Echo Meter Touch Bat Detector Reviews

Won't work without $400.00 add on

captandy

Stupid app to consider unless you have hundreds of dollars to throw away.

Omg this is so much fun!

NatalieDowne

I adore my new Bat Detector! I already found some bats! Can't wait to get back outdoors again and find more!!!

Same bat time, same bat station!

Positive Dog

What fun this is! Easy to get started but also provides advanced features.

For the money required to play, this is only ok. Enjoy the bat info but gps tracks are unreliable/hit-miss(with updates it has gotten better). Understand technology is difficult to identify bats so I don’t fault app too much for Floridian bats in California. App/hardware just seems finicky in my opinion. I can’t simply “plug n play” reliably, something just goes wrong more often than not, especially with extension cord and/or extension piece required because of phone case. Will continue to use as I have already invested in the hardware, but I do hope continued updates improve performance. ‘Free’ analytical software for computer was not worth the effort required to set up (I’m not too computer savvy so I deleted it.) If you have some extra money and enjoy the wonders of Mother Nature, check this system out.

Fantastic!

$medthyme

This is an awesome device & I highly recommend it. I’ve been interested in bats for a long time & this is so educational! It’s so cool to show off to family & friends from my travels. My fave feature is the i.d. part where you put in the state your located & the different types are listed. Definitely worth the price & so fun to use:)

Used to be good

naa9593

The updates have made this terrible. It’s picking up insect calls and not working like it did before. So disappointing because I used to really enjoy it.

I like this but...

RobsterMobsterTheLobster

What a great idea and innovation. The suggested ID based on different chirp signatures is amazing. However, it says for North America, there are only seven bats that do not have classifiers. However, when I plug in my home state (Florida) I count 29 species that do not have classifiers. Please correct!

Was good before recent updates

BarbM89

The last few weeks I have had hours of background recordings with very few bat signatures. Last night had basically 1 hour and 45 minutes of continuous background recordings with only two identified bat calls. The only reason quit recording is because device ran out of memory. Can I uninstall the recent updates?

Pretty Good!

Anonymous 90000000

As someone who enjoys bat-watching, I’m very happy that there is a fairly affordable bat-detector with an auto-ID feature. I just wish there were more phyllostomid representation in the auto-ID.

Doesn’t work at all without ultrasonic module

Wilson476

App looks promising but you can’t even try it out without buying their $200 microphone. I wish they would add a feature to use the built in iPhone microphone instead. It obviously doesn’t have the same frequency range but would allow someone to play around with it before making a large investment.