Each guide answers one buying question and shows the figures behind the answer.
3 guides
How to choose
Start with the hours your animal is alone, not the product. What a camera, a feeder and a tracker each answer, and the duty none of them satisfies.
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Budget and prices
The box price is the smallest of three numbers. Hardware, subscription and electricity costed over three years at the price cap rate of 26.32p per kWh.
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Safety
The five needs in the Animal Welfare Act, the microchipping duty with its 8-week and 20-week deadlines, and how to pick devices that fail safe in a power cut.
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