Halo Collar Reviews

Two months into using this over priced and out of date gps device and I’m moving to Spot on. If you are reading this and you work your dog daily then this collar isn’t for you. Either go with spot on (which is leaps and bounds more accurate) or get a Fi collar and a training e collar and save your dog the confusion and pain of random mis cues and static feedback. There is nothing worse than confusing cues for a trained dog or one that is currently in training. Look at my photos, I’ve had my professionally trained lab zapped while sitting next to me in the house, on the front steps, even in my lap laying in the middle of my lawn. When I request support they say send it back it’s faulty. How many “faulty” units can one person get before it’s a “faulty” engineering team using decades old gps tech. My phone is more accurate than this collar, and my phone doesn’t shock me. My garmin watch and wrist nav are more accurate and they aren’t hooked to a living being. I had gps units in the military back in 2001 that are more accurate than this “industry best” device. What this company needs is a class action based on all the negative reviews. Here I will list all the false advertising claims this company makes: 1. The most responsive real-time location tracking of any GPS dog collar available lets you know exactly where your pup is at all times. —— yeah I guess if you compare it to a collar from a decade ago haha 2. The Halo Collar's advanced GPS/GNSS system is extremely accurate. It uses the latest geolocation technology and is more accurate than your smart phone. Halo Fences are not created using a wire, so they can't be cut, damaged, and don't need to be installed underground. In additon, Halo Fence posts can be placed anywhere, and are not limited by geography or other obstacles that prevent the installation of a wire. —— no, no it doesn’t use the latest tech. I mean technically it does, it just uses the absolute cheapest tech that relies on old sat technology and is single band resulting in lag and inaccurate readings 3. Practically limitless fence sizes. They can be as small as 900 sq ft and as big 1,200 sq miles. ——— no, it won’t work flawlessly in as small as a 900 sq ft area. At least half a dozen times a day it’s 50’ off in location, sometimes it’s 300 meters off. And I live in a clear area with amazing sat reception (at least in my phone and all my garmin devices) 4. Halo Collars receive four GPS updates per second, so you see your dog's location in real-time all the time in the Halo app. A dog can run more than 30 ft in 1 second, so more frequent location updates means you know where your dog is and that they are safe. —— no, you will be lucky to have a slightly laggy tracking of your pet. Mine averages an update every 2 seconds. BOTH of mine average an update every 2 seconds. My phones update location live, with smooth tracking on the app. Even standing still the collar fails to track smoothly. Joke at best 5. Always-on GPS with drift prevention, that uses our Al software to filter interference from obstacles. Halo's independently verified GPS chip offers unparalleled accuracy within 1.4 ft of their true outdoor location. —— yes technically they are correct. Just like a broken clock is right twice a day so is this statement. I’ve yet to have a single use where it’s accurate within 1.4 ft. The tech they use (look up the fcc tag) isn’t even rated to be that accurate. Mine is off by 3/4 acre at least once a day, and off by 50’ at least once every hour. That’s the difference between no feedback and static feedback. Again, confusing and unsafe for dogs. This could easily spell a bite attack on the wrong dog. Do you think halo will support you in court when your dog reacts to a random static when being petted by and anxious child? Nope they will blame you as the owner 100% of the time. If I were king for a day I would put one of these collars on every Halo employee and let them experience its “true” performance for one day. I bet they would fix it real quick.

I really wish I could give this five stars. I have two full time outdoor dogs that protect my animals but they started to wonder onto neighbors land, chase cars down the road, and venture too far. I’ve trained them with other collars to know when they hear a beep to turn around but I never really wanted to buy these GpS fence collars due to the subscription and battery life. I had to do it though and the reasons I did not buy them is why I can not give them 5 stars. The collars work to keep them on the property because they were already trained. What sucks is I had to buy 4 collars for two dogs due to the battery life. I don’t even have to use anything other than the sound to get them to stay. Also, the boundaries aren’t fun to setup if you are setting additional boundaries around one another in case they go through the warning area. They should allow for the sound to continue to beep at them until they return to your property. This would solve me having to make additional boundaries which was difficult because you can’t make a boundary around another so each one is horse shoe shaped around each. Took forever to set that up. Number one issue is the battery life, I don’t understand how they can’t find a solution to have a very long lasting battery. Reduce some of the features and allow some of us to get a longer battery life. I don’t need to know exactly where they are at all times or anything. I would have gone with one of your competitors that had no subscription but they were double the price with a shorter battery life. Fix the battery life, allow for a timed correction with sound and I’ll increase your rating.