PowerVision Powerray Wizard Underwater Drone for Exploration, Diving, and Boating - High Definition Camera, Equipped with 4K Ultra HD Video Camera, Remote Control, and Live Stream Capability

I was looking at this for years before deciding to buy it when it was on sale. Like many other people, I ignored all of the bad reviews and thought that I could just return this if I wasn’t happy. This product is almost impossible to use without scratching something, the moment you start operating it then things start going wrong. In my case, the base station got lightly scratched because the wire spool they include is very slick and the station will slide right off.For the fisherman, this thing looks great on paper. But this is a terrible fishing tool and will only disappoint you. The bait release mechanism is a terrible design and the fishing line will rest directly under the vertical motor. If you get any slack in your fishing line at all and then try to descend, the motor will suck up your fishing line every time (trust me). And on top of that, you will lose the ONE bait drop that is included with this.Customer support is rude and unhelpful. I reached out for more information about using the bait dropper because there is very little information about it on the internet. Replacements are expensive and hard to get, and it are very easy to lose. They offer no advice on how to prevent losing it. It seems that they designed it this way in hopes of getting some recurring revenue on this item.The documentation is spotty and doesn’t give you enough info on important things. The internet is full of videos that make this thing look great but they aren’t real. It’s a frustrating product to use and the manufacturer doesn’t seem to care about supporting customers at all.All in all, I had such high hopes about this fishing drone but I was terribly let down. The bad reviews are true and I don’t advise that you buy this. If you just want to fish then you can get a fantastic bait boat for this price and it will actually work. This is a product packed with features that don’t work and probably never will.Update (1/1/2023): I wanted to update this after taking this out again with some improvements to the reel for the tether cable (I put the tether cable on a spinning reel on a cable caddy). I also decided to not try using it to fish so that I could just focus on controlling it. Unfortunately this still disappoints me even though I have it every chance I could.My biggest concern was the fact that after about three minutes of cruising around, the drone completely quit responding to movement controls. The camera feed and other controls still worked but the drone just wouldn’t move. I made sure that the motors were still unlocked and tried turning the controller off and back on. Ultimately I had to gently pull it in with the tether cable.After getting it out of the water I noticed that the tether cable had gotten loose on the drone. I’m assuming that this happened while I was cruising around because I went in circles. I may be being a bit harsh, but that is just a terrible design. I know that when I put it in the water, the cable was very gently but firmly hand tightened just like the user manual suggests. If I had let this sit in the water for much longer, I’m guessing that this would have completely loose from the tether and it would have been gone forever.

Unit does everything it says it does very complete package.Comes in its own carrying case which is well fitted. I purchased a seperate cable reel to spool the tether on this makes it much easier to spool out and wind tether after using.It takes a little bit to get everything up and running I ran into difficulty with the software seems one app runs both the power wizard as well as the Egg when you bring app up it goes to the Egg as soon as it senses the Power wizard you can access it. This took a call for me to customer service which was fast and provided quick help.I would suggest doing a little learning in a pool to get use to the controls before plunging into a lake or ocean. It is simple to operate video is outstanding as are the stills.Over all very well made piece of equipment good customer service

This is the first one of 5 Power Rays that I purchased. My first one was returned for the tether mount screw on the Power Ray not sealing. This is an obvious defect when attaching it and I can't believe they don't have simple quality control procedures in place to cull these caps out or even observe it upon packaging. Especially, because its such a critical water barrier protection for the unit and they stress how important it is to not let water get into that area. There is another customer who pictured this in their review. I believe it was the one I sent back and they repackaged it and sent out as new. Thank God I bought it through Amazon because they happily replaced it with a new one. My second one the assembly and startup seemed fine. On my first dive with it, sand and rocks and sediment got sucked up into the vertical thruster motor and jammed the prop. There is no shield or screen to protect this motor and the prop and it immediately becomes damaged when used on any beach, river or lake. Additionally, the nut that holds the prop on just fell off and again deemed it unusable. My third Power Ray had problems with the controller not communicating with drone and sometimes doing the opposite and sometimes just its own thing. Its not easy to man and takes some time getting use to and this just adds another level of frustration. When I sent my Power Ray to be serviced I was sent back another different one that was a crappy refurbished one that had its own set of issues. They told me it was tested and passed all in-house specifications but it doesn't work when it gets to the end user. The app doesn't work with iphone x and is only somewhat usable with the 7. These and many more issues have been communicated to the company which has yet to give me a new functioning Power Ray. I believe the other 5 star rating are not true. The Power Ray is not cheap and you expect its a functioning product and the company to stand by their product but they don't.

Was so excited to receive my PowerRay today! Read all the instructions, watched all their tutorials on YouTube, charged up the components, connected them ... but neither the headlights nor the taillight came on, and said "device not connected," even though the screen displayed what the camera was seeing. As shown in the photo, the female pin connector on the drone appears dirty and worn - suggesting to me that they sent me a used/returned product that clearly wasn't tested. Sending this back & don't think I'll re-order. So disappointing.

It did show up with some damage, but it looks good so far. Can't wait to use it next year.