Protect your car, boat, trailer or caravan from being stolen
(PS. we checked it against competing systems and ours costs less)
We offer three accurate and real-time location products that can help you locate either a driver, or the vehicle itself.
- KoolTrax™ Lite is a compact, battery operated GPS pocket tracking device that's designed to track the driver or rider rather than the vehicle. It's an automatic GPS location system that provides live, real-time location data to 4 metre accuracy. It is battery operated and wearable, simple as can be to use, and provides an alarm button that's useful where security is a concern.
- KoolTrax™ Rover is a GPS tracker to be fitted to your vehicle, boat, trailer, caravan or motorbike. Either you can do that or we offer a nationwide fitting service.
- KoolTrax™ Mobile is software for your GPS-enabled mobile phone turning it into a GPS tracker.
Our hand held or wearable trackers are completely flexible. Just take it with you in the car during the week and with you on your boat or bike at the weekend. Use it to track cars, vans, HGV .. anything with four wheels, plus containers, trailers, coastal or inland boats, bicycles, touring or racing cycles, motorbikes, tractors .. almost anything that moves at any time.
If your vehicle doesn't have an electric power source or you don't want to drain the battery over a long period without use, use our solar panel to trickle-charge your GPS tracker.
Our systems are also finding use in parental monitoring of new, young drivers who may agree to use a gps vehicle location system in exchange for use of the family car, and who might then be able to use the fact that they are tracked as a means to avoid peer pressure.
What are people using our systems for?
Our 'live' and accurate GPS tracking systems are being used to monitor the use of one of the family cars, to keep track of a family member out exercising on a bike, riding a horse or sailing, or just to find someone after a day's shopping, at a festival or park.
We provided trackers for the B#1 Lands End to John O'Groats charity event for the British Heart Foundation where star sportsmen and sportswomen ran, cycled and windsurfed from one end of the country to the other and we continue to provide GPS location trackers to charity and sporting events throughout the UK.
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How does the system work?
First, you need a tracking device. Choose either KoolTrax™ Lite the pocket unit, KoolTrax™ Rover fitted to your behicle, or KoolTrax™ Mobile, software for a mobile phone. From a tracking point of view the main difference is that KoolTrax™ Lite provides a more easily accessible panic button. KoolTrax™ Rover you can simply forget about once it's fitted. Using KoolTrax™ Mobile, being installed on your mobile phone, means you don't have to carry anything extra.
You can control all these systems by installing KoolTrax™ PC software on your Internet connected Windows PC. Enter your name and any other people involved.
Then using online maps, set up any alert states. Most often these are geofences, geographic boundaries which would raise an alert once the tracker goes beyond them.
Set how you want to be alerted .. by text message or email (as well as on screen) and who should get those alerts.
Once you've installed and registered everything, KoolTrax™ PC on your computer will display the position of your tracker units.
You can set up as many boundaries as you like, and alert as many people as you like in all sorts of combinations, and you can track as many GPS trackers as you want on any number of KoolTrax™ PC screens.
How it really works
KoolTrax™ Lite is a GPS device (and KoolTrax™ Mobile requires your mobile phone to have GPS). That means they use radio signals from military satellites to discover their position anywhere on earth to within 4 metres. Your in-car SatNav system does the same thing.
Both devices are also connected to the mobile phone network. Assuming your tracking device can get a phone signal, it transmits its location to our server.
The KoolTrax™ PC software on your computer talks over the Internet to our server to get the position of your GPS tracking unit, and then it displays where your person is onscreen for you. We currently use Google Maps (but reserve the right to change that without notice), so you can see the location as a road map, as an archive satellite image, or both.
If you are not familiar with Google Maps, enter your postcode here. By default you see the map view, but there's a button for 'satellite', and 'hybrid'. Some areas have stunning high quality satellite images, some only lower quality, but we think Google will bring high quality to all as soon as it is able.
Just to be clear, these are NOT 'live' satellite images, you will not be able to actually see your client, child, parent or employee walking down the street using this system. These are archive satellite images taken weeks, months or years ago.
We take Google Maps (or an equivalent service) and overlay our symbols to show the location of your GPS tracking units. If you have more KoolTrax™ devices, it can display the location of all of them.
