thirdcrank wrote: ↑25 Feb 2022, 10:19am
This thread has attracted my attention to the Afterlock
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I wonder if a thief with a roll of cooking foil in the van could quickly create a Faraday Cage. ....
My assumption is that a thief could wrap the device in cooking foil and likely block the signal. But, from the perspective of improving the odds in your favour, whilst thieves carry battery angle grinders and bolt croppers I'd assume at present rolls of cooking foil are not part of their kit.
My understanding is you don't have to set the alarm i.e. it can act as a silent movement detector notification to your phone.
My bent already has a movement alarm so for me, After-lock activated but without alarm would mean thief focusing on the box sounding a lot of noise and ignoring the silent After-lock. But again, maybe comes down to what the cyclist is looking for from the device and for me it's a longer range alarm (beyond earshot so you can run and catch thief mid-angle grinding) rather than tracking the bike across town to the shed where they dismantle for parts.
But I've not got one so may not be fully correct about options as it's just what I've got from their web site (and the other day on the Boomerang device website I read something that suggested under some circumstances you could activate their alarm but not be able to disable it on your return and their response "we better update our web site!
Many say bike security is as much about encouraging the thief to move on to easier targets and e.g. the Boomerang device tris to be as noticable as possible so thief sees it and moves on to other bikes. Maybe if bike starts beeping pre-full alarm as soon as thief vibrates the bike then they'll decide to try elsewhere? But I've not had a bike stolen since my student days and very rarely leave it unattended in cities.
Ian