1/21/2024 0 Comments Milwaukee one key app![]() We ran The Tick under running water and found no issues with its performance. One thing that sets The Tick apart from other inventory trackers is its rugged, water-resistant and dust proof build. Most people who would physically steal tools are not sophisticated computer hackers. This would theoretically allow a hacker to intercept the tracking data, but it would require some effort and we see this type of exploitation as very low risk. It merely passes that information through the phone to the cloud so that the real owner can be alerted. Their reply was that the app does not alert “third party” phones that another person’s tool has been found. I asked a Milwaukee representative whether this would allow a nefarious actor to locate a stash of expensive tools. If a contractor asks each of their workers to install the app on their phone, the likelihood of being able to find a tool’s location goes up considerably (especially in a situation where you are working across multiple job sites). This crowd-sourcing feature is how Milwaukee intends for folks to locate lost tools. As more people install the One Key app on their phones, more locations are covered. The ONE-KEY app uses a crowd-sourcing mechanism for locating tools, meaning that One Key apps installed on phones around the globe are constantly “listening” for tags and reporting data back to Milwaukee’s cloud database about any tool’s location they see. (Tracking proximity is approximately 100′ line-of-sight via Bluetooth). Like most inventory tracking tags, the Milwaukee One Key App stores data about your tools in the cloud, gaining location information about your tools from the phone (or tablet) that last “saw” the tracking tag. Of course the app also allows you to take a picture of the tool, which is really useful for quick reference in the app. The app makes associating The Tick with a tool very simple, requiring only a brand name, a tool description, and a model number (any of which you could just put in “unavailable” if you didn’t have them). We occasionally loan this saw out and thought it would be great to be able to track its location. Since The Tick is designed to allow tracking of any tool from any brand, we decided to associate the tag with our Bosch portable jobsite table saw. Then you tell the App to start searching for Ticks, and new / unassigned Ticks show up and allow you to assign them to the app (thus making you the owner of that Tick). In order to put The Tick in “pairing mode” you take the battery out for 10 second and put it back in. Setting up our first Tick was equally straightforward. ![]() It tends to be much faster and allows easier login across devices (i.e., phone, tablet, PC). One small improvement on the app side would be allowing a Google-based login as many applications are these days. We were happy to see the App doesn’t require much to get registered (just a First and Last Name, Password, and Occupation). Download took just 30 seconds and we were presented with a sign-up screen. ![]() For the app, we searched the Google Play Store for “One Key” and the Milwaukee App was recommended instantly. Getting started with The Tick and the ONE-KEY App was very simple and straightforward. Here’s our experience with The Tick and Milwaukee’s One Key App: Getting Started: Five Minutes Got Us Up and Running (We used the Android version, available in the Google Play Store, on our Google Pixel phone). We currently don’t own any Milwaukee ONE-KEY tools, so The Tick was our first experience with the inventory tags themselves and with Milwaukee’s ONE-KEY App. In order to make the Milwaukee ONE-KEY App’s inventory and location tracking features available for tools without ONE-KEY technology built in, Milwaukee invented The Tick - a ruggedized Bluetooth-based inventory tag that works with the ONE-KEY App to enable tracking of any tool (or any thing, really) that you can glue, screw, or otherwise attach it to. (For example, the torque and rotation speed presets on Milwaukee M18 FUEL ONE-KEY impact drivers can be adjusted precisely in the app.) These tools come with built-in microprocessors that connect the tool to a smartphone via the Milwaukee ONE-KEY App which enables inventory control, location tracking, and for many tools, control over the tool’s settings. Milwaukee has really stepped up its game in the few years with a wide variety of smartphone/internet-connected ONE-KEY tools including everything from impact drivers to reciprocating saws. And of course we always strive for objectivity in our reviews. Remember, we’ll always be up front with you when we’re receiving a free product, compensation, or both. The Home Depot is both providing the tools for free and compensating us however, the opinions we express here are our own. Stuff Lawyers Made Us Say: We’re partnering with The Home Depot to provide candid reviews of tools from a wide variety of manufacturers.
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