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Full Product Name: Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator

Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator Description:
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The Zoombak uses a mix of GPS satellite and cellular technologies to more exactly and reliably learn the place of your car or loved ones at any time or place. Zoombak’s Advanced GPS Car & Family Locator will assist you find your car, and your loved ones in it, and help bring them home safely. Great for monitoring teen drivers or another family members you worry about behind the wheel. In addition, the Zoombak locator will assist you in locating your car if it is stolen.

Install the Zoombak car locator permanently in your car or keep it movable for use in other vehicles like motorcycles, ATVs, boats and bicycles. find your car’s whereabouts on demand using Zoombak.com, your mobile phone, or live buyer care. Track your car’s place in real time, or view a map of your car’s current place or place history. Create your customized “safety zones”, and get informed via text message and email when your car has left the zone. Unlimited on demand place requests, an easy to use website, and a 24/7 toll free phone number for live buyer care and place support, will give you the peace of mind you need in car safety. note that Zoombak requires a monthly service plan Learn more Key Features
Find the current place of your car online, via mobile phone text message, or via toll free 24 hour buyer service Learn more Track your car’s place continuously Learn more Get your car’s place history Learn more Get alerts whenever your car leaves custom “safety zones” that you define Learn more Low Battery and “Power Off” Alerts Learn more 24/7 buyer Service Just 2.5 ounces Long battery life standby = up to 120 hours or 5 days; active use = up to 150 place requests Water resistant housing Low cost service plan Learn more
How Zoombak Helps If Your Car is Stolen Your car gets stolen or you want to pinpoint its place You get a text alert on your mobile phone or an email on your computer you may be able to see your car’s place on your computer Helps you find your car and bring it home carefully Unlimited On Demand Locates An on demand find helps you to find the current place of your car containing the Zoombak Advanced GPS Car & Family Locator. There are 3 easy ways to conduct an on demand place ask of your Zoombak Advanced GPS Car & Family Locator.
Zoombak.com Log on and click “Find Now.” See your car’s real time place displayed on a map, with the closest street address. View your car’s place in detail. Using our in depth map, you may be able to easily zoom in and out or scroll in any direction.

Send a text message via mobile phone Use your mobile phone to ask the real time place of your Zoombak locator. Send a text message to “ZMBAK” or “96225″ with the name of your locator and your PIN number. get a prompt place alert via text message containing the nearest cross streets, with the city and state information.

24/7 Toll Free Live buyer Care
Contact Zoombak live buyer care toll free, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 1 866 951 0101. get friendly, knowledgeable support and our staff will assist you find your car. Personalized Safety Zones A safety zone is a personalized virtual boundary around a place that you’ve chosen. When your car enters or leaves an active safety zone, you may be able to be alerted via email or text message your choice. you may be able to create up to 10 safety zones, 5 of which can be active simultaneously at any given time. Safety zones can be quickly and easily turned on and off via Zoombak.com.

Safety zones can be quickly set up on Zoombak.com in 4 easy steps:
Name your safety zone and enter an address or use the current place of your Zoombak Locator to create your virtual boundary. choose a boundary radius from as small as 110 yards to as big as 880 yards or a 1/2 mile. Create a schedule for when you could like your safety zone to be active. For example, Monday through Friday 8:00am to 5:00pm choose how and when you want to be notified. For example, you may be able to be informed via text message and email when your car enters and leaves the safety zone. When your car enters or leaves your safety zone, you may be able to get a text message or email notifying you of the date and time of activity. The Zoombak Car & Family Locator automatically keeps track of your car’s place while the device remains active. uninterrupted Tracking Zoombak’s uninterrupted tracking feature gives you with an auto update of your car’s place every 5 minutes for up to 1 hour. Your car’s location, with time and date, will be shown on a map on Zoombak.com. Upon activating this feature, Zoombak will:
learn your car’s real time location. Display its place on a map. supply place updates every 5 minutes. After 1 hour, you may be able to easily extend uninterrupted tracking for another hour place History Zoombak’s place history allows you to to see where your car traveled for the past hour, day or week. Your place history will be available for your review on Zoombak.com for up to 7 days.
Low Battery and Power Off Alerts
As part of your service, you may be able to opt in to have Zoombak notify you via email or text message your choice when your Zoombak Locator has been powered off or has a low battery. you may be able to add many email addresses and mobile phone numbers to get device alerts. With “Power OFF” alerts, you may be able to opt in to be informed quickly when your device has been turned off with the current or last recognized place information. With low battery alerts, you may be able to opt in to be informed when your device battery is at 25 capacity. If your Zoombak locator powers off caused by a low battery, you may be able to get a second alert advising you that your Zoombak locator has been powered off, with the last recognized place of the device what is In The Box Zoombak Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator device AC Wall Charger movable 12 Volt DC Car Charger Installation Bracket which holds your device securely in place when mounted in your car User Guide One year Manufacturers Warranty Service Plan Details Zoombak requires a monthly service plan. See zoombak.com for details on service plan pricing and coverage.

