Customers are enthusiastic about the PowerDolphin Wizard Water Drone's camera quality and the effectiveness of its sonar feature for locating fish and mapping lake bottoms. The ease of use of the controller and mobile app are also frequently praised. However, a common complaint centers around the relatively short battery life, with users wishing for longer operation times.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
does not detach line
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Purchased the unit a week ago took it out on the lake, was very pleased it worked as expected so on to test the line unhook device due to the main reason we want this unit is for fishing.
Sorry powervision you have really let the unit down in this area.
We hooked braid on as per the instruction and found when releasing the line hook device it would not fully open, we thought it could be due to the braid hanging on so swapped to nylon, this seemed to work, so out to the sea.
The first run out released the bait and sinker, the second no luck it so we had to bring the unit back to shore with all the gear attached (draining the battery)
We put the unit out several times 50% of the time it dropped the bait.
Trying to find out why this is happening we found the weight of the sinker and the bait stopped the un hook device from opening.
we are only fishing 5oz sinker and 5 hooks therefore this should not be a problem.
This is a major setback, I have contacted power vision and the supplier unfortunately non have returned my email so we are left with a device that does not perform, unless we get some answers we will be returning the unit for a full refund.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Rated 1 out of 5 stars
Never got it connected
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I really wanted this to work. I was excited for it to work. And here I am, 3+ hours of wasted time with multiple mosquito bites.
The instructions/quick start guide gave the impression that the device was pretty much turn on and go.
I charged everything and followed all directions for sealing the sd socket, locking the battery, etc.
I follow the directions to the "T" and then...a flashing green light. What does a flashing green light mean?? I still hear the sound to signify connection is ready, but the light is still green. Head to the quick start guide, no answer. Go watch the videos, no answer. Download the manual and find the LED chart, answer for solid green, but not flashing. First hour...gone.
Thinking this was a fluke, I setup trying this out in a swimming pool. Back to square one, blaming myself, "as I had to have missed something." Turned unit on, and...flashing green. Tinkered more and realized the manual camera had to be fully extended. Even a cm off puts you in flashing green limbo.
ok, so now, finally, flashing blue! Ready to connect. Turn on the drone, then remote...nothing. Turn the remote first, then the drone. Hear the pairing signal and...nothing. Take out the battery attempted a "reset" and try it all over again...nothing. I even placed in the pool to see if it was somehow water activated. Nothing. Second hour, gone.
I know! Maybe I need to connect the phone to get functionality. Followed all onscreen connection instructions, and, you guessed it...nothing. More like a continual loop of, "you must turn on usb tethering," turn it on, go back to app, "you must turn on usb tethering." Over and over. The manual mentions issue with T-Mobile. I do not have T-Mobile, but I had issues.
I then saw you could connect directly to the drone from the phone. Alright, why not. Connected to the pseudo wifi successfully, then tried to locate drone...nothing. App looks great, but it's useless with no drone.
Another 1+ hours go by. I'm done.
A device of this caliber should not be this difficult to simply do the most basic function...connect! I didn't bother contacting customer service because if I can't get the most basic function to work, I don't even want to bother having them walking me through the same thing repeatedly.
What a letdown.