Echo Meter Touch Bat Detector

It’s like having a magic little device that lets you enter the world of the little bats once it hits twilight. I had to wait an extra day once it came in because the weather had dropped below 50°F here and I knew the bats would be in torpor, but the next day I got out and identified so many different species right in my backyard. It even amplifies the sound so that you can hear what they might sound like at a range you can hear and understand and it’s just really amazing. The app is very easy to use as well. I do wish it would identify the bats whether you were recording or not, but it’s a small downside for the very many ups the app has.

I love bats! But how can I identify which species it is if they only come out in the dark? The answer to that conundrum is this app, along with an Echo Meter Touch Pro 2. The hardware enables recording and displaying sounds up to more than 350kHz, and identifies the species from their distinctive echolocation chirps. Now I know who my new bat friends are!

For the money required to play, this is only ok. Enjoy the bat info but gps tracks are unreliable/hit-miss(with updates it has gotten better). Understand technology is difficult to identify bats so I don’t fault app too much for Floridian bats in California. App/hardware just seems finicky in my opinion. I can’t simply “plug n play” reliably, something just goes wrong more often than not, especially with extension cord and/or extension piece required because of phone case. Will continue to use as I have already invested in the hardware, but I do hope continued updates improve performance. ‘Free’ analytical software for computer was not worth the effort required to set up (I’m not too computer savvy so I deleted it.) If you have some extra money and enjoy the wonders of Mother Nature, check this system out.