Knog’s Scout Targets to Deter Theft, Nevertheless Can Observe Your Bike if it Doesn’t
The Knog Scout bolts to plain water bottle cage mounts and makes use of a loud, motion activated alarm to discourage thieves from stealing your bike. Should they not be deterred, the machine could also be tracked via Apple’s Uncover My app, hopefully aiding throughout the restoration of your bike.
Knog Scout Bike Alarm and Tracker
Knog’s little Scout could also be mounted by itself or hidden beneath a water bottle cage. Mounted beneath a plastic or carbon cage, the black Scout blends in pretty properly. To take care of it from merely being eradicated out of your bike, the Scout comes with a set of security bolts and a selected system to place in or take away them. The bolts equipped are prolonged ample to mount a bottle cage on excessive of the Scout.
In case you occur to’d want to current further warning to thieves, the Scout has a neon yellow silicone cowl that overtly advertises its existence and can deter theft right away. In case you want to protect the Scout further hidden (or use your bottle mounts to carry water too) the quilt isn’t used, and the Scout is discreetly mounted beneath the bottle cage. It’s not rather a lot higher than the bracket chances are you’ll use to mount a pump beneath your cage.
The Scout boasts a motion delicate 85db bike alarm – which clearly it is advisable activate in security mode. Any motion detected by the machine’s gyroscopic chip will set off the alarm and mechanically ship a notification to the proprietor’s iPhone.
The Scout alarm could also be armed or disarmed in two strategies. First, once you and your associated iPhone are inside 1.5m of the bike, you’ll be capable to merely use the button on the side of the machine. In case you occur to’re further away (nonetheless inside Bluetooth range), the Knog app is used to arm or disarm the Scout.
Monitoring and Notifications
The Scout solely works with Apple iOS based smartphones, iPads or Apple watches, as a result of it is determined by Apple’s Uncover My app to search out itself. And Knog’s iOS app is required for setup and operation.
There are some issues to note about how the notifications and Uncover My app work. To start out with, you’ll solely get theft notifications once you’re inside Bluetooth range and have the Knog app working in your phone. In case you occur to’re too far out of your bike, you acquired’t get notified if someone strikes it.
It’s moreover very important to remember the Scout isn’t a GPS enabled machine. Just like an AirTag, it is determined by Apple’s Uncover My app, which pings completely different iPhones to search out devices.
One final discover: Watching the setup video on Knog’s website online, I seen one factor patrons could must know (which I’ll assume is known throughout the Scout’s instructions)… You need to be part of the Scout to the Uncover My app inside ten minutes of plugging it proper right into a charger for the first time.
Tech particulars
The Scout has three dual-function LED lights on its physique, which level out if the unit is armed or not and present its battery life. The LED near the charging port will glow pink whereas the battery is charging, and change inexperienced when it’s completely charged. A low battery notification lets if you happen to’re right down to twenty% or a lot much less.
The Scout’s battery charges by the use of USB-C (cable not included), and a full value takes 4 hours. Completely charged, the battery must remaining between 2-6 months counting on utilization. Knog says to depend on two months once you arm your bike day-after-day. Knog didn’t specify a lifespan for the non-replaceable (nonetheless clearly rechargeable) battery, nonetheless I found just a few of their employees have been using Scouts for a few years with no noticeable decline in functionality.
The Scout is IP66 waterproof (described as wash proof), and its working temperature range is -20° to 50°C. It measures 107x25x8mm, and weighs 25g.
Knog’s Scout bike alarm and tracker sells for $60, and is accessible now.
