The Knog Scout bolts to plain water bottle cage mounts and makes use of a loud, movement activated alarm to discourage thieves from stealing your bike. Ought to they not be deterred, the gadget might be tracked via Apple’s Discover My app, hopefully aiding within the restoration of your bike.
Knog Scout Bike Alarm and Tracker
Knog’s little Scout might be mounted by itself or hidden underneath a water bottle cage. Mounted underneath a plastic or carbon cage, the black Scout blends in fairly properly. To maintain it from merely being eliminated out of your bike, the Scout comes with a set of safety bolts and a particular instrument to put in or take away them. The bolts supplied are lengthy sufficient to mount a bottle cage on prime of the Scout.
In the event you’d desire to offer extra warning to thieves, the Scout has a neon yellow silicone cowl that brazenly advertises its existence and will deter theft straight away. If you wish to maintain the Scout extra hidden (or use your bottle mounts to hold water too) the quilt will not be used, and the Scout is discreetly mounted underneath the bottle cage. It’s not a lot greater than the bracket you may use to mount a pump underneath your cage.
The Scout boasts a movement delicate 85db bike alarm – which clearly it’s a must to activate in safety mode. Any movement detected by the gadget’s gyroscopic chip will set off the alarm and robotically ship a notification to the proprietor’s iPhone.
The Scout alarm might be armed or disarmed in two methods. First, in case you and your linked iPhone are inside 1.5m of the bike, you’ll be able to merely use the button on the facet of the gadget. In the event you’re additional away (however inside Bluetooth vary), the Knog app is used to arm or disarm the Scout.
Monitoring and Notifications
The Scout solely works with Apple iOS primarily based smartphones, iPads or Apple watches, because it depends on Apple’s Discover My app to find itself. And Knog’s iOS app is required for setup and operation.
There are some things to notice about how the notifications and Discover My app work. To begin with, you’ll solely get theft notifications in case you’re inside Bluetooth vary and have the Knog app working in your cellphone. In the event you’re too far out of your bike, you gained’t get notified if somebody strikes it.
It’s additionally vital to recollect the Scout will not be a GPS enabled gadget. Similar to an AirTag, it depends on Apple’s Discover My app, which pings different iPhones to find units.
One closing be aware: Watching the setup video on Knog’s web site, I observed one thing patrons may wish to know (which I’ll assume is famous within the Scout’s directions)… It’s important to join the Scout to the Discover My app inside ten minutes of plugging it right into a charger for the primary time.
Tech particulars
The Scout has three dual-function LED lights on its physique, which point out if the unit is armed or not and show its battery life. The LED close to the charging port will glow pink whereas the battery is charging, and switch inexperienced when it’s totally charged. A low battery notification lets you realize whenever you’re down to twenty% or much less.
The Scout’s battery costs through USB-C (cable not included), and a full cost takes 4 hours. Totally charged, the battery ought to final between 2-6 months relying on utilization. Knog says to count on two months in case you arm your bike day by day. Knog didn’t specify a lifespan for the non-replaceable (however clearly rechargeable) battery, however I came upon a few of their workers have been utilizing Scouts for just a few years with out a noticeable decline in capability.
The Scout is IP66 water-proof (described as wash proof), and its working temperature vary is -20° to 50°C. It measures 107x25x8mm, and weighs 25g.
Knog’s Scout bike alarm and tracker sells for $60, and is out there now.
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