KoolTrax™ hardware trackers use the very latest SiRFstar III GPS chip and the best active GPS aerial, so you get the most accurate position data, and much improved positional fixes when the devices are indoors.
Day to day operation
On your KoolTrax™ PC PC, you can see the location of your trackers in real-time on an on-screen map. If you set up a geographic boundary, you'll get an alert if they leave the area. You can see a breadcrumb trail showing you where they've been.
What about signal strength and reliability?
GPS devices need to be able to sense the satellites that allow them to discover their position. Traditionally this is more difficult inside a large building or very built-up area, however our use of the best GPS components in both KoolTrax™ hardware devices minimises this.
We show our confidence in a position using a circle. The larger the circle, the lower our confidence, the larger the area to search. This is very rarely more than a few metres.
In the rare event that your KoolTrax™ tracker cannot calculate its position, or cannot transmit it through the mobile phone network, you still have a breadcrumb trail on screen which shows last position and direction of travel. KoolTrax™ trackers are connected live to our server, so as soon as the signal is picked up again, your KoolTrax™ PC software displays it. In this, unusual, situation, what you do know is that the person entered a particular building or poor signal area and hasn't come out. This is in contrast to competing products where you pay to send a text message that would return a "can't find them" message, leaving you to pay to re-send repeatedly.
Our server has an uptime of 99.99%. Occasional essential maintenance is undertaken at the quietest times.
KoolTrax™ devices have intelligent power management, so it reduces the number of times it calculates and sends its position as it runs low on power. We ran one down over two weeks and it continued to work, but was only able to send position data every hour. You can see the unit's power status on your KoolTrax™ PC display, and there is a low battery alert.
Car barter
An interesting application of this technology has been picked up by the press recently, partly as a result of the sobering statistics about deaths and injuries on the road involving young and new drivers. KoolTrax™ provides information about speed of travel, and some astute parents have used this to give them peace of mind and help keep their driving-age children safe.
In this 'deal' the young driver agrees to use KoolTrax™ Lite while driving in return for the parents buying or contributing towards them getting a car. The parents know their offspring is staying safe and within the law, they also know where they are, and at the same time they are providing an incentive (and a reason to give to their mates) why they won't exceed the speed limit.
KoolTrax™ Mobile is probably rather more desirable to the young driver, since it requires a high-end mobile phone and the fact of being tracked is more easily hidden.
Emergency operation
There are two main emergency situations: when the tracker wearer presses the alert button, and when the tracker exceeds a geofence boundary (although you might also define "not being worn" or "exceeds speed limit" as an emergency too). Incidentally, the alert button on KoolTrax™ Lite is more easily accessed in an emergency than the software button on KoolTrax™ Mobile.
In response, you can monitor the location of the GPS tracker unit onscreen and perhaps direct someone on the ground, verbally, using a mobile phone.
Our trackers must have a connection to the mobile network in order for any alert method to work. We currently use Orange to provide mobile services, their coverage map is here. The system is designed as a person location device and all populated areas are well covered. If your user is in a remote location, they would need a phone signal anyway to raise help, our system provides location data as soon as a connection is established, so for them there's no watching for a momentary icon on their phone and then being unable to connect for long enough to describe where they are. With KoolTrax™ Lite, you always know where your 'driver' is.
How much does a KoolTrax™ tracking device cost?
We have worked hard to provide a service that enables you to budget for the costs involved.
KoolTrax™ Lite is available for rent at £34.99 per calendar month, all normal use included.
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In unusual circumstances you may incur some additional charges.
- Use outside the UK: KoolTrax™ devices are not, by default, set up to work outside the UK or Ireland. If you wish to use it, for instance, on holiday, you would need to call us and agree to pay the roaming charges set by the mobile phone company (plus 10% to cover administration), just as you would in order to use your mobile phone abroad. Alternatively, buy a local pay as you go SIM at your destination.
- If you set up lots of SMS alerts, and alert states keep occurring, you might pass our limit of 50 SMS alerts per month. We will then charge 25p per additional SMS alert. We will try to let you know before that happens, but it's simply a matter of you managing your alerts well. No-one has yet passed this limit nor incurred any charges, it's really there to limit our liability if someone does set things up that way.
- If you need technical support, calling our technical helpline is chargeable at 75p per minute.
