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LifeFone, At-home & On-the-Go GPS : Review
By: Editorial Team | Posted: September 17, 2015 | Updated: May 17, 2023
The Basics
- Product: At-home & On-the-Go GPS
- Company: LifeFone
- Review Date: Sept. 2015. Updated Q1 2021.
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Analyst Summary: LifeFone | At-home & On-the-Go GPS
The product works both at home and on the go. It does so by having two separate “base stations”. One base station stays at home (connects via the cellular connection to the monitoring service), and one is small-ish and can be carried with you (for example in a purse). The mobile base station can also connect to the monitoring service via a cellular connection.
The wearable pendant/wristband stays attached to the person and communicates either to the home base station (when you are at home) or to the mobile base station when you are out and about.
This product comes either with or without fall detection. The difference between these choices is the pendant, which in one case can do automatic fall detection and in the other can not.
Voice communication is through the base station(s).
This is a rebranded version of the MobileHelp Cellular Duo. We acquired this system from LifeFone, and the testing you can see below applies to all of the rebranded versions of this product.
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We purchased the VIPX from
We purchased the VIPX from Lifefone. My sister and brother-in-law have had it for a week. The recommended charging is twice weekly and takes about 2 hours. Initial reaction is that the pendants are heavy but they are very happy that there is not an additional device that has to be carried when they go out. There have been no episodes so I can’t report on that yet. The Lifefone sales rep tried to talk me out of getting fall protection due to frequent false alarms. I got it any way.
Laraine Villapiano