WhistleReviews of whistle.com

I have been using this for over a year in the event that my cat, who only goes out and sits on our patio, somehow decided to explore. We did do a test run by taking it well off the property, but didn't think about the case where the pet would be just outside the safe zone but hidden. We have not had to rely on it until recently as he finally did decide to go beyond his usual routine. What I found out is that the selected safe area is worthless and that my cat had to be two properties away before my wifi cut out and it notified me...and we all live on 2+ acres lots here. I'm not sure of the purpose of the selected area since I was told by tech support that it doesn't matter what the safe area is set too if the wifi reaches beyond that. In addition, the device does not regenerate for a minimum of 3 minutes, so if the pet is a good distance before wifi stops picking them up and then travels another three minutes, your pet could be pretty far away before you get your notification. Lastly, the device saves battery if your pet stays within wifi but only notifies you when it is super low. The day that my cat got free, when I was finally notified, I got a low battery indicator at the same time. If we hadn't been able to find him quickly, the battery would have been dead in no time (because it dies quickly off wifi) and we would have had zero chance in finding him. Lots of flaws with this system. My phone location is always spot on, on their app, but the pet location is highly inaccurate. I will be continuing to use it until I find a better option. I purchased one with a light because I think that will help me way before the notification does.

It works. Tracker is not made that well,though. I purchase the latest version in November 2019 and it was not usable by March 2020. If you have an active dog, this product is not for you. It is prone to breaking and falling off. When my dog's fell off, I was able to recover the device and saw where the part that clips into the collar had broken off. Whistle does not have much faith in its own product. It was made to last longer than the 90 day warranty after which time they want you to buy another one--too expensive. Warranty is inadequate. UPDATE: Original review was 2-star. Less than 2 hours after my post, I was contacted by Whistle. It appears Whistle has a 1 year warranty and is going to replace my Tracker. For that I give them a 5-star rating. Wow! People really read this stuff.

The Whistle is a great product. We love the exercise tracking feature. It helps motivate us to keep our pup moving. We realized after getting the Whistle that our pup wasn’t getting as much exercise as we thought. By watching the tracker it is a way to be accountable daily for how much we do. It’s very helpful. The health tracking feature is spot on. It picked up that our pup licks and scratches. Once again we had no idea how much. Now we have concrete figures to track his allergies and anxiety. We can also share these reports with vets, which is invaluable information. Overall, we are thrilled Whistle users and highly recommend the product.

I liked the price point, design and concept. However, I found the product to be very slow to respond and most importantly, very inaccurate in tracking my dog. For these reasons I can only give them 2 stars.

I love our Whistle Go Active. I started out using the regular Whistle, but my swimmer constantly had it wet which led to problems. Customer Support was great in getting us a replacement. Ultimately, I moved up to the Whistle Go Active because it allows for more wet time and longer battery time. The more water proof and more battery time is needed. And as they continue to improve their products - this is the determiner for me.

I bought my first tracker for our hound about 8 months or so ago, and I'm still very happy with it. In fact, I bought another one for my collie. The battery is lasting me about a week. The software can be a bit glitchy at times, but I find if I wait a bit everything goes back to normal. For example, it might show some random day's info instead of the actual day's stats. But again, I just check it later and it's fine. Luckily I've never had to test the GPS on a lost dog. They are made really well. My dogs swim with them and wrestle. The little collie (50lbs) likes to drag the big one (100 lbs) around by the collar. I thought for sure she'd break his tracker, but nope, it's good.

The best tracker for your money. There is no question about it, Whistle offers much more than ANY other tracker on the market. Do what you will with that information.

Product is great when it works. When ours stop working we called to cancel subscription since they would not fix it as the short warranty had expired...of course. They would not refund the balance of the subscription. Then recharged my account for a 2 year renewal in Jan. I saw it on my February statement called again to cancel. They did cancel and refund all but one month of the subscription as they say I did not cancel in Jan. For a unit that had not worked on a year and for a dog that died in June. Not very happy. Would not recommend this company or product.