you can always do a secondary check once you're on the move, just to make sure.
tracking charms activate as soon as you move more than about a kilometre, and if you apparate a long distance, they really go bonkers. but they're not exact, especially if you're walking, so you've got about three minutes give or take.
if I were you, I'd take what matters, apparate somewhere, take two minutes to check over your stuff, and keep moving until you're sure you've checked it all.
and since they're all idiots nowadays, you can always lose them by apparating, walking a little under a kilometre, waiting a minute or two, then walking again. because they're going to think you'll apparate everywhere and won't be looking for someone just walking, and tracking charms don't know how to respond if you move slowly like that. if it's a populated enough area, might be worth a try.
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Date: 2010-04-29 10:00 pm (UTC)tracking charms activate as soon as you move more than about a kilometre, and if you apparate a long distance, they really go bonkers. but they're not exact, especially if you're walking, so you've got about three minutes give or take.
if I were you, I'd take what matters, apparate somewhere, take two minutes to check over your stuff, and keep moving until you're sure you've checked it all.
and since they're all idiots nowadays, you can always lose them by apparating, walking a little under a kilometre, waiting a minute or two, then walking again. because they're going to think you'll apparate everywhere and won't be looking for someone just walking, and tracking charms don't know how to respond if you move slowly like that. if it's a populated enough area, might be worth a try.