Service Plan Includes:
No activation fee No hidden fees Unlimited on demand place requests via the Internet and buyer service On demand place requests via mobile phone Unlimited uninterrupted tracking via web and buyer care Unlimited safety zone alerts Opt in for “Power Off” and low battery alerts via email and text message place history via Zoombak.com and buyer care 24/7 live buyer care and place support Service Plan Requirements: One year buyer agreement obliged for all service plans Convenient, paperless online billing and account maintenance Credit or debit card Early termination fee applies Talking To Your Teenagers and Loved Ones Zoombak is proud that our Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator may help to offer a greater sense of safety and peace of mind for the complete family. We understand that this peace of mind is invaluable. We also understand that it is essential have a conversation with your teen driver before installing Zoombak in the family car. Speak with your family about how Zoombak may help the complete family feel safer and more connected. There are many situations on the road over which neither you nor your loved one have control. Flat tires, inclement weather, violent drivers, or simply to get lost all are situations to avoid. Zoombak can enable you to find your teen driver and supply the needed help if these situations should arise. Let your teen driver know that Zoombak is an A GPS locator, not a surveillance device. it is a tool that may help find a loved one in case of an emergency. Zoombak also gives parents with peace of mind by just alerting you via text message or email when the car and the loved ones in it leaves or arrives at a safety zone. Knowing where to find your loved ones can make the whole family feel safer. Zoombak can also help teen drivers to be more independent. Safety zones are customizable, and can be expanded as the teen driver becomes more experienced. As a parent, you may be able to explain that Zoombak is there to let your family to feel more connected, safe and protected.

Let your elder family member know that Zoombak is an A GPS locator, not a surveillance device. Gently approaching your loved one is essential let them know that it is not your intention to “parent” them, but rather to get you reassurance that they are safe. Zoombak also gives you with peace of mind by alerting you when a car enters or leaves a safety zone. Zoombak is the most advanced way to let your elder loved one to remain independent longer, giving you both reassurance and peace of mind.

Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator Reviews:

81 of 83 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars
Works OK, but needs improvement!,
May 9, 2008

By Hazwaste Texas See all my reviews

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This review is from: Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator Electronics

This device looks to work good when using Zoombak’s web site to do a place search. The device can not be placed someplace that heavily shields it from the outside, or it will not get a good cellular or GPS signal.

The zone feature is the area where it is just not delivering as advertised. Once you have set up a zone, it is supposed to alert you when the device enters or exits the zone. on occasion it does not alert you at all. When it does alert you, the alerts are sent 15 to 20 minutes after the device entered/exited the zone, instead of sending it inside a minute or two. If you enter and exit the zone inside that 15 to 20 minute window you do not get an alert at all.

This is not how it is portrayed on their little advertisement video.

Lastly, good luck on reaching a level 1 tech support staffer who speaks understandable English. This part is frustrating. Why businesses who supply tech support to English speaking countries do not make mastery of the English language a prerequisite is beyond comprehension. I guess political correctness is more essential than a satisfactory buyer experience.

74 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed so far…,
March 28, 2008

By Richard W. Hill “ZoomBakReview” Florida See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zoombak ZMBK200 Advanced GPS Car and Family Locator Electronics

It was a real challenge dealing with Zoombak. I was firstly excited when I learned of their product. I am now using TomTomWork for GPS tracking of our personal vehicles, which runs $500 per tracking unit, plus installation and $50.00 per month tracking fee, per unit, which adds up quickly.

Zoombak’s “claimed” potential with lower month tracking fee prices $14.99, seemed to be more cost economical then TomTomWork’s program.

I attempted to order from Zoombak directly via their web site $249 per unit. Their web site fell two 2 different credit cards. I called Zoombak directly Daniel, they were not able to authorize them either. I called my credit card companies, they never received any authorization ask from Zoombak, they said that there should be no problem. I called Zoombak back, Anna the 1st broker that I spoke to did not speak English well. I asked to speak to her supervisor, the supervisor’s English was worse than Anna’s! She just said the it was my problem not Zoombak’s.