You may wish to purchase just one KoolTrax™ device to begin with, and pass it around according to the day's plan. We simply track the KoolTrax™ GPS tracker unit.
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How much does KoolTrax™ Mobile™ cost?
KoolTrax™ Mobile™ is a very affordable, downloadable GPS tracking solution for mobile devices (phones and PDAs) using Windows Mobile 5+ and with GPS capability.
You can download KoolTrax™ Mobile™ for £9.99.
If you want to use KoolTrax™ Mobile™ with geographic boundaries, you can receive alerts onscreen and by email free of charge. Alerts sent by SMS mobile text, however, require you to create a credit balance with Blue Tree Services. They are charged at 10p each and may be bought in £10 blocks.
In normal operation KoolTrax™ Mobile™ sends its location information over your mobile's data connection. You would pay your supplier for that under your existing tarif. The amount of data sent is small, but it might be worth checking you still have the best tarif for your needs. You can switch KoolTrax™ Mobile™ off whenever you don't want to be tracked.
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Does it work outside the UK and Ireland?
KoolTrax™ Lite is sold in the UK and Ireland set up to work in your country, but it does work in other countries, you simply have to let us know beforehand, and agree to pay the roaming charges from the mobile phone company (plus 10% to cover administration). Alternatively you can insert your own (pay as you go) SIM when you reach your destination country,
KoolTrax™ Mobile™ works wherever your phone works, just get roaming enabled on your phone.
How can I cancel?
If you change your mind and wish to cancel a new order, you have a statutory seven days to do so. You must let us know in writing or by email and return the product unopened, uninstalled and at your expense.
KoolTrax™ Lite rental may be cancelled anytime by simply returning the device to us with your account details, get in touch to arrange that. We need the device back to us seven days before your next payment in order to cancel it.
Guarantee
We want you to be completely satisfied with purchase, and we are absolutely sure you will be. You're going to love what we offer, so we want to make sure you get the chance to see what we mean, and feel the product working for you. So we offer an iron clad, no-quibble, fourteen day money back guarantee.
So that's that: if, after fourteen days of use, you're not absolutely happy with the KoolTrax™ PC software on your PC or with your chosen tracking unit or with anything at all that we've provided for whatever reason, just return it to us in its original condition, and we'll refund your money in full. No questions asked. No hard feelings. No problem.
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What you need: system requirements
In order to use KoolTrax™ PC software to manage the service and track the position of the person wearing your KoolTrax™ Lite unit, you will need an Internet connected Windows PC.
You will also need to keep the tracker unit charged. We provide a wall charger, but optionally you can purchase a car charger, solar panel, or spare battery and charger.
In order to use KoolTrax™ Mobile software to turn your mobile phone or PDA into a personal GPS tracker, your phone needs to be running Windows Mobile 5+ or Nokia's Symbian, have NMEA compliant GPS capability and have a touch screen.
If you don't know whether your phone is running Windows Mobile 5+, there's a screenshot on Wikipedia which shows you what it looks like.
The most common phone operating system is Symbian. If you have a Nokia, Ericsson, Sony Ericsson, Panasonic, Siemens AG, Samsung or BenQ phone it's likely it's running Symbian.
If your phone or PDA is incompatible but you want KoolTrax™ Mobile, here are some options:
- If your phone or PDA doesn't run Windows Mobile 5+ or Nokia Symbian, then you might consider taking the opportunity to get a new phone. If you're doing that, aim for a phone that has inbuilt GPS.
- Alternatively if your phone or PDA supports Java, a Java version of KoolTrax™ Mobile is under development, so you might prefer to wait for that. Sign up to receive notification when KoolTrax™ Mobile Java is launched.
- If you have a Windows Mobile 5+ or Symbian phone that isn't GPS enabled, you can buy GPS devices that connect to your phone using BlueTooth, for instance those provided by Garmin or the Holux GPSlim236 Wireless Bluetooth GPS Receiver.
In addition, to manage the service and display the position of one or more KoolTrax™ Mobile user, you will need an Internet connected Windows PC.
