Nintendo Pokemon Go Plus - Not Machine Specific

My son was home from college last summer and started playing on Day One. He's such a die-hard, he attended the CHICAGO FEST. I first got my first Android on October 23, 2016 and downloaded this app. I was on a special diet and trying to increase my weight loss by walking, but even using my fitbit didn't prompt me to get outside. Walking is so boring!Playing Pokemon Go with the truly fabulous Plus helped me lose 85 lbs and reach Level 38 in just 9 months. I'm very competitive but also very social and I've made a lot of friends on my jaunts all around Milwaukee. The beauty of the Plus bracelet is that it will spin the Pokestops and throw a ball at every Pokemon while you are walking a Lucky Egg and evolving Pidgeys and hatching eggs. You can use the Plus while you walk briskly and you don't even have to look at your phone. I pull the bracelet tight and wrap it around my fingers so it fits in my palm. Every time it buzzes/vibrates, I just squeeze my fingers to press the button. For Pokemon, it flashes green and gives 2 staggered buzzes; for Pokestops, it flashes blue and gives a long/short buzz so you can feel which it is without even looking at the Plus. But since it only throws 1 Pokeball with no berries, if I really want that Eevee or Magicarp, I just throw an Ultra ball and Pinap Berry myself.You know how you want to play while someone is driving? (NEVER play with your phone while YOU are driving.) Even with lots of stoplights, you catch or spin maybe 20% successfully? Well, with the Plus, the rate increases to maybe 50% and it's safe to do because you're just pressing a button on your wrist without taking your eyes off the road.Yes, sometimes when I press the little icon on the screen, it won't sync with my phone immediately. If it keeps acting up, I close out the app, turn it on and try it again. If it still won't work, after about 4 tries, Niantic puts up a message asking if I want to go to its Troubleshooting screen. Now I've learned just to go into Settings, click on the Plus icon and press the button on the Plus. I've only experienced continued problems with syncing maybe a half dozen times. And it usually shuts off by itself every 45 minutes or so. But compare that with how many times the game itself crashes, reloads, freezes, or displays "no internet connectivity" or "network error." Now THAT'S annoying, it's so common.The Plus enhances your play so much. I visited my sister but forgot it so I purchased 3 more and had them sent to her house so she and her husband and I could all have one. Now I'm purchasing one for my son.How did I level up so quickly? I walk an average of 5 miles a day--I know most people don't have as much time--but I also max out on the special events like Water, Solstice, Fire & Ice, pink (Valentine's Day), Christmas--anything with double XP. I cruised through Level 37 in less than a week by taking advantage of the Anniversary/Fest specials with double XP, catching everything that spawned (obviously the Plus comes in handy here), incubating eggs (3x faster!) and churning evolving on Lucky Eggs. I've gotten to the point that I can time it to hatch as many as a dozen eggs for double XP. Yes, it's annoying to have to buy incubators but I didn't buy anything in the Shop till I needed more space in my Items and Pokemon storage bags. There's a park near me that has 8 pokestops and a gym which takes only about 5 minutes to walk around. I had to rev up to 1500 Items because I kept hitting the max...in the past few months, I had to delete hundreds of Pokeballs, Potions and, yes, even Revives!I introduce myself as a friendly Mystic and have made a lot of friends and learned a lot of tips from other players. There is no gym that I can't take down on my own and out of 9 Legendary Raids, I caught a Lugia and 3 Articunos! And a Shiny Magicarp!!

Alright, first things first. This is a game. It's a device for a game. On a phone. Don't over think it.That being said, here's a suuuuuper indepth review of the Pokemon Go Plus. And I did buy it here, and it's in great shape.- The Good -1: It's much better at tracking, which is interesting considering they sell this info but wutevahhh -So I do get eggs to hatch a lot faster. Sometimes it sees stuff that my phone hasn't even rendered yet.2: Pokestops are everywhere downtown, so it's great for grabbing stops quickly or without looking at my phone. Generally, just that I can play the game without looking at my phone is a huge plus. (haha unintentional puns, its called the pokemon go plus.) Everything is faster, so catching four or five pokemon is a quick 45 second thing and at higher levels that efficiency matters. *3: It conserves battery. Bluetooth is an insane technology.4: It's fun. It literally adds a new dimension to the game. I said this a little in #2, but I'm not a phone slave. I can wander around a park and really enjoy it, with the game as a nice secondary dessert.5: The vibration and light system are surprisingly effective. Hopefully future software updates will include customization, which would be a cool way to let it tell you things like how many regular pokeballs are left (4 quick buzz, 2 short = 42), the rarity or type of the pokemon that you just caught (color), and other things no one has thought of yet.6: Stardust is the most valuable resource in the game. A more efficient playing style means more juice for those 'mon.- The not so Good -1: You will lose rare Pokemon, and overall your catch rate will be lower* because it only throws regular pokeballs, and doesn't use raspberries. As I referenced above, that may yet be added.*This can be avoided if you're also using your phone. Using the Plus to catch easy pokemon and your phone to throw great/ultra curveballs at rare pokemon, you're in and out quick with a high rate of success. I'd say 70-80% on the Plus for easy pokemon like Pidgey or Rattata. Plus if you don't get it, whatever, it only took a moment and you only wasted one pokeball. More importantly, you get 25xp for the ones that run away. Sometimes (on the phone) I waste seven or eight on one that runs and if every regular pokeball I throw is a Plus throw, at least each pokeball nets you minimum 25xp. If you think about it, that really adds up.2: It's physically kinda corny, but what do you expect from an all-ages game.3: The Battery only lasts a month, and you arrrrrrre destroying a tiny, tiny, tiny fraction of the planet to play a game. Still, it's a genuine contribution.4: I've never treasured regular pokeballs more in my life.Overall: Judge for yourself. I totally think it's worth it, if you utilize it right and if it has a way of fitting into your lifestyle. Or if you're a total fiend. Enjoy!