Smartwater

[STEVEMANFA]

Anyone use smartwater on there bikes?, it's only 12.00 a year to keep your bike on there database.

 

[Smart eBiker]

I have it on my boat as part of the insurance requirement, I also put it on my tender RIB engine and plotter, it costs me a damn more than that per year, possibly charge what they can for different uses although you get a small bottle of the stuff and loads of labels so I have marked my home door with a sticker and put it on computers and bikes, I very much doubt the police would scan every item looking for the stuff, if you put it in a discreet place they possibly wouldn't find it anyway, you can see the milky liquid mark after its applied.

So in answer I would say the stickers are a deterrent but the chance of getting your stuff back almost nil.

Be careful as once you sign up they will constantly take the direct debit out, you have to give a clear 30 days cancellation so when they remind you they took next years money out last week it's too late to cancel!! Maybe use it for a year, get and use all the stickers then cancel in good time for the following year. The stuff will still be on your bike so if the police do find it and you are no longer a member I have no idea what they would do.

Hope that helps.

 

[Nealh]

Better spend the money on some decent locks as Smart won't prevent your bike from being stolen, but may lead to it's discovery possibly one day and only if some one detects it.

 

[Deleted member 4366]

The poor old smartwater is like a salmon: It has to leap many difficult obstacles before it can fulfil it's purpose.

First your stolen bike has to be found; then it has to find its way to the police; then the police have to have a smartwater scanner to hand; then they have to think to use it; then they have to have the motivation to use it; finally, they have to be bothered to inform you that your bike has been found. I would say that there's about as much chance of your atoms exploding into quarks, taking a trip around the universe and re-materialising on the moon than you getting a stolen bike back because of smartwater.