Apple's AirTags are supposed to make it easy to find our misplaced belongings, but are they really resistant to everyday blunders? The American site Cnet made them spend a bad quarter of an hour. And the finding is unambiguous: Apple's tracking tokens are holding up.

AirTags are resistant to the washing machine, to falls and even to being forgotten in the freezer // Source: FRANDROID / Anthony WONNER

They are not afraid of water, ice or falls. This is what we remember from an article published by Cnet, which wanted to know how resistant AirTags are to our daily nonsense and to certain extreme conditions.

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To get an idea of ​​their durability, the specialized American site carried out a triptych of "unscientific" experiments: deliberately forgetting an AirTag in a washing machine to test their IP67 protection index (supposed to allow resistance to submersion of one meter for 30 minutes), place the Apple tracking token in a freezer, and drop it on the ground with keys several times.

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Slid into a trouser pocket then added to a washing machine with other clothes for a cold cycle At 54 minutes, Cnet's AirTag remained linked to the Find My app from the machine's drum (despite a weak signal) and even managed to ring from the inside…enough to be heard from the outside. Coming out of the machine, the tracker had inherited a few scratches (after being ejected from the pocket during washing), but was still fully functional.

Source: Lexy Savvides for CNET.com

Almost the same observation during the next test. Placed in water in an ice tray, then slid into a freezer, the AirTags remained audible and linked with Find My until the ice solidified. Once frozen, the latter remained inoperative throughout the rest of the test. Defrosting it with hot water was enough to make it work again, but beware: water had seeped near the battery. If you drop an AirTag in the snow (for example) and it stays there for a long time, Cnet therefore recommends opening the battery compartment and drying it thoroughly before using the accessory again.

In the context of repeated falls (10 times in a row on stone) after being attached to a keychain using a leather case, the AirTag was simply marked by a few scratches. Beyond these few cosmetic damages, the token functioned normally.

As Cnet points out, this very positive assessment deserves to be tempered. Over the long term, the AirTags will lose their resistance, especially to dust, water and humidity. In the end, therefore, the worst enemy of AirTags simply seems to be old age.

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