Customer Reviews

Levana CT1000 Digital Wireless Child Tracker Wrist Watch and Kid Finder/Locator

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First of all, I'm a bit of a gadget geek and work in the IT industry, so I think I'm a pretty good judge of quality when it comes to electronics.

We recently moved into what most would call a great neighborhood. One downside to our new house is that it doesn't have a fenced back yard for our kids to play in. One day our 2 1/2 yr. old son managed to get out of the house and wandered down to the street corner one house down - he likes to go for walks. Jinny thought he was out helping me in the garage. I thought he was inside. Some 'nice' neighbors brought him back (thanks!) then proceeded to call the cops and report us for child neglect (Thanks for nothing!!!) Whatever happened to watching out for neighbors???? They obviously don't have small kids. The police were very understanding and assured us they were only following up on the call and not going to arrest us. Kudos to the police for doing a great job.

So, now my wife is terrified to let the kids out of her sight. We bought this device as a backup, not the primary way to keep track of the kids, until we can get a fence installed.

After convincing him it was a nice watch to wear, we proceeded to test it.

Inside the house it picked up the signal and indicated direction like it's advertised. When we went outside, as soon as our son walked more than 15 feet away, the receiver couldn't pick up the signal, and that was with clear unobstructed site. The device claims you can set an out of range warning signal for up to 98 ft. It doesn't even work for the shortest range setting.

If you decide to take your chances, there are also a couple of other minor issues to consider. The wrist band is too easy for kids to take off. Our son had it off in less than a minute the first time we put it on him. Second, this is more an annoyance, there's no way to disable the 'panic button' on the watch.

Don't waste your money! It's a great idea, but the device doesn't work! Hope this saves someone else some time and money.

Regards - Ken

I never wrote a review before, but for this product, I am writing a review simply because I didn't want other people to be dissapointed with this product like I did.
This product simply does not work.
I bought two locator since I have two kids.
Ohe child locator did not work at all.
Other one works but battery dies within couple of hours....
Very very dissapointed...

This is a good product to purchase if you don't want to go for the very expensive GPS tracking device for your kids. It is a little hard to get used to but once I got the hang of it then it was easy to use and easy to read. I strongly suggest practicing multiple times at/around home where you and your kids feel comfortable before using it out in the "real world".
I do wish that the strap was more secure - my 2 year old can get it loose and off, but a safety pin solved that problem in short order. The band is made of soft fabric, not plastic. I have also strapped it on his ankle to avoid the constant pushing of the alarm button. And, the "base" is small enough to fit in a pocket or purse but big enough that I haven't lost it (yet).
I do have to emphasize, though, that this is NOT a replacement for good parenting skills and for keeping an eye on your kids AT ALL TIMES when you are in public. But, if they break out of the stroller or cart, or if they take off you have a back up, especially if you are out in public alone.

i never used to write a review, but this product arouse me to write this one.
i tried to test in a open park(no obstacles at all), it can't sense the signal(out of reach) although the child was 4 meters away from me.
and when it succeeds to sense it, it fails to detect the right direction.

i suggest that this company might be sued coz this product may cause lost of our children.

the battery of the child watch lasts couple of hours also, this means you should charge it every day. (this is a minor con. coz the device is not usable at all)

through your money on the road and don't buy this product.

Got this product back in late March as it was a gold box deal at the time and were planning an upcoming trip to Disney. Thought it would be great to have that extra piece of mind at the park. Trip wasn't until late July so after receiving the item, I stashed it for a while until the trip date got closer. About a week before we left, I took these out (We bought two, one with my wifes Amazon account as well) and proceeded to try and set them up. Well, the battery for the child watch unit is a rechargeable watch type battery and unfortunately, on one of the units, it was corroded. I went to a local battery store...a store that specializes in batteries...and they did not carry a replacement for this. So there is one unit down. The charging unit is made very cheaply which led to issues trying to keep the cable positioned in a way as to allow it to charge the child watch unit.
After a few hours, was finally able to get ONE of these "working". Unfortunately, it was not consistent when it made an attempt to display which direction the watch was from the parent unit. Sometimes it was right, sometimes it wasn't. To make it worse, when it was right, it took a while to get a right reading so in real life, if you are at a busy place, by the time it tells you the right direction, it may be too late to do anything about it. Also, there is supposed to be an alert/panic feature to where the child can press the button on the watch if he/she is lost and it will set off an alarm to let the parent know to start looking around. This worked about 70% of the time in my testing of this.

To summarize:
- Poorly made
- Inconsistent and slow readings
- Confusing setup

I'm a little disappointed that this was a featured item by Amazon. I'm even more disappointed in myself for not opening it and testing it sooner before the returns period expired. Lesson learned.

I just recieved this device after waiting two shippment weeks to my country (Colombia) to find out that it does not work at all. The child unit does not receive the charge and i now have a new decorator device in my childs bedroom.

Return this product will cost me more than the unit it self.

I hoped Amazon did some basic quality assurance shippment

Got it. Works fine except some direction determination inaccuracy. The only and main problem is the operating range of around 10 meters max outdoors and 3-4 meters indoor. From my point of view can be used for tracking babies up to 2 years only. No value for my 3,5 year old "hurricane" son

If I walk down the other end of the aisle in Target, I sometimes lose the signal. Ok I guess if your child is beside you and you are worried that if you turned your back, someone will swipe your child. Holding their hand will accomplish the same thing in my opinion. Personally, I dont see much practical application for this. We stopped using ours.

It works, but not very well. It is short range, and walls stop the signal.

I cannot recommend this particular device. The device is unreliable, in that the alarm would sometimes go off with our child rignt next to us. You must hold this device flat like a compass for direction, but then both device and wrist beacon must remain perfectly still while the signal is triangulated (good luck), which was often several degrees off in the first place. The signal will bounce off of objects which can lead to false readings, which in the instructions it recommends using only in large open areas. However fairs, department stores, all have moments of crowded spaces, which pretty much rendered this device useless. I could often see our child with the wrist device on, but the hand held parental device would indicate that our child was in another direction entirely. I once accidentaly unpaired the device from the handset, but after that the wrist unit turned off never to turn on again. Charging did nothing, so we returned it for a refund.