I received Tile samples to facilitate this review, all opinions are my own.
I received two different Tile products this year, The Tile Mate and Tile Pro. These devices attach to your keys and when paired with your phone, will allow you to use the app to find your keys. Now we all know people who set down their keys and end up misplacing them, but in our house, it is a little bit more complicated. In our house, our son will pick up any set of keys or any phone that is left unsupervised.
Our son is autistic and has numerous behaviors, that include being a high flight risk as well as an obsession with electronics. We are forced to lock up most of the electronics when they are not in use. To our son, this becomes a game, any keys that are laying around are an opportunity to get to hidden electronics. Any unsupervised phone is an opportunity to hide while he binges on Logo videos on youtube.
This often can result in him setting keys down or hiding them under chairs. The intent is that we can’t find them so he can use them at a later time. Tile allows us to circumvent this by using the Tile to find either the phone or the keys. The system’s main original intent is to attach the tile to your key ring. Then you can simply use the app on your phone to sound the alarm. This feature is built into the Tile device to help you track your keys.
Use The Tile To Find Your Phone.
A fun addition is that if you press the button on the tile itself, it makes the phone ring, which helps if you have lost your phone. Both of these things come in handy in our house. Our son is severely autistic, and he loves to grab our keys. He does this to get to all the electronics we keep out of reach or our phones (to access YouTube). While this can be inconvenient, what makes it problematic is that he doesn’t ever return them. This means we can spend hours digging around the house trying to find our keys or our phones.
The devices allow us to constantly track where they are. One change to the product is that the new models have a changeable battery, unlike the original versions that lasted a year.
wow this is so awesome 🙂
i bought one of these for my wallet losing husband and it has been wonderful at tracking it to the last place he was. LOL
This sounds like an awesome product for those of us a little forgetful 🙂
My son has a tile and loves it.
I currently do not have a cell phone but if I ever do, I will get the tile mate as I am queen of lost items.
Sounds like a very useful product. This would make a great gift for my husband as he misplaces his keys from time to time.
Heard of this for years now, sounds like a nice solution product
Its also a great gift idea. I bought this for my boss who keep leaving his keys, phone and wallet everywhere.
This would be amazing for those as drifty as me!
I need to get one for my husband! That would make a great gift!
Tile would be so useful for my husband and his keys!
This would help so much. I always seem to be misplacing my keys.
I am constantly losing my phone. Would be so useful to me
Very useful! I could use this for my keys.
Oh I love how they’ve changed the product to have a changeable battery! I have wanted a Tile for awhile but didn’t like the aspect of the 1-year only battery.