My Loc8tor is a hand-held tracker that searches for homing tags attached to your keys, wallet, phone, handbag, mp3 player, tv remote, phone charger, model aeroplane, pets, children, and all the other things that get lost.

My Loc8tor tags are small and light, so can be attached easily using the key-ring loops or adhesive strips supplied. The Locator registers and names every tag so that it now belongs to you, and can only be tracked by your Locator.

To find something, select its tag name from the displayed list. Then just follow the on-screen directions, the homing beeps, the mobile-phone style vibration, and the flashing light on the tag.

In the box, there's a hand-held Locator, two homing tags, a keyring loop, some adhesive strips for attaching the tags, batteries, and a comprehensive user guide. Setup is easy and just takes a few minutes, using the on-screen menu.

After you've done a quick test, hide your tagged keys behind the sofa cushions, or drop them in the grass at the end of the garden, or leave them in a coat pocket in the cloakroom, have a coffee, relax, then go back and find them.

The photo shows the hand-held body, the sliding protective cover, the menu-driven backlit LCD, the four control buttons, the four-way menu selector, and a homing tag with an LED. You can buy extra homing tags: up to 24 can be registered.

My Locator is part of Cherry Heaven, a shop in Corfe Castle village near the National Trust Estate. Cherry Heaven sells exclusive essentials and luxuries. To look at Cherry Heaven, use the Cherry Heaven link above the menu bar.

My Loc8tor has one operating mode: locate. In locate mode, it leads you to things that were lost. The pack includes one hand-held and two homing tags.

My Loc8tor Plus has two operating modes: locate and alert. In alert mode, an alarm sounds when an object, animal, child, or dependent relative or friend goes out of a pre-set range defined by near, medium, or far. The pack includes one hand-held, three homing tags, and one panic tag. The panic tag can contact your hand-held, in an emergency.

Loc8tor has won several awards, including an Honours at the Consumer Electronics Show 2006, New Product Of The Year 2006 selected by the CBI, two Gold medals and one Silver from the British Invention Show For Design, Innovation, and Invention, and was selected as one of the best inventions for 2006 by Time Magazine.

Although My Locator is an excellent tracker for children, and you can find them in a crowd or on the beach, don't totally rely on technology.

. The names Cherry Heaven, Loc8tor, and My Locator, are registered trademarks.