Trackers vs Tags: Which Actually Gets Your Caravan Back?
A GPS tracker feels like the modern answer to caravan theft, and it's a genuinely useful tool. But it solves a different problem from a registered NFC tag, and the two work best together. Here's the honest comparison.
The core difference
A tracker shows you where the van went. A tag lets anyone confirm the van is yours and reach you. One helps you chase; the other helps you prove and recover.
What a GPS tracker does well
A tracker gives live location — invaluable for police to follow a van that's been towed away, and often what leads to a fast recovery. But thieves know to look for them, jammers and Faraday bags exist, and a tracker doesn't prove who the van belongs to once it's found.
What a tag does well
A registered NFC breadcrumb tag has no battery, is cheap, and hides for years. It doesn't track — it proves. A checker taps it and can confirm ownership; police matching a recovered van find a link to you. It also covers the kit — movers, awnings — that a single tracker doesn't.
Live location · battery · can be jammed/found · doesn't prove ownership
No battery · cheap · proves ownership · covers kit too
The answer: layer them
A tracker to chase, plus CRiS, a registration and a hidden tag to prove and recover. The tracker may find where the van went; the record is what gets it legally back to you.