What you are getting
Our service provides
- the ability to track the real position of anyone (assuming they accept being tracked)
- 4 metre positional accuracy
- real-time, live location data
- a breadcrumb trail of where they have been
- the security of knowing you or your child, parent, client or staff member has an alert button that, when pressed, shows you exactly where they are
- control of the setup of any number of geofence boundaries of any shape, that you can switch between at will
- the ability to set up alerts by email and/or text message to any number of people
How to order
Quick links: Lite - Spare battery and charger - Mobile s/w - Second user GPS trackers - Rover car tracker - Solar panel trickle-charger - easy to use phone
KoolTrax™ Lite
Click the 'buy' button below to **rent** a single KoolTrax™ Lite unit through our secure payment pages. If you want more than one, click the button and change the quantity on the next page. If you haven't got a Paypal account you can still pay by credit card, click here to see how.
"Thank you for the information and the software. Tested the Kooltrax lite this evening and it worked first time!" MB, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
If you don't mind a second user system, check in case we have any used GPS trackers.
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Rent a KoolTrax™ Lite personal GPS tracker for just £34.99pcmWhat you get:
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Battery and mains charger for KoolTrax™ Lite
You can recharge KoolTrax™ Lite from the mains anyway, but of course while you're charging you're not tracking. With this spare battery and mains charger it's easy to swap your spent battery for a charged one and achieve continuous tracking.
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Buy spare battery and mains chargerEach: £19.99. You get the mains lead and a battery as well as the charger pictured. |
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KoolTrax™ Mobile
Click the 'buy' button below to buy and download KoolTrax™ Mobile through our secure payment pages. If you want more than one, click the button and change the quantity on the next page.
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Download KoolTrax™ MobileGot a Windows Mobile 5+ or Symbian (Nokia) mobile/PDA with GPS? Turn it into a personal GPS tracker for just £55.99 (annual charge). What you get:
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Second user GPS trackers
The idea of KoolTrax™ Lite is that you can rent it for as long as you need it, then just send it back to us. Consequently, we have a trickle of second user GPS trackers which we'll list here when they become available.
Since they come with different accessories and in different states of wear, we've decided to operate a price drop system. Each week, we'll drop the price of each item here until it sells. So, if you like the price, go for it (before someone else does). Remember, there's only one of each.
If you want a tracker for less, keep waiting and watching.
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Rent a KoolTrax™ Lite and accessories for just £28.99 pcmDescription: A KoolTrax™ Lite GPS tracker, with pouch, mains charger and USB lead. Very slightly scuffed unit (086 1115) but otherwise all good. Will be boxed as new before dispatch. |
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KoolTrax™ Rover
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Buy a KoolTrax™ Rover low-cost car GPS tracker for just £299.00To order the KoolTrax™ Rover for £299 including installation on mainland UK or £249 for DIY install, please complete the form on the KoolTrax™ Rover car tracker page. |
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Solar panel trickle-charger
Click the 'buy' button below to buy a solar panel to charge your KoolTrax™ Lite tracker. Suitable to alarm equipment that isn't powered or where you want tracking to continue long-term without draining the vehicle's battery. Often used for caravans, trailers and boats, but also great for cyclists. If you want more than one, click the button and change the quantity on the next page.
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Buy solar panelEach: £29.99. The KoolTrax™ Lite pictured is not, of course, included. Buy that separately. The yellow 'pouch' is part of the product. |
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Easy to use, simple phone
Click the 'buy' button below to buy and download a simple phone through our secure payment pages. If you want more than one, click the button and change the quantity on the next page.
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Get a simple phoneMake calls, send texts. That's it, for £59.99 (SIM not included). What you get:
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What happens after I've bought?
Software products are immediately downloadable along with instructions for installation. You will require an activation code from us which is dispatched by humans so please allow a business day.
For physical products, we currently try to ship every Tuesday by Parcel Post, so if you order by mid-day on a Tuesday you are likely to receive it next day. If you order on a Wednesday it will be just over a week.
When you receive your parcel, if you have KoolTrax™ hardware units, set them charging.
You will be asked to agree to our terms and conditions and to request the unit be activated. Privacy laws require this step.
Once you've done that, we send you a login code. You install KoolTrax™ PC software on your PC, enter the login, turn on the KoolTrax™ Lite and you will see its position on your screen. Well done, you're tracking!
Set up boundaries using KoolTrax™ PC software by drawing them on an on-screen map, and enter the details of who is to receive alerts, under what circumstances, and by which method (email/SMS).
Hand out KoolTrax™ Lite to whoever is to use it that day, and get tracking!
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