Looking for GPS tracker with long battery life?

Looking for GPS tracker with long battery life?

The Tkstar TK915 is a very reliable and affordable magnetic GPS tracker with long battery life (10000 mAh battery, 120 days working time), super strong magnets and IPX6 waterproof design.

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GPS Tracker with long battery life TK915, review, impressions, nice to knows

What is a gps tracker with long battery life

What is a gps tracker with long battery life?

GPS tracker models like TK915 are also known as gps longlife tracker. Those models are usually not wired with the vehicle battery or ignition. In general GPS trackers with long battery life have a built-in battery with more than 5000 mAh, usually 10000 up to 20000 mAh to make sure long term working without charging.

The TK915 is also known under the brand names TKStar, Juneo, TKMars or Hangang. There is no real difference between these brands, with high probability all from one factory or one OEM manufactorer.

The manufactorer tells about a battery life from round about 120 days, but we could gain about 6 month in our tests (standby usage as antitheft gps tracker in a motorcycle).

Manipulation alert / removal alert in case of detach

Manipulation alert / removal alert in case of detach

The TK915 has 6 built in super strong power magnets. This makes it easy to attach this gps tracker with long battery life to a vehicle without wiring, glue or screws. At the bottom you can find a little light sensor which detects environmental light in case of removal from the object (for instance a car, trailer, truck etc.). You will receive an loosing alarm by short message via cellphone. This alert can also be triggered to a GPS tracker platform / GPS Tracking Software so you can also receive this alert by e-mail. These alerts include the keyword loosing alarm, date and time, battery level and the ID / serial number of the TK915. This GPS tracker also supports some more alarms like Geo-Fence, Movement Alert, Shake / motion alert, Over Speed Alert and Low Battery Alarm.

GPS tracking on demand by cellphone text message (SMS)

GPS tracking on demand by cellphone text message (SMS)

The easiest way (if you are not subscribed to a GPS tracking software) is to request the position / location by a short message from your cellphone. Just send the command G123456# command by text message to the number of the sim card in the gps tracker and within some seconds you will get a reply. This reply includes the position / location (longitude, latitude), current speed, date and time, battery level and again - the ID / serial number of the GPS locator. This is also called GPS tracking on demand or Ping-SMS.

GPS tracker software without monthly fee

GPS tracker software without monthly fee

my-GPS.org is more than just telling you something about GPS trackers. We are one of the best known free GPS tracking software platforms in the world since over 10 years - software made and hosted in germany. With our basic plan you can track one GPS tracker without monthly or yearly fees. If you would like to track more than one tracker you can upgrade from our basic plan to the premium plan. Did you know that our premium plan is a lifetime flatrate without monthy of yearly costs (NO Monthly / Yearly Fee/Subscription)? Buy your account for the rest of your life. Tracking a small fleet with up to 5 vehicles? Our FLEET5 supports up to 5 trackers, fast tracking interval (5 seconds), long term track storage (90 days) and 5 geo-fences per tracker. And just for $999 lifetime.

Antitheft alarm by geo-fence

Antitheft alarm by geofence

GPS tracking is more than Where is my car. Most users are using a GPS tracker for antitheft purposes. The easiest way doing so is a feo-fence or area-alarm. Using our platform you can draw a circle on the map and this circle is your fence (surveillance area). If the tracker leaves that area you will be alerted by text message (cellphone) and / or by e-mail.

TK915 size comparison

TK915 size comparison

Compared with a lighter you can see that this GPS tracker with long battery life is really small. This makes it very easy to hide the tracker in your vehicle. With its size of 5.3 x 4.1 x 2.4 inches you can of course hide that TK915 tracker in a motorcycle (and maybe you know but a motorcycle does not really offer so much space to hide something).

Waterproof GPS tracker

Waterproof GPS tracker

The TK915 GPS tracker is announced to be waterproof. We checked that in a night of pure german rain. Nothing happend. The closure cap fits very tight so we dont expect that water can penetrate the GPS tracker in future. If you want to make it 99.99% save just use an additionally plastic bag. Not nice but useful.

SIM card holder / slot / mount and charging socket below closure cap

SIM card holder / slot / mount and charging socket below closure cap

You can find SIM card holder / slot / mount and charging socket below closure cap. There are also some LED lights to show the state of GSM and GPS.

Yellow light steady on: No GPRS (no mobile internet)
Yellow light flashing: GPRS (internet connection OK)


Blue light steady on: No GPS signal (please move tracker outside building)
Blue light flashing: GPS signal OK


Red light steady on: TK915 charging
Red light flashing: TK915 charging complete

How to insert a SIM card into the TK915 GPS tracker

How to insert a SIM card into the TK915 GPS tracker

Just open the closure cap at the side of the GPS tracker. Take you SIM card and make sure that the contacts show the bottom. The sloping edge shows into the tracker. Now push the SIM card into the slot / holder. If everything works fine you should hear a little click. If not please check if the contacts show to the bottom and the sloping edge shows into the GPS tracker. You can also use a small screwdriver to push the SIM. If the SIM flips / jumps out, you didnt push it far enough into the GPS tracker.

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Where to buy the GPS tracker with long battery life TK915?

buy tk915 gps tracker long battery

Usually we recommend to buy on Amazon. Amazon offers the best delivery times and the best return / money back policies. Just choose your country to get forwarded to your suitable Amazon site. If your country is not listed just use the US flag. That site is the global Amazon site (you can order there from most other countries in the world).

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Looking for a TK915 alternative - what about the GPS tracker for vehicles TK103B?

TK915 alternative  - GPS tracker for vehicles TK103B

Have a look at our product review about the GPS tracker for vehicles TK103B. This GPS tracking system for vehicles is a wired GPS tracker for all kinds of vehicles (car, truck, trailer, motorcycles, etc.). Offering a buit-in backup battery and a very good power save mode it continues working even if external power is cut. The TK103B also supports a lot of alarms like geo-fence, low battery, overspeed, removal, motion, ignition, door alarm, power cut, etc.). [Read more about the GPS vehicle tracker TK103B]


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