Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

In a rare miss, Amazon has put out a product in the dash wand that is basically useless. There is so much wrong with this device (and some things wrong with Amazon's sales platform in general that this device exacerbates) that it's hard to know where to start. 1) The feedback from the device is not easily interpreted. When trying to scan an item, it often beeps immediately and the scanner shuts off making you think it's accomplished something. Most times it has not and there is nothing in your cart nor any message telling you what's wrong. 2) Virtually nothing scans. I scanned 30 national brand items in my house and only three were even identified. Of those three, one just brought back a general product (i.e. just sunscreen vs Coppertone 50SPF). The other two properly identified the products but linked to ridiculously priced versions of the product which brings us to the next issue. 3) Amazon allows sellers to mark everyday items up sometimes over 1000% in what seems to just be the hope that somebody won't notice before purchasing a single bottle of 409 for $47 or a single bottle of wood polish for $98. It's insane that Amazon makes no effort to police this stuff and now produces a device that basically encourages you to be taken in by these scammers. 4) Voice recognition is poor and it also never picks the right product. If you're lucky, you might receive a general category like "hand soap" but most people want something more specific. You're much better off just searching on your phone or computer which makes the wand again a wasted bit of effort. Really pitiful device and I'm not sure how this got past testing. Amazon really needs to work on this a lot before pushing this thing any harder.