Smart Counter Retail People Counter - Infrared & Wireless, Battery Operated, Hourly & Daily Statistics with Data Storage, Easy to Install, Upgraded, Black

I had ordered this product for my business. It worked fine for exactly 3 months. Then it started having really high numbers. I had staff manually count people coming through and it was off by hundreds! It went from about 130 people per day to 450 and 600 per day! For the price that you pay for this, it is NOT worth it. Save your money and buy something else. This product is awful!

I used this to track how many people came to my charity event, and it worked perfectly. It was easy to set up and use straight out of the box, which was a big help when I was already busy with other event preparations. The counter records hourly and daily stats, so I could keep an eye on the numbers throughout the day without any fuss. The device itself feels well-made and reliable. It runs on batteries, so I didn’t need to worry about plugging it in or finding a power source, which was ideal for the event space. It’s also compact and unobtrusive, which made it easy to place by the entrance. Overall, it’s a really handy tool for keeping track of visitors, and I can see it being useful for all kinds of events or even retail spaces. I’m really pleased with how well it worked.

My first impressions upon opening the box was that these counters are very cheaply made. I struggled to follow the instructions to set the date/time but fitting them was simple enough and they work to count one way (so people entering are not double counted when they leave). You need to make sure you install them with the correct orientation or you will be counting leavers rather than arrivals. My next disappointment is with the data. It is very basic and is downloaded as a CSV file - so unless you are reasonably competent with excel, you may wonder what the jumble of figures is - which does rely on you having date and time correctly set on the unit. If you are OK on excel then you will be able to graph up the data. Overall, it does what it says but I do feel a little underwhelmed by it. I expected more for nearly £200

So, first impressions – both modules feel like they are made from cheap feeling plastic with one of them having a basic LCD display like an old cheap digital watch. They are very light (without batteries) which is good because they come with double sided sticky pads to help you mount them – screws can also be used. Included is a 1GB Micro-SD card and USB SD Card reader. Setup is very straight forward – Simple install both modules across an entrance in line with each other and then remove the Micro SD card when you want to extract the data. The data is stored in a CSV format that can then be formatted using an application like Excel. There is no software included. There are no batteries included which for £185 at time of review you think they would have included some. Works well, is easy to install. Batteries being rechargeable would have been nice. The price for the features does seem about right when compared to others on the market.

This simple but effective counter works well. It delivers accurate stats in a convenient csv format. Beyond this, it's not a particularly complicated device. The housing is basic, but robust, and will be fairly discreet in operation, which is great considering the high cost of the device and the risk of theft. As a device for understanding area traffic, I think this works very well. I was not quite sold on the marketing materials for revolutionising tracking of employees because I don't really believe this device is capable of creating accurate data in that regard. Whatever you use this for, though, compared to a manual metre, which just gives an overall count, this does offer some advantages which justify its price to a degree. With that said, at its current advertised price of £185, I do think this is somewhat expensive for what you get, and undoubtedly the price will lower as more of these products into the market.

In the box, you get a transmitter box, a receiver box, a microSD card reader (USB A), and a completely unbranded microSD card. It does work, though setup is a pain as you have to use three invisible buttons, they are hidden behind the cover, and have no labels on. Each box requires 2 AAA batteries (not included). They do work okay, but for the price they could do so much more. It also feels a bit tight, not including batteries in something that is this overpriced. The instructions are also quite small.