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Review on ๐Ÿ”‹ Schumacher 12V 800mAh Fully Automatic Wall-Plug Battery Maintainer - Ideal for Car, Motorcycle, Lawn Tractor, Power Sport, Marine Batteries by Jamal Murph

Revainrating 2 out of 5

SC1366 is not the smartest among jump starters, chargers and portable power supplies

Spend more money. The smart app, setup process, and connection reliability are so poor that the smart features are unusable. At first the instructions are unclear, they seem like a bad translation. But to sum it up, you need to connect the device, register it and create an account as three separate tasks. Does an optimized installation really need that much in 2020? have an account Although for some reason it didn't need my first two confirmation emails, the third time was a charm. Registered the device with a default two-character "password" (which doesn't contain a hyphen, although the instructions say to use it). Finally it took me an hour to troubleshoot the wireless setup, the device just wasn't broadcasting the Wi-Fi SSID setup signal. I re-read the instructions, googled reviews and watched the tutorial only to give up and resort to frustrating attempts, arbitrary disconnect and reconnect combinations by holding or pressing the button at various intervals and updating the available connections on my phone every second . At some point I realized I couldn't tell you the order or timing of events if you asked. After all that, I check the status of the device on my phone - looks good, FINALLY. So I lock the garage for the night and go inside. Check it again and ddd has no "offline" signal after just a few minutes. I give up, the app has been removed. It is finished. The device itself is good, but I would have gone for a cheaper model if I knew I couldn't use the monitoring application. If this device only cost $60 and didn't falsely advertise smart controls, I would give it 5 stars. But now I feel cheated and will not buy a Schumacher product again. Making a product smart takes more than just a Wi-Fi connection with a poorly designed user interface. If that's all it takes, then the free IP modem/router combo that providers give you with their services is about 10 times smarter than this product.

Pros
  • SAFE AND RELIABLE: Reverse polarity protection prevents the charger from working if the terminals are reversed
Cons
  • Doubtful purchase for the elderly