Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I really like the idea of these mobile fish finders. They are a fantastic idea for shore and kayak/canoe fishing. I decided to try the ibobber brand based upon simplicity and price. I tried this thing out right away when I got it and decided to return it for a few reasons. One reason of concern was the way this thing attached to your fishing line. There's a tiny metal bushing with a hole in it about the size of the eye of a good sized fishing hook and that was surrounded by a very minimal amount of plastic which was attached to the device. I was very concerned that the cheap and under designed mounting method would break possible resulting in a loss of the device. It has a cradle that you must use if you want to charge the device. If that gets lost or stops working, you are going to be without your product. Not sure why they don't utilize a more popular changing Port. Another concern of mine was the battery. When I received it, I charged it for a while before I used it. When the battery was at %93, I decided to go try it. It took me about 7 minutes to drive to our local pond and by the time I got there, the battery level was at a reported %34. After reading others reviews, I see other people have had the same issue with rapid battery discharge. Perhaps the device just isn't reporting battery level properly. Probably the final reason I decided to rate this so poorly and return it was the lack of accuracy. When I first put this in the water, it said there were fish everywhere. So much that I immediately thought this was a defective unit. I tried a few other spots and got the same thing. Smaller fish symbol for fish under 15" and larger fish symbol for fish over 15". I'm certain that is also inaccurate. I would say that at minimum, %50 of the fish on my screen over multiple casts were larger than 15". I know for a fact that there are very few fish in this particular pond that are over 15" so that was a concern too. I ended up taking it to another small body of water that branches of from the river to test it out there. There are larger fish in this area but usually not many fish in general. This thing was still picking up fish like crazy just feet from the shore. I don't think the accuracy of the depth is the greatest either which is also reported in other reviews. When I got it 3' from the shore, it claimed the water was 6' deep when it's really only 1'-2' deep. After about 30 minutes of usage, my battery on the ibobber must have been getting pretty low as it started having a few connectivity issues. It does have a few good features though. The simplicity and ease of use was great. It also has a strike warning which I'm not entirely sure how or if it works but it would be awesome if it did. Lastly, it does have an led light that you can turn on and off at night if you wanted to see it. I really wanted to like this and use it but I think this needs some major improvement. Based on the cheap feeling structural design and lack of accuracy, I would not recommend this product to anyone.