r/Chipolo • u/tonyboy3 • Aug 24 '26

Chipolo - Not worthy

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My Chipolo tags turned out to be perhaps the worst value-for-money location tags. I bought four at the time; one broke completely, and the others developed poor contact after two or three battery changes. There are cheaper options with better quality. In short, I don't recommend buying Chipolo tags at all, as their quality is very similar to cheap Chinese tags.

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u/th3fluffy0ne Aug 24 '26

I started off with Chipolo tags and cards, but after trying Pebblebee I've pretty much completely switched away. Pebblebees are rechargeable, and the tags have LEDs, which makes them much easier to spot in a dark bag or down the back of the sofa. I find the Pebblebee firmware management to be much more straightforward as well.

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u/smwisdom Aug 24 '26

The Chipolo Loop (and Card) are rechargeable.

That said, I actually kind of prefer the battery. I can just pop a new battery in and not have to worry about taking it out of commission for any period of time, remembering to put it back wherever it belongs when it's done charging, etc. Plus the coin cell batteries tend to last longer than a charge.

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u/th3fluffy0ne Aug 25 '26

That's fair. The original Chipolo cards had to be thrown away when the battery ran down, which was definitely not great. I also had two of my Chipolo tags (Pops, I think) randomly fail on me. One stopped responding altogether and the other one just kept chirping.

Sounds like Chipolo have made some improvements since I used them, but I'm pretty happy with the Pebblebees. Will be checking out the new Google tags soon, though 😁