GPS Tracker

[rhood]

With all of the carts being stolen, does anyone have a GPS tracker on their cart.

[villagetinker]

I did a little research on these when it was reported about all the thefts. It appears that a GPS tracker requires Cell phone service, and a monthly charge. A more practical approach maybe a motorcycle (or car) alarm system. Many of these have a radio link to your remote which would alert you to a problem, you can then call the police. There are blue tooth options, but these require people to have installed the app on their phones, and these have very limited range.
IMHO, a really noisy alarm, and the radio based alert should keep the thieves away from your cart. This was also asked on the experts section, and if I recall, the expert had indicated that he was looking for a good unit for the electric carts, there was no mention for gas carts.
You also have the option of replacing the key with one that is individually keyed, and a hidden switch to stop starting the cart.
Hope this helps.

[ColdNoMore]

I did a little research on these when it was reported about all the thefts. It appears that a GPS tracker requires Cell phone service, and a monthly charge. A more practical approach maybe a motorcycle (or car) alarm system. Many of these have a radio link to your remote which would alert you to a problem, you can then call the police. There are blue tooth options, but these require people to have installed the app on their phones, and these have very limited range.
IMHO, a really noisy alarm, and the radio based alert should keep the thieves away from your cart. This was also asked on the experts section, and if I recall, the expert had indicated that he was looking for a good unit for the electric carts, there was no mention for gas carts.
You also have the option of replacing the key with one that is individually keyed, and a hidden switch to stop starting the cart.
Hope this helps.

A hidden kill switch is the way to go.

As for installing alarms, I think that they are pretty much useless at best...and completely annoying at worst.

I mean how many of us even bother to look anymore, when some car alarm in the parking lot is wailing? :shrug:

[villagetinker]

ColdNoMore, you have good points, I forgot to mention alarms like the ones I mentioned are over $100 without installation, and do have a constant drain on the battery. Also, if the OP was looking for an alarm for an electric cart, the alarms I mentioned may not be suitable unless there is a suitable 12 VDC source. I agree with the hidden kill switch approach, as this would be the least expensive way to go.
Finally none of these approaches prevent someone from simply rolling the cart to a trailer and leaving with it.