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Curious if an AirTag (or similar BTLE device on a mesh network) could mitigate some of this risk…

If this is a metal box like a shipping container, you'd have to attaching it to the outside somehow. However the website just says "steel framed" which suggests the sides might not be metal, in which case it might work.

However it's quite possible that something else happened to it that they don't want to admit. Like maybe their driver was DUI and crashed it.

PODS are advertised as having a transparent roof for light, most likely polycarbonate. Not sure if that would be sufficient for an AirTag signal if the rest is metal, but I suspect it would be.

My experience with PODS is it's basically a smaller shipping container with a rolling door.

I didn't test airtags at all but they definitely stack them pretty high up in a warehouse so idk if an iPhone is always going to walk by yours.

Aluminum frame with fiberglass panels. I put a cellular GPS tracker in the one I rented and it worked fine.

I bought a cellular GPS tracker for my PODS. It worked fine, and being able to track it every step of the way added a bit of stress relief.

It also came in really handy when the driver claimed his truck broke down and he wouldn't be able to drop it off on schedule. I told them I could physically see the container in the storage yard and would like it delivered on the agreed upon date. They dropped it off 20 minutes later.

Isn't that PODS job?

Did you read the parent’s comment? The company lost the Pod and paid compensation. Sometimes money / replacement value can’t fix the sentimental value or living during the inevitable delay before payout.

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