising their GPS tracking products<\/a> with headlines that read “75 day battery pack, 50 day battery pack, etc”.<\/span><\/p>\n

We always wondered how a company can advertise how many days a devices battery will last, when the device turns on and off – based on movement?\u00a0 Do you think that is a bit misleading?<\/span><\/p>\n

At LiveViewGPS, Inc. – our portable GPS motion activated trackers are rated based on “motion hours”.\u00a0 Meaning the battery will last approximately X hours in while motion.\u00a0 For example, a device with a sixty hour motion activated battery will work for 60 hours of actual vehicle drive time.\u00a0 By the way, we’ve thoroughly tested\u00a0 each of the batteries we sell to arrive at a hour rating for each battery.\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Because, we don’t want to mislead or misinform our customers, or potential customers.\u00a0 In fact, we always would rather side with under-promising a devices capability while over-delivering on our products performance. <\/span><\/p>\n

It’s impossible to say that a battery with a motion activated device is rated for a set number of days – Caveat Emptor.
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This gets us mad.\u00a0 You see portable GPS trackers advertised all over the internet many of them, are motion activated, meaning they turn on when moving and off when stopped.\u00a0\u00a0 Do a search, you’ll see companies advertising their GPS tracking products with headlines that read “75 day battery pack, 50 day battery pack, etc”. 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