MEGACOM CatchmonX

It’s listed cheaper than what I got it in September. I’m here because I’ve used ALL the catchers. Had the official ones. I had the Gotchas, the gotcha ranger (at least 3), the dual catchmons (at least 3), and the versions by Brook. If this charged via USB-C, it would be the ultimate. Unfortunately, it’s AAA batteries but I’ve learned to get decent ones so they don’t explode and ruin catchers (happened to all the previous ones).FWIW: I wrote this twice because I backed out. Must like it enough.- duh, four connections. I have a big family. I am used to carrying multiple catchers and it’s so nice to just use this for under four accounts. I’m going to buy another.-you don’t have to press a button to reconnect. One of the most annoying things with others is having to dig in your backpack just to press the button the device to reconnect. This one stays in the depths of my bag without needing to be bothered for reconnecting.-batteries last a long time. I never turn it off. Don’t use cheap batteries; learned a long time ago. If they explode, you risk damaging the device.-the battery compartment flap is attached, which may seem small, but I’ve lost the backs to my other catchers and it’s really annoying that they fall off even in a case.-reliability- I’ve used this on several mobile OS and phones. Never an issue connecting.-longevity- I’ve had this almost a year and a half and have done at least three go fests. One in the desert. It’s still my favorite.-the buttons - you almost never have to press them but when you do, they are actual easy buttons, which may seems small but I just got done pairing a couple other catchers and my thumb hurts. One is a button covered and it can’t tell if I’m holding or tapping. The other was built for aesthetic and only pressing in the middle of the long buttons works.I swear, the only downside is it isn’t USB-C.

So I bough 2 of these.First one: It worked all good and perfectly. After 1 month and a half or 2 I started to notice certain stuff happening.At first it was disconnecting way before the hour that auto sleeps. I was having a lot of disconnecting—deleting the device from my phone to re-connect it again and it would work but I would have to do the same process repetitive. Then I would notice that when I would take the batteries out it would be wet/humid inside. Batteries would come out all wet and weird. Suddenly day by day more issues to a point that I had to turn it off for hour and turn it back on later to see if it worked and it would until it finally die recently. Basically 2-3months of life.Now, there’s a fact and it’s that I never turned that device off. I always had it on forever while the batteries where working. When batteries died that’s when I would turn it off. I think that is what maybe caused this but not sure plus there’s no way to talk to some customer service or seller.After my first device died I came back here and bought a same one and never go it. (USPS Lost the Package and I’m still in the process to see what’s going to happen with that. Plus, no way to contact seller or customer service for help so all I have is wait for their answer)Now, bought the DuoMon 1-2P (3rd device) and will take care of this one and will turn it off when I’m not using it to see if it last longer.A bit dissatisfied but I’ll be fine.Overall in game-play works perfectly fine with me. Fast auto-spins and auto-catch’s. Even going 55mph in my car that thing would do the job for me. I wish I could leave 5 stars but from my experience I can’t.Hope this review help someone.

I have been using 3 original Go-tchas by Dattel for the last 3 years to simultaneously manage three Pokémon Go accounts. With three accounts, it is more efficient to play Pokémon Go by car, especially when I need to spin stops and gyms to replenish balls and berries or auto catch to harvest XPs and stardust while I am running errands. When two of my Go-tchas died from being shorted by a bad charging cradle, I decided to get the CatchmonX. I have been using the CatchmonX for several days.Unlike the DuoMon, the CatchmonX does not vibrate or makes sound. There is no way to configure the CatchmonX other than On & Off. The biggest negative and why I docked 1 star is that you cannot configure the CatchmonX to not auto catch new Pokémons. To turn auto catch or auto spin on or off, you will have to do it through the Pokémon Go app. This is not an issue for me since I was already doing it with the Go-tcha because it is much easier then trying to fumble with the small Go-tcha while driving.Other than not being able to set the CatchmonX to not auto catch new Pokémons, I would say the CatchmonX is much better than the Go-tcha for these reasons:01. Resynching only requires tapping the Pokémon Plus ball in the app. No more having to fuss around trying to also tap the Go-tcha.02. Easier pairing than the Go-tcha. I have one device that requires a lot of hassle with unpairing and resetting Bluetooth to pair with the Go-tcha after the 1 hour app timeout. The CatchmonX has no problem with this older device or any of my other Android devices.03. Being able to handle 3 accounts with one CatchmonX (it handles 4 accounts) means I no longer have to carry multiple Go-tchas.04. Two normal AAA batteries is much easier than having to mess around with USB charging (especially with multiple Go-tchas). Now if the CatchmonX runs out of power while I am out and about, I can just pop in a pair of spare batteries and I am back in business. With USB charging, if I am out of power, I would have to revert to manual catching and spinning until I can return home to recharge since it is not feasible to charge 3 Go-tchas when you are away from home.05. The CatchmonX has successfully, a rare occurrence, spun stops at 55 MPH. The bottle neck at that speed is probably my mobile data speed downloading the stops and gyms metadata. I see the CatchmonX does try to spin stops and gyms at high speed, but it looks the app cannot load the stop and gym information fast enough.All in all, I have found my playing experience with 3 accounts much more efficient and easier with the CatchmonX vs the 3 Go-tchas. Definitely, the easier pairing and syncing after the Pokémon app 1 hour timeout is the biggest factor to improving the playing experience. Price wise, the CatchmonX is expensive, but so is buying 4 Go-tchas.