So being discouraged but still wanting the device as any “early adapter” would, I searched the internet and found it on for $60.00 cheaper, I bought it, there was no problem with my credit card! It has been delivered yesterday.

I went to Zoombak’s website, made my account, paid the activation fee.

I charged up the device for 6 hours and turned it on. Zoombak’s system was not able to connect to the device, after about 10 tries of trying to connect to the device the unit has been placed out in the yard of my metropolitan city. I called Zoombak’s tech support, Felipe limited English told me that new units are on occasion hard the 1st time connecting. He suggested that I turn it off and back on and wait 30 minutes for the “Que” to clear out and attempt it again. If that does not work to call back. Well, it did not work!

I called Tech support again, I did not get the girls name limited English also. She told me that her manager could contact me inside 24 48 hours! I tried to ask her many direct questions, she did not understand me, she was defiantly reading from a script.

Pros nice looking unit, not sure if it works or not.

Cons their buyer service leaves many to be desired, 5 phone calls, 1 person spoke English. 24 hours afterward and many tries to connect and the unit still will not connect to their system.

Hopefully Zoombak will get their bugs worked out and think about hiring a better skill pool of buyer service agents that speak English.

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars
“Not Quite prepared For Prime Time”,
August 31, 2008

By J. Vercellone Nokesville, VA United States See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zoombak ZMBK100 Advanced GPS Dog Locator Electronics

I bought the Pet variant of the Zoombak about a month ago and I am sorry to say after a week of testing and many consultations with the Zoombak Technical Staff I did not have enough confidence in it to place it on my dog. I returned the unit to and received prompt credit.I also received an direct credit from Zoombak for the year service that I had signed up for upon registering my unit because it was inside their 30 day risk free period. The Zoombak staff was courteous, and I am sure they could be of help in locating your dog if you requested, but it was not till I asked to speak to a Technical Supervisors did I feel comfy that someone understood the difficulties I experienced with the unit. As most of you most likely know the Zoombak uses a mix of a Cellular Phone and GPS service to offer you informationn on your pet. The cellular part of the system worked fine. I received direct notifications when I turned the unit off or when the battery was low. Both of these options, which you may be able to choose upon setup, use the cellular part of the unit. Another function that uses the cellular part in mix with the GPS is the mobile find function capability. It worked pretty well.

Now for the problems I experienced. After frequently setting up Safety Zones per the information that came with the unit, per the info I found on the Zoombak web site and the information I received from the Zoombak Technical staff I could not get the GPS side of the unit to recognize that the unit had left the Safety Zones I had established. I tested the unit by putting it on the windshied of my car where I typically place my other GPS units and leaving the established Safety Zone for a minimum of 15 minutes. Most time I stayed out of the Zone for 30 minutes or longer. On 3 occassions I called the Zoombak Technical assistants to verify that the unit operated properly. They guaranteed me that it was. On one occassion they had to re sync the unit. At their information I increased the radius of my safety Zone. The minimum Safety Zone is 110 yds. I increased it 4 times out to a radius of 700 yds. the maximum I could would accept. On all 4 tests at these distances I received no mobile of E mail alerts that the unit had left the zone.

I own 2 Garmin GPS units and both work perfectly up to 10 ft of my home so I see no reason why the GPS unit packaged in the Zoombak could not lock onto the require 3 GPS satellites and recognize that it had left or re entered the safety zone. On one occassion I had the unit in an open area 20 miles from my home and received no alerts.

Given that Zoombak guaranteed me that my unit worked perfectly I can only assume that they are either using an unreliable GPS Receiver in the unit or that the software program they are using to offer the alerts is not perfected.

A couple of other observations. If you watch the Zoombak video or the Martha Stewart Show video clip you may get the impression, as I did, that once your dog leaves your yard or rules you will get an direct notice that it has left. This is not the case. Your dog must physically leave your established Safety Zone and stay out of that zone for 15 minutes. If it wanders back in and out of the Safety Zone inside the 15 minutes you get no alerts. I has been worried that my dog could be long gone before I knew about it. My other concern was that if someone took my dog and placed it in a car I could not be able to track it.The GPS instruction that accompany the unit clearly state that the Zoombak unit must have a clear line of sight to the GPS satellites to track it. This is the case with most GPS units. Unless you may be able to train your dog to sit in the front seat you may have problems.

The bottom line people is that if you love and care as much as we do about our dogs you may want to be cautious of this product at this time. it is a great idea but not one that I want to be a Beta tester for particularly with the cost of the unit, monthly service charges and concerns for my dogs. If you buy it I stongly propose that you test it greatly inside the 30 day risk free period and by all means before you place it on your dog. Good Luck.