Nice looking device with terrible range
588610
A cat usually have a 1 km radius, while this device has a 120 meter range in open terrain. There are a lot of fences and houses where I'm living, which makes the range go down to something like 30 meters. That's 3% of the cat's range, which makes this device not usable at all.

I have used the device several weeks now, and I can only find the cat with the Loc8tor when I can see her anyway, or when she's within meow range.
4016498
Extremely poor range. I couldn't even get past the installation wizard because it requires you to find a nearby outlet that receives a minimum number of coverage "bars". I plugged it into the room right next to my wireless router and it still couldn't get enough bars to pass the coverage check. My unit was a refurb, so there's the chance that it was just defective, but I won't be purchasing another.
3872223
I bought this product because it looked both good and inexpensive. Moreover, my entire network is D-link and i've been happy with their products.

I bought 2 of these with the intention of allowing better viewing of my autistic son when he said he was doing tasks like getting a drink. Now I have to shadow him to make sure he's doing what he said and it's intrusive.

The product set up easily even to the encrypted wireless network and I had both cameras up and running within 5 minutes. The picture wasn't great, but good enough for me to see what my son was doing. At this point I was thrilled at my great purchase.

Then I tried to set up the cameras in their intended resting spots. One spot was right above the wireless access point one floor up, less than 10 feet away. To my surprise the wireless that worked fine right next to the access point had trouble keeping a connection. The second camera was placed in the kitchen about 30 feet from the access point. It didn't have an absolutely clear line of site, but close to it. That one failed to connect at all.

In both of these places my laptop and my WiFi enabled smart phone get 5 bars of coverage from my D-link router. In fact, it's in the heart of my best coverage.

I tried moving the cameras a bit but to no avail. What good is a wireless caera with such poor wireless range? I didn't expect it to have fantastic range but even "poor" range would have met my meager needs.
3742627
This device is very small compact and easy to set up. I bought this item because the one I have (MPOW) only has a 33 feet range and this one is advertised as a 50 foot range. My home theater system is centrally located and controls music speakers in my game room and the outside patio areas. I wanted to control the songs and volume through my phone while in or around those areas. As luck would have it, I was only a few feet short of being able to do that ! I found the above item at a reasonable cost but was sadly disappointed when I discovered its actual range in my home was less than my existing adapter. The sound quality appeared to be OK but not Great. I hope they can rectify this problem.
1252509
Works as described, however the range is less than I expected
1130301
It works, but the Bluetooth range is pretty terrible for me. About 10ft max. Then it starts losing conection. Using iPhone 5s if it matters. Can't press play/stop if listening to podcasts either. Wouldn't buy again
2889487
Do not buy. Old technology. Extremely short range
1789943
It is a nice looking phone with many features. Unfortunately I had to return it, since the signal was horrible, many dropped calls.
2711254
Add me to the rather large pile of unhappy customers.  Except I will be able to return mine for a refund.  Right out of the box it would connect to my network for about 30 seconds before it dropped.  Every other device in my house has no problem with the network.  It also showed a very low signal most of the time and I'm using an Amped router that gives me a usable signal up to 60 feet from the router.  This one weakness renders a wireless only device useless.
1776147
A great overall package hampered by a transmitter that simply isn't powerful enough to get the job done - resulting in jerkiness, random loss of control, and other anomolies.  Incredibly cool at first, but practically I can't recommend this item due to its terrible range (we are talking less than 10" wireless for reliable performance)
2579915
THe device works reasonably well, but the range is not as wide as advertised, and the connection periodically cuts out for no apparent reason, requiring re-set-up.
1821502
Item has a very short distance ratio to pick up any signals. I've placed it 30-plus feet in the air, pointed it in three different directions and it still only picks up a few stations. First, it picked up 7 stations, then the next morning, they were all gone and I had to rescan. Next scan only 2 showed up and they were unclear/pixelated. It looks nice and installation is a snap, but it will not work in a remote area more than 20 miles from a signal relay station.
3569161
The sound quality of the device is on part with some of the other portable speakers I have had.  My biggest complaint, and to me this is a little big, is that the range is lackluster.  I have used a few other Bluetooth speakers and have had ranges up to 40 ft.  With this, anything more than ten-fifteen feet and the signal dies off fast.  I know it isn't my phone that has issues, because the same phone pairs really well with my sound bar and other items in the past.
4818860
I have to say for the price it should be much better. My last router which was an inexpensive netgear gave superior signal strength. With this router 30 feet away is the max I can get out of it. Forget going outside. I would highly recommend not purchasing this router unless you like the design, which is its finest feature. Stay away.
3562649
The product description states that the range of this device is 100 feet with no obstruction. In my experience with this product the receiver could not receive a signal from the source at a distance of approximately 30 feet with a floor/ceiling between the two. Given the positive reviews I saw here I hadn't expected such a short distance/minimal obstruction to present a problem. When I attempted to contact customer service for Nyrius I found that their customer service center is only open from 9-5 eastern time Monday-Friday. Not exactly convenient for folks who work away from the home during those hours. Their "contact us" page invited users to send feedback to the president, so I wrote a short note explaining that 9-5 Monday to Friday was an overly limited window of time to work with them to troubleshoot this matter. More pressingly, I had purchased this device to be delivered on a Friday with the hope of watching college bowl games on Saturday and NFL playoff games on Sunday. Needless to say, I didn't get to watch those games on the TV I'd purchased this for. The following week I received NO response from my inquiry to the customer service team. My inquiry to the office of the president yielded a canned response pointing me to the troubleshooting/FAQ portion of the companies website which I'd already reviewed and followed to no avail. All of this to say, if your set up has very little distance and/or little to no obstruction between source and receiver this may well be a worthwhile tool. Furthermore, if you can contact customer service during working hours on a weekday they may be able to help you troubleshoot any problems similar to the one I experienced. If you aren't confident of the distance/obstructions and/or cannot be available for them to provide customer service during your workday, I recommend avoiding this device as it may prove to be a significant source of frustration. Amazon's no-hassle return was helpful, but cold-comfort given the high hopes I'd had for this device.
20471
I gave two stars because it looks really nice, polished, heavy and solid and the sound is ok....but..
- The dongles, seem like a "new" Bluetooth-like thing, and it limits you, if you lose the dongles you are to buy some others at $$$$ price
- The connection/range is not good at all, I had the iphone with the dongle next to, and 10 ft away from the speaker and the connection was very choppy (deal breaker) -- but in this case I give the benefit of the doubt and probably got a defective product..nevertheless, it is going back for this reason.
- It is no WIFI or BT

I can see the use case for this speaker as follows: (assumption is that their connection technology is substantially better than BT)
If you are in a WIFI-dead spot in your house and for some electromagnetic cause your BT does not work either. Note that you have to be in your house or where AC power is available -- as this speaker  does not have built in batteries. I don't get why they did not make it BT compatible.
3065401
I have an average of 1 to 2 bars inside my house but there were some dead spots and I wanted to improve my coverage.  I found the strongest signal inside the house, set this thing up and it only worked from a foot away.  I checked the manual and it said if the signal wasn't great that you would have a smaller radius of signal boost.  Fair enough.  So, I went into the back yard where I get up to 3 bars and again could only use the unit from 1 foot away.  Finally, I temporarily attached the unit to the roofline, where my phone had 5 out of 6 bars.  At 1 foot I got amazing coverage.  At 2 feet I was back to what I was without it.  The device is utterly useless unless you're within a dismally short range of it.