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Review on Battery Tender 12V Engine Start Assist, Battery Booster & Charger with Mobile Device Monitoring - 022-0227-DL-WH by Angelo Forrest

Revainrating 1 out of 5

Only four stars because the WiFi setup is poorly implemented

How the charger does everything I want. I own several Battery Tender products and they never disappoint in their primary purpose: allowing you to service batteries (and charge them, depending on the model) with no fuss. Exactly what we need. However, Wi-Fi appears to be grafted on. Such a company cannot also be an expert in the technology required to do what it is supposed to do (app, Wi-Fi, etc.) and it is obvious to me that this has not been done very well . No connection to my network (which has a 2.4GHz network path). I suspect it's because I have some advanced security features enabled. I will not reset network security to make it work. However, this leads to another point: a poorly implemented Wi-Fi stack may be a wide open door to your network. I would recommend NOT adding it to your network unless you really know what you are doing with network isolation etc. If not, just asking for problems with another internet device that is full of bugs and will probably win. not updated often, if at all.YMMV.

Pros
  • Very impressive
Cons
  • Not happy with everything