MEGACOM DuoMon Blue

love it

Good device works well,

Absolute Game changer..... HOWEVER a few downsides... 1.You can only use pokeballs, not great balls or ultra balls to auto catch Pokémon. 2.Therefore when it locks onto higher level Pokémon or rare Pokémon and tries to catch them with said pokeballs, majority run away as a result. 3.it focuses on catching Pokémon first, not getting rewards from pokestops, so if your low on pokeballs, and there are Pokémon in the area, it'll keep trying and trying to catch the Pokémon then notify you that you don't have any balls, instead of just collecting more from the pokestops right next to you.... Only way I've found around it, is to turn off auto catch Pokémon, then let it do all the surrounding pokestops then enable auto catch Pokémon.... IF they made some software updates or were able to patch the above negatives then I'd Highly recommend it, for the price your better off using the official Pokémon one, as I believe they don't have this issue and can use all balls, unless you are using two accounts at the same time, as this seems to be the only one I've seen online that enables two accounts simultaneously.

It was good while it worked. It’s given up the ghost today though. No signs of life.

Let me preface by saying I thought this was too expensive when I purchased it but I have been impressed with the item to the point I think the price is worth it to me personally. Before I purchased this I used the Pokeball Plus that came with Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee as my Pokemon Go connected device. Everything about my experience using this auto catcher has been superior. For sake of brevity I will list the top selling points/features I have enjoyed. 1. There is no button to push in order to catch Pokemon, this device is truly automatic and hands free! 2. Spins Pokestops at up to 50mph. (For comparison; Pokeball Plus is only up to 20mph) 3. The buttons give an interesting read out of the number of Pokemon caught and Pokestops/Gyms spun since you last reset the count (reset count by holding down the read out button) 4. It verbally tells you when you can’t hold anymore items or Pokémon to further make this hands free! Just attach to your belt while you go about your business while the game is running! 5. Vibration and light feedback to indicate different information. 6. Takes 2 aaa batteries. I have not had to change them yet. It is under heavy use by 2 players for over more than a month. (I will update with the timeframe for the device dying.) 7. It has increased my catch rate of shiny Pokemon dramatically. I talking 1+ a week now. Other things worth mentioning would be the belt loop and clip that are included which provide multiple attachment options! As well as the stickers for customization and silicone case for protection!

For context, prior to purchasing this Duomon, I was previously playing with an approximately 4-year old Gotcha auto-catcher (one of the black sorta oval-shaped black devices). My old Gotcha was very fast at catching and spinning stops, but I disliked having to press the button to wake up the device every time my game disconnected from the device every hour (as other reviews have clarified, this is a built-in feature in the Pokemon Go game code to limit the extent of spoofing with auto catchers). I looked up information on several of the different modern auto-catchers, including the Go Plus+. I landed on this device because I can’t reasonably keep a device like the Go Plus+ in my bag when there’s no option to turn off the vibrations (I.e. bringing it to work), nor do I want to continue having to use a device that requires hourly button presses to wake up like the Gotcha. So now it is day 2 that I have had the Duomon, and I’ve already been able to test it fairly extensively across using it passively to catch things while I’m at work and while driving (safely - reminder to all, do not actively play POGO while you’re behind the wheel and in traffic). I have many things that I’ve found convenient (and a few mildly annoying) about the Duomon as below: Pros: - Once it’s turned on and connected to your phone’s POGO, you can simply press the connect button once from the game and it reliably connects (at least for me). This is a game changer for me as I no longer have to fiddle with my keys that my old Gotcha was hooked onto with a special keychain case and look really conspicuous at work or other public places. - The SPEED! I had read from some sources that the Duomon didn’t run as fast as the old Gatchas, but this thing is at least on-par with my old Gotcha when it comes to spinning stops especially. I have already clocked it spinning a Pokestop while I was driving at 58MPH! I don’t think I’ve even seen my old Gotcha hit a stop going that fast, or at least not in recent memory. Suffice it to say, as long as it’s connected properly, it hits stops very well. I do feel like it catches Pokémon slightly slower compared to my Gotcha, but given the first pro mentioned I am ok with this, especially as I am mostly wanting to be able to quietly and inconspicuously reconnect it while I am at work. - Using AAA batteries - this can be a con for some people as of course it’s inconvenient to carry around AAA batteries for something like this. The way I see it, I already have a wide array of batteries around the house, and the most common being AAA batteries for other devices as is (computer mice, keyboards, remotes, etc). I was on the fence about buying a 247 for the reason that some reviewers said that they didn’t hold a charge very well after a certain point, which in my mind raises the issue of how well a built-in lithium ion battery made by a 3rd party manufacturer could hold up. For me, that made using the Duomon more palatable as the hardware is already fairly well established otherwise for traditional batteries, and the battery life will more so depend on what kind of AAA batteries you use, which will be specific to the individual (plus it’s one less thing that needs to be troubleshooted as AAA battery technology is still pretty commonplace. Cons: - The initial setup - granted the user manual gives a decent overview of how to go through the menus, but it did take me some time to figure out what all the colors mean and how to change settings to how I wanted. It does help that the Duomon for both player settings reads out which setting you’re on in different voices, but the speakers are pretty soft so I wouldn’t recommend trying to do this on the fly in a busy street for example. - The battery compartment is mildly annoying to open. It does just take pulling a sliding button out from the compartment door, but this was finicky for me to get open the first time as I was worried I would break it if I was too aggressive (based on other reviews concerning the fragility of the Duomon). Insofar it hasn’t been super fragile to me broadly, but I will come back and update if I do eventually have any problems on that front. - Price - I was able to get it on whatever kinda sale it was on (around $60), but I will say I would not pay a full $90 for this. I already had to really rationalize how much additional joy this would bring me (and one of my coworkers who will be using the second player connect feature) before I finally committed and made the purchase. That is very much down to the individual to make that decision. Overall, I am very satisfied so far with the Duomon in its performance and features. For anyone who is serious about making the most of POGO (I.e grinding stardust and getting extra Pokémon throughout the day for transfer/candies without appearing to be a POGO addict), this is a fine device for making that dream into a reality.

I ordered this on a Friday night and got home Monday afternoon it was delivered. Works great after a quick YouTube tutorial.

I've loved this item so much. Works so much quicker than previous Gotchas and things I've tried. And for the money I've spent on those other products, this was so much more worth it. Especially as it can connect to two phones. My husband plays Pokemon Go with me often, but he does some driving so we can go from place to place quickly during events and can't spin stops ('cause he's driving). Having the DuoMon works so that as long as you have pokeballs, you don't have to really stop. It's not perfect over 30mph, but it'll still help you spin stops if you're traveling, if you can't do so manually. The connectivity is great, though the Pokemon Go app itself can get confused and tell you it's not working; just disconnect and reconnect. Sucks to have to use batteries but as long as you get rechargeables, it's not been too much of a